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I bought mine in very late 1993 - probably one of the last that they produced as I remember getting a break on the usual $7,995 price and they threw in a bunch of "extras".  As Wolfgang noted, their product quality of things other than the body was marginal, at best - especially their paper-thin carpeting!  

Mine arrived in a semi-trailer (one of the many in the US run by that amiable Russian company, Peekup Andropoff), so I made a quick call to a mechanic friend (Charlie, of Charlie's Rod Shop, actually) and he showed up with his '48 Ford Cab-Over-Engine car hauler.  Got the beds more-or-less aligned in height and then winched it from one truck to the other.  The Southern Yellow Pine crate was the size of an SUV and later heated my house for several days.  Dropped it off in my Dad's garage (that garage was Yuge!) saying that it would be there "maybe 2 or 3 months til I get the chassis ready".   Almost 18 months and two donors later, I finally moved it to my place down the street, using the same car hauler, then four of us carried it into my shop.

I actually have ALL of the records from the CMC days, tied up in a 3" thick affidavit I used in Federal court to get them to provide the 60% of the kit they short-shipped me. Eventually, "Auto Resolution", yet another shell company that the CMC principles created to shield themselves monetarily (aren't corporate laws wonderful?) shipped me most, but not all, of what they owed me but I decided I could deal with that myself better than waiting for it.

The story is MUCH longer, but that's enough for now.....

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