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WELCOME TO MY FREEWAY OPINION PAGE.
THIS PAGE OVER TIME WILL CONTAIN MANY TOPICS RELATED TO THE FREEWAY AND WILL BE BASED ON MY OPINION ON THAT SUBJECT.

WHAT MAKES A FREEWAY RARE?
THE FOLLOWING LIST IS WHAT I CONSIDER HOW FREEWAYS FALL INTO BEING RARE. RAREST LISTED FIRST. I AM SURE MY LIST WILL CHANGE AS TIME GOES ALONG. ITEMS WILL BE CHANGED, ADDED AND DELETED.

1. ORIGINAL PROTO.
2. FIRST PRODUCTION ELECTRIC.
3. FIRST PRODUCTION GAS.
4. FIRST 6 PRODUCTION (INCLUDES 2&3).
5. FREEWAY TAGGED AS A 1986 MODEL.
6. ELECTRIC MODELS.
7. LOUISIANA MFG.
8. FLORIDA MFG. INCLUDES RAG TOP.
9. LAST PRODUCTION ELECTRIC.
10. LAST PRODUCTION GAS.
11. ORIGNAL FACTORY FREEWAY.
12. ANY FREEWAY!

HERE ARE MY NOTES ON THE ABOVE LIST.
1. ORIGINAL PROTO  - WAS SEEN AT FREEWAY EVENT.
2. THE "REAL" FIRST ELECTRIC WAS SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY DUE TO SOME ISSUES. A NEWER/LATER MODEL WAS GIVEN THE SAME VIN AND RETURNED. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE "REAL" FIRST ELECTRIC IS UNKNOWN.
3. FIRST GAS WAS WRECKED SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED AND WAS RETURNED TO FACTORY FOR REPAIRS AND THEN RETURNED TO THE OWNER.
4. NOT ALL 6 HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. SOMETIMES REFFERED TO AS PRE-PRODUCTION MODELS.
5. A 1986 FREEWAY WOULD BE ONE THAT WAS FROM D&A AND COULD BE ONE THEY GOT FROM HMV WHEN THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS OR MAYBE WAS COMPLETED AT D&A AND THEN SOLD.
6. I HAVE SEEN TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY ELECTRICS WERE MFG. I HAVE SEEN 12 AND 25. IN ANY CASE THERE ARE ONLY A FEW KNOWN TO STILL BE OUT THERE.
7. LOUISIANA ONLY MFG. A FEW FREEWAYS. I OWNED ONE AND IT HAD A FEW DIFFERENT DETAILS. MINE WAS SOLD TO AN OVERSEAS BUYER.
8. FLORIDA PRODUCED THE HARDTOP AND RAGTOP FREEWAYS. YEARS AGO I TALKED WITH OWNER OF THE FL. LOCATION. HE TOLD ME THAT THEY MFG. ABOUT 40 RAG TOPS AND ABOUT 30 HARDTOPS. 
9. LAST PRODUCTION ELECTRIC. - NOT SURE WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT CAR THIS WAS/IS AND WHO MIGHT HAVE IT.
10. LAST PRODUCTION GAS. SAME AS #9.
11. WHEN I SAY FACTORY FREEWAY I MEAN ONE THAT HASN'T HAD ANY BIG MODS TO IT. THINGS LIKE TIRES, BATTERY, ETC. AND OTHER MAINTENANCE IS EXPECTED. THERE MOST LIKELY IS VERY FEW THAT FALL INTO THIS CATAGORY. I HAVE ONE THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. MAKES FOR A GREAT REFERANCE WHEN I NEED TO CHECK ON HOW SOMETHING WAS DONE AT THE FACTORY.
12. ANY FREEWAY!  ENOUGH SAID!!!!!