i know that there was a company building a cardinal 3 clone, called the "american classic". they kind of dropped off the radar a while back. they definitely weren't cheap though!


things have been a little rocky for me financially, so my ambassadeur collection has stopped growing for the time being. i have to stay away from ebay because hunting for rare ABUs starts to consume me after a while.

my best score recently was finding 2 2500Cs at the sunbird store in yelm. the original run was from 1975 to around 1982, but every now and then the factory produces a little run and (usually) only sells them in europe and japan. the best part about it was the price -- "on sale" for $59.99 each, which is about 1/4 of what the low end selling price on ebay for unused 2500s is. i heard it was an accidental shipment, and that sportco got a bunch at the same time. they were gone within a day or two.