Re: [DMCForum] Oh Wow!!! Prototype DMC for sale on Ebay.

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that's right.
This is the car seen used in the original 1981 "DeLorean" documentary, and 
in the dealer films
before the car went into final design and production.
It is really nothing like our cars, the interior is completely different, 
the dash and cluster are
totally different, the engine is a mid mounted 4 cylinder.
The rims are completely different and so are the facias and glass.
I think the way the doors open is a little different too, there are no 
torsion bars.
None of the production parts would fit this car.
The fenders, doors, nothing would fit as they were all custom formed.
It's a totally different car and I am sure it weighs a ton from all the 
custom fiberglass
and bondo underneath.
This thing was just a working mock up for photos and dealer relations.

I have several articles and photos of this car, I will try to dig them up 
and share them.
- VB

>From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Oh Wow!!! Prototype DMC for sale on Ebay.
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:59:38 -0800 (PST)
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>AH!  I see now..
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>The car on Ebay now was the car (that was probably)
>used in the initial investor video.  I suspect this
>car was built before Lotus got involved in the
>project.
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>To get it straight, the car that sold back in 1998 was
>"Pre Production", the car on ebay now was "Prototype",
>and the car which Claude used to own is just a regular
>"early" DeLorean.. LOL! (Sorry, had to get a dig in on
>him because he used to call his car pre-production).
>
>http://www.dmcnews.com/Resource/Prototype/prototype.html
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