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Don't know the full details of those arrangements or why they were allowed to bypass going through dealer principles.
It is "highly suspected" they got even better bargains than others may have.
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What many don't realize is that employees were required to take delivery either through the PMD Retail Store or a nearby dealer entity - when buying a vehicle (new or PMD used - at whatever discount)
One outside possibility to this 50-xxx account is - the purchaser was also the same employee who used the car under PMD duty.
And allowed to bypass dealer prep/inspection since they were already fully aware of the cars condition and state of well being.
But that doesn't quite fit well with the 6 month span on yours.
As far as them having been the user of the car for 3 months or 3000 miles whichever comes First.
Could speculate even more about unforeseen financial circumstance that put a hold on the purchase (wife was pregnant - daughter pregnant with shotgun wedding pending ,,,, etc ...) but we could dream things up all day like that and really lose focus.
But lets go with that not being a dead match for now.
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Then there are the Hurst SSJ Conversion Cars with 50-010 / 012
I don't think your car will be in that type scenario.
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These cars were sent to Hurst for modifications, then returned to PMD, and sold through PMD Dealerships.
So lets think about that a little for a moment.
Would PMD "sell" the cars to Hurst - then "buy" them back from Hurst after the conversion ?
Seems unlikely to have been the protocol.
Account "50-xxx" may have originally been formed as a "gift account" (loose term) and later/consequently used for those Hurst cars just to keep paper trail on those conversion vehicles.
What i am alluding to in these respects is - it leans some possibilities that these 50-001 cars and your 50-002 car were gifted to those ranking employees. For whatever award or merit or milestone achieved by them.
We don't have a full definition for 50-xxx like we do for most all others.
But we are building a definition as we go.
We do know some history on the Enoch , Toth and Goad cars that were 50-001
Your documents will help build onto those .
Still can only say for now that at least 3 of the "50-xxx" cars were obtained by PMD ranking employees.
Beyond that , "50-00x" is still a bit mysterious
It could have just been a loop-hole for those on the inside to score even better deals on PMD Used cars.
At a minimum
A 69 Pattern/Zone Judge went to PMD in Montibello, so we know they had storage there. (Buildsheet document)
The 70 OO IV Judge used in 2LaneBlacktop movie was ordered through PMD Montibello Zone Office. (Buildsheet document)
So they had business dealings there.
The address used on those were 329 Van Norman Rd