After studying the records, it
appears that this 1974 2002tii was purchased new at a BMW/Jaguar dealer in
Ohio in late 1974. The original color was Granitrot Metallic, a rather
light red metallic color which was eventually painted over at some
point. About 95% of the original car is still intact since it was first
purchased as Christmas present for some lucky family over 26 years
ago.
If you fast forward to December 2000, where I found
it through it's current owner, in an old warehouse in Kansas City,
Missouri. An interesting place for a 2002 to serve a prison term, somewhat
forgotten in the dusty, damp and dark confines of an expired General Motors
auto assembly plant for the better part of the
last 10 years.
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