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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by uwanna
Not only did they tour these cars around the country, but they had a user lease program for ordinary citizens, albeit very,very few. I had an aquaintence in San Antonio Tx who had one. The terms were based on a one year lease, with a monthly reporting requirement to the mfgr. At the end of the lease all cars went back to Chrysler.
It was a really cool vehicle, never had a chance to ride in it though.
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One made it to my small town of Lebanon, OR. Caused quite a stir among the "car guys" of the time. It was leased to a Paymaster (check writing machine co.) rep. Really a nice guy...taking the time to answer questions from the punk kids we must have been....and of course, turning down any invitations to "take it out to airport road"... 
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