2000 National Cadillac Coach

Ron King is trying to get a 2000 National back into Ontario from Manitoba. anyways I asked him about this car as I have NEVER heard of a late model National Coach so he sent me a few pictures

does anyone know anything about this Company How long was it around for ??
 

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Designed and built by Lionel Benjamin - a former Eureka Coach employee, these cars - what few of them there were/are - are somewhat crude and poorly styled. Lionel, an accomplished bodyman, has been financed off and on by a number of different sugar daddies but, none had ever shown any staying power or willingness to finance the company and warranty its products to the extent required to become a significant, or even realistic, factor in the business. Most backers have been funeral directors seeking cheap cars for their own use that quickly loose interest after getting a few vehicles and finding out how much it really costs to successfully build and market such products. In effect, these are the poor products of a failed venture. If I am not mistaken, the his company has had a few different names as well.
 
Thanks Keith If anyone would know it would be you thanks again now I can sleep ! lol

so this was a Canadian built Coach ?
 
You'll also notice the "styling" if one dare call it that, is yet another poor clone of thet introduced in 1977 by Hess & Eisenhardt with its all-new "down-sized" S&S Victoria. As such, this vehicle, like so many on the market, displays absolutely no creative design thinking - it's like they all fell into a Xerox machine that, as it loses toner, keeps cranking out ever poorer copies. Tis a real shame.
 
the side profile of it is really good. the side glass fits the roof line, moldings flow with purpose and they eliminated the door wedge. but the rear is off the glass is mis shapen to the body. from the rear it looks like a cardboard box on the deck lid.
 
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