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03-19-2008, 07:23 AM
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Latest on Lubinski?
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03-19-2008, 08:14 AM
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Like the article said, it's not as if you couldn't see this coming.
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03-19-2008, 08:20 AM
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But hey, don't search MY posts over the years predicting this! 
However, A.L. STILL owns the brand and the IP and he will find another sucker to put money up and run his latest "AC shell game"
Pity that a brand as old and storied as AC ends up being a bad joke............. 
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03-19-2008, 08:23 AM
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He's lied and schemed too many people for too long, don't be surprised if you see this rat's name show up in an obituary listing.
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03-19-2008, 09:06 AM
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Anyone want to lift up a few rocks.....? How to trash the history of a once decent company.
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03-19-2008, 02:50 PM
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Quote:
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Anyone want to lift up a few rocks.....? How to trash the history of a once decent company.
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Had a feeling this may happen Eh!!
Hey there's a idea for a book maybe?
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03-19-2008, 09:52 AM
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Well if the Mk V is out of production, perhaps number 3 will become a valuable collector's item...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Shelb...spagenameZWDVW
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03-19-2008, 10:10 AM
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It might be interesting to know just how many cars Alan has managed to build since Brian was forced out as the owner of AC.
I assume Ned knows the answer to how many CSX1000s were built before that situation failed. I guess there were at least 2.
They certainly looked like nice cars (as opposed to the Mk V). I wonder what Alan did to mess up that situation. |
03-19-2008, 10:57 AM
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I wonder what Alan did to mess up that situation.
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EVERY THING!!! He was (is) NOT a car guy, he is a stock manipulator, not a manufacturer.
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03-19-2008, 11:16 AM
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I diasgree...he's neither a stock manipulator, nor a manufacturer, nor a car guy, either....
He's a sleazeball... ...and I'm of the opinion the authorities will simply find a body some day...without ever knowing who it may have been...but, coincidentally, Alan Lubinski will never be seen nor head from again.
But...Hey...! That's just me...
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03-19-2008, 01:44 PM
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I diasgree...he's neither a stock manipulator
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Actually he is, he got away with a scam on his "Pride Automotive Group" that took down a couple of his partners (Ex- NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer prosecuted two of Alan's partners for stock fraud)
He is a first class weasel. He has the AC name and IP held in a family trust in Delaware, USA and he only "licenses" the trademarks to his various versions of "AC" to protect them. They can't be taken or siezed until he really get caught.
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03-19-2008, 01:43 PM
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I assume Ned knows the answer to how many CSX1000s were built before that situation failed. I guess there were at least 2.
Uh-uh. Ned doesn't know anything about these cars. One might say he figured there was no sense getting the registry engines revved up in the absence of any fuel.
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03-19-2008, 10:12 AM
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Lubinski has got to be one of the great all time con men, it's amazing how he builds 'hope' so much better than he builds cars.
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03-19-2008, 11:30 AM
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Maybe I should rephrase my question then.
How did Alan manage to make any CSX1000s?
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03-19-2008, 01:40 PM
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How did Alan manage to make any CSX1000s?
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He built a few before he was run of of the UK. Malta never built alloy cars, he arranged to have Brooklands Motor build any further alloy cars, had any been sold. |
03-19-2008, 11:59 AM
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Looking at the Mk V the tailight arrangement just doesn't look right. Very unCobralike. Were they trying to comply with a current EEC reg?
Is that the gas filler cap, flush mounted between the two rollbars, in front of the trunk bulkhead?
One of the qualities of Tojiero's timeless design is its purity, this current iteration appears problematic!
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03-19-2008, 12:05 PM
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Problematic? You being very kind, the rear end tail light thing is a disaster.  |
03-19-2008, 12:28 PM
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Truely amaizing. Finding people to invest millions for a car that you can buy a mold for a body for $5 grand,and a frame jig for $2 or 3k more.
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03-19-2008, 01:22 PM
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Didn't someone always chime in and say that everyone had the story all wrong, Lubinsky was actually a fine upstanding person, bla, bla, bla.
Only one thing surprises me. How is he able to still find new investors?
What a sleeze bag!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, this is only my opinion.   
Wayne
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03-20-2008, 07:38 AM
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Didn't someone always chime in and say that everyone had the story all wrong, Lubinsky was actually a fine upstanding person, bla, bla, bla.
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That's usually the forum member "london". He should be popping any time now to let us know how great AC is, that some other guy named John or something is the real man behind it, that he's been there and seen the cars, that all is well and British people are buying the cars, and that the AC factory is full of lollipops and puppy dog tails.
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