Got my Marti Report today!

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:06 am

I will post it when I get home later. The car must of sat at the dealership for a longgggg time. Build date was 4/2/1988, but wasnt sold till 2/3/1989.

86ASCCoupe20 · Post by **86ASCCoupe20** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:12 am

The owner could have kept it for a demo also.

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:12 am

Which report did you get?

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:17 am

I still haven't had time to upload it. I got the deluxe report for 40 bucks. Funny it says only 1000 asc's were made in 88.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:46 am

1,015 to be exact ! (1988)
479 in 1987; 247 for 1989 and just 65 for 1990.

2 special Editions in 1990

25th Silver Anniversary Edition - 2
Snowball Edition - 2

These are included in the 90 above.

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:44 am

Sandy you better call Kevin Martin and have a word with him

Post by **negusm** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:53 pm

Kevin Marty pulls the numbers out of Ford's production database. There is obviously a discrepancy between the two sources.

I've had a small discussion with Kevin.

According to the Ford database there are some VINs Sandy has that don't "look" to be ascMcLarens.

I am unsure how the determination is made on Kevin's part as to what in the database points the car to be an asc or not. Only Kevin is licensed by Ford to access the database.

I do feel very certain that Kevin would not "make up" numbers. He knows too well how badly things go with the classic crowd where numbers aren't accurate. There is something both we and Kevin are missing in regards to the data Ford recorded for our cars.

-Mike

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:19 pm

So some background info on Kevin Marti. Pretty much 65-66 mustang records were destroyed by ford. 67-99 Records have been saved and catologed. If you pay Kevin Marti he will collect data on your car and email/mail it to you. He will also restamp VINS ( legally with proper documentation, I had to do this with a 67 gt350 and it was a terror), he will also remake door stickers/tags, window stickers...ect. Up until maybe a few months ago 86 was the newest report that he was making. He just started to do 87-99 cars which is cool. Im not sure with our cars but older models that have are considered rare ( boss, shelby, super cobra jet) it can increase the valve when being sold or going to auction.

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:21 pm

As for the two issues I have with the report 1000 asc units made and also there is a ( CHECK DIGIT) next to the X on the top left. I spent 40 dollars for the report and I feel even if its not 100% correct it will help show at car shows that our cars were considered "factory" conversions in a way.

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:24 pm

#1. I have all the VINS from 1986; 87; 88; 89 and 90. They were not sent to me, by FoMoCo. They were sent to me FROM asc/McLaren, whom listed every unit that they converted. Furthermore. after a particular year's cars were all done, they put the VINs in order, so that it would be easy to locate one. Furthermore, they also listed next to each VIN, the dealership it was shipped to ! Now, if XYZ Ford had a white car and a buyer wanted a black car, and black was located 8 miles away, and swap was made between dealer "A" and dealer "B" - they were required to inform asc/MClaren so that the listing would be correct. Otherwise, a defect or a problem under ASC would not be repaired under the ASC warerantee, making sure that dealers complied.
I 100% stand by my numbers.
Furthermore, I also have the LIMITED EDITION dash plaque numbers.

]They were not considered "Factory Conversions" !! They were considered Factory Pre-Prep'd for & to converrtor specs (as requested).
Under CODE D32

HERE ARE THEIR VINS;

all 1,015 of them are here:

144,456 through and including 144,505
153,530 through and including 153,629
157,243 through and including 157,392
157,980 through and including 157,987
Number 163,537
Number 193,591
197,123 through and including 197,172
204,121 through and including 204,220
Number 204,295
Number 204,376
Number 204,400
215,928 through and including 215,977
220,654, through and including 220,750
221,639 through and including 221,641
240,267 through and including 240,416
266,179 through and including 266,328
279,489 through and including 279,573
Number 279,637
Number 279,642
279,684 though and including 279,698.

