However, principally because the cars were becoming more complicated, this scale of increase was never realised and figures for that period ( such as 1976-77) show that some dealers were quoting customers a ten year delay between placing an order and having the car delivered
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I believe that the wait varied from Dealer to Dealer, for example I placed an order direct on the factory for a Plus 8 in 1976 and it was delivered in July 1982 - 6-years to the month.