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mssilver_cloud
USA
39 Posts |
 Posted - January 15 2003 : 12:47:56 PM
Hi everyone,I have a question. I am not really experienced in the kit car productions. I have a gentleman who is insisting that a car I have for sale is a CMC body. Does anyone have a source of information I can turn to for information on this builder? In your personal opinion, who are the leaders in body building? Can you point me in some direction to learn about this sub culture of rod building? Thanks and any information is really helpful, if you feel up to it please contact me directly at mssilver_cloud@yahoo.com. Hope you all have a great day! Thanks,
Stephanie
www.robbsclassics.org
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kitcarguy
535 Posts |
Posted - January 15 2003 : 4:17:25 PM
well you have several cars for sale on your site . what one are you talking about . CMC did make some street rods (30's fords) so it is possible. and if you or the car are from florida there is a bigger chance it is . I know some of the little gazelle care from CMC hade a ID plate in the front Trunk compartment so look around. As far as i know those molds were sold to Innovative Street Machines www.streetbeasts.com in Florida and the are still producing rods. Post a pic and let some people check out the car in question . Sorry i cant be of more help. Donnie 
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stephenbl
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Posted - January 15 2003 : 6:24:23 PM
CMC stands for Classic Motor Carriages...unless there's another company out there that used that same acronym. CMC produced a number of kits: MG-TD, Gazelle, Speedster, '34 Ford 3 window coupe, '34 Ford Cabriolet, and '34 Vickie. Most of these same cars, with the exception of the Gazelle and MG-TD, are still being produced by Innovative Street Machines, which is who purchased the molds, etc from CMC after they declared bankruptcy around '96. CMC procuced some good kits, especially their street rods, but were criticized for their high pressure sales tactics, and their habit of back-ordering parts, sometimes for months. This is what ultimately lead to a class action lawsuit against them, which resulted in the bankruptcy. If you need parts, etc for your kit, you can contact Innovative @ www.streetbeasts.com . If you need any more help, just ask!Sincerely,
Stephen
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meat
USA
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Posted - February 01 2003 : 08:39:23 AM
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CMC stands for Classic Motor Carriages...unless there's another company out there that used that same acronym. CMC produced a number of kits: MG-TD, Gazelle, Speedster, '34 Ford 3 window coupe, '34 Ford Cabriolet, and '34 Vickie. Most of these same cars, with the exception of the Gazelle and MG-TD, are still being produced by Innovative Street Machines, which is who purchased the molds, etc from CMC after they declared bankruptcy around '96. CMC procuced some good kits, especially their street rods, but were criticized for their high pressure sales tactics, and their habit of back-ordering parts, sometimes for months. This is what ultimately lead to a class action lawsuit against them, which resulted in the bankruptcy. If you need parts, etc for your kit, you can contact Innovative @ www.streetbeasts.com . If you need any more help, just ask!
"Champion Motor Cars" (also based out of Florida) has chosen "CMC" as an unfortunate acronym. They make Locost 7 kits - which, if you haven't looked into them and like the Lotus 7, you should look into; they're very inexpensive. The original CMC - Classic Motor Carriages - did a number of not-nice things to their "customers." I have their literature and contracts (as well as later literature and contracts ... which looks remarkably similar except for the name of the company) and got to experience first hand how they operated. They called me. Alot. And I didn't like salesmen to begin with, so imagine how much that opinion changed over the course of months and months of follow up calls. Curt Scott did a number of great articles about CMC, and they attempted to sue him into silence, but it didn't work very well...he's still around and they shut down. Your pal,
Meat.
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