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:49 pm

Sandy, I knew I shouldnt of wrote "Factory Conversions"

I stand behind you with the 1015 built. I just think its cool that the report shows a black car....ect not the car in red/ as a vert

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:36 am

NO NO NO....THE REPORT IS CORRECT, THEREIN !!

Hear me out....

All "Mules" ordered to become an ascMcLaren WITH BLUE interior, were factory painted (by Ford) in WHITE, because the computer was set to throw-out a black exterior WITH a blue interior.

ALL other orders for any other color, in any year, that did not select blue interior, wore black paint exterior. WHY ? Black in the engine bay looked fine, but white in the engine compartment looked mickey-mouse.

Imagine a Red car, black interior, black roof and a white engine compartment

Look at the Marti Report & you will see D32. THAT was the internal code for our cars.

Somewhere on this site, I have also listed WHERE the ascMcLaren colors came from, in case you or anyone else needs repairs or touch up paint.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:51 am Post subject: Need Touch-Up Paint?

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Do you know where your ascMcLaren's paint came from ? You NEED to know!!

All info contained herein is the property of American Sun Roof Corporation and Sandy Block. It can only be used for personal information, pertaining to YOUR ascMcLaren automobile. It cannot be re-printed without the written permission of the person who supplied it to you, being either a representative of ASC or from Sandy Block.

WHERE-OH-WHERE did those colors come from ?

1987-1990 ascMcLaren Paints …

Atlantic Blue is ’86 Lincoln Shadow Blue, Code 7C
AzurA Blue is ’86 Merkur XR4Ti AzurE Blue, Code OT
Paris Blue is ’87 Nissan Bright Blue, Code 426
Bright Regatta Blue is ’88 Ranger/Aerostar Bright Blue, Code 3E
HOT Yellow is Seat (European Car) ’99 Ovni Yellow, Sikkens SES1H
Dino Yellow is ’93 Mustang Canary Yellow, Code BZ
Keweenau White is ’84 Ford Oxford White (1984 ONLY !!)
Sea Foam Aqua is Ford Festiva & Aspire’s Aqua, Code SE
Coral Pink is Nissan ’00-’02 Cranberry Pink, Code NISAX7 (Japan Market ONLY!!) Sikken’s Code 348B6 Used on Cube MiniVan.
Regal Red-Fox is ’87 Merkur XR4Ti Regal Red, Code 0O
Candy Red is ’88 Toyota Supra Red-Pearl, Code 3H1
Black-Cherry is ’85 Cadillac Black-Cherry, Code 99
Summer’s Tan is ’88 Ford Truck Light Chestnut, Code 9T
Jet Black is universal Black, Code 242
Sterling Silver is ’83 Ford Escort Silver Clearcoat, Code 1Q
Gunmetal Gray is ’86 Cadillac Academy Gray, Code 84
British Racing Green is ’75 Truimph, Code HAA – DuPont # 45102
ascMcLaren Red is Porsche’s Guards Red, Code POR 027 and ’87 Ford’s
Red Snapper, Code FA87:RS and ’89 MerkurXR4Ti’s Radiant Red, Code OP and ’93 Ford’s Vermillion, Code FA93:21
Royal Gold is ’89 Jeep Sand Glow, Code HY3, and ’89 Merkur XR4Ti Tuscany Gold, Code 08, and Chrysler-Of-France’s Silver Platine, Code CF 9570. [ I am told that the Chrysler one is right-on, while the other two require some "adjustments" to be "spot-on".]

85asc239 · Post by **85asc239** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:52 am

The "X" in your vin is the "check digit". Simply put the letter means nothing. The digit was put there to verify a vin.

Jeremy

mca1686 · Post by **mca1686** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:59 am

Awe makes sense. Anyone else going to get a report?

86ASCCoupe20 · Post by **86ASCCoupe20** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:59 pm

I ordered one but they couldnt find it.

ascMcLaren Enthusiasts

Got my Marti Report today!

Got my Marti Report today!

Okay, so let me state my case !