counsel Terry McMahan (appointed president and CEO in August 1988) were working to guide the company out of Chapter 11. By the time Zimmer emerged from Chapter 11 in July, 1989, all but the Cordele, Georgia van conversion plant had been closed and just over 100 employees remained. Company acquired In September 1996, Art Zimmer (who is no relation to the original Zimmer family) became aware that an automobile had been manufactured which shared his surname. Shortly thereafter, he acquired the "Zimmer Motorcars" name and various Zimmer Motorcars Corporation materials and established the Zimmer Motor Car Club, primarily for Golden Spirit owners, with little to no support for QuickSilver owners. By 2001, there were over 500 members in the club. As of 2023, the club is defunct. In 1997, Art Zimmer, president and CEO, started the Art Zimmer Neo-Classic Motor Car Company after buying a model in a local automobile dealership. The company, also known as Zimmer Motor Car Company, stopped production in 2020 but had built 10 to 20 automobiles each year and is headquartered in Jamesville, New York. Retro style – modern chassis The later Zimmer Golden Spirit retails for $175,900 and is billed by the company as "the most awesome automobile in the world." It is the first four-door convertible produced in decades and is based on a Lincoln Town Car chassis. The company also offers a two-door model that is built on a Ford Mustang chassis which retails for $109,900. The advantage to owners is that the automobile can be serviced at any Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealer. This includes full service and Ford parts and warranty work. Additionally, the automobile has all the latest safety and modern engineering features available. Because Zimmers are built atop existing chassis, the company can use the legal certification of the Town Car and Mustang, obviating the need for separate crash and emissions certification by Zimmer. Manufacturing facilities Art Zimmer established the company's manufacturing facilities in Cambridge, Maryland and in December 1998 the first Zimmer Golden Spirit produced by the newly formed Zimmer Motorcars rolled out of the factory. During 2000, the company established a Syracuse presence when two of its operations, Rosenthal and Chadwick, a metal fabricating company, won the contract to supply heavy-duty steel bumpers, badge bars, and associated support parts. For the first time since 1934, when Franklin Automobile Company closed, automotive manufacturing returned to Syracuse. In