Or perhaps the PO bought a newer Delorean that had a flat hood and
wanted to keep his grooved hood and swapped them out?
Mark V
On Feb 11, 2005, at 7:20 PM, Christopher Mack wrote:
>
> Greg,
>
> I came across two october 81 DeLoreans and one Nov 81
> DeLorean (#6451) that all had flat hoods and no
> indication of any body damage. Perhaps these were
> cars that were pulled off the assembly line during
> production and put back onto the line when only flat
> hoods were available
>
> -Chris
>
> #6453
> --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>
>> Yea, and I never heard the fans come on but it may
>> have not warmed up enough
>> while I was there.
>>
>> It does run and stop, and he exercised the car
>> regularly but it has now been
>> sitting for a few months so it took us a few
>> minutes, and a phone call to
>> Rich, to get it started.
>>
>> It's not so much a garage queen since it has about
>> 50k miles on it, but it
>> has been garage kept. I am assuming the dash fading
>> and cracking are from
>> the previous owner using it as a daily driver before
>> the current owner. The
>> previous owner bought it new.
>>
>> I have no idea why it has a flat hood. Nothing on
>> the car indicates it
>> having been in an accident. Like Rich told me on
>> the phone, I can't catch a
>> break with these flat hoods. If I get this one, it
>> will be my third car
>> that has the wrong hood.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: thebrave65 [mailto:ssawyer37@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:32 AM
>> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: new find...
>>
>>
>> Hi Greg. From the photos, it looks like a decent
>> car. It has the
>> original blue fan fail module and it looks like it
>> has a rear main
>> seal leak with all of the oil coating the oil pan.
>>
>> Without looking at it or any of the fluids,
>> electricals, etc. (and
>> assuming it runs and stops), I might guess a $14,000
>> car.
>>
>> A garage queen is good but I wonder why the dash is
>> faded.
>>
>> Do you know why it has the flat hood? Was it in a
>> collision?
>>
>> Johnny
>> 5518 - with hood grooves
>>
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I have uploaded a few pictures to the photo
>> section into folder "new
>> find".
>>> This is a car I looked at today and am considering
>> buying so I would
>> like
>>> everyone's opinion on what you think it is worth.
>> Right now the
>> owner is
>>> asking way more than it is worth.
>>>
>>> It is an '81, gray, five speed with a flat bonnet
>> and in the low
>> 5000 VIN
>>> range. It has around 50k miles. The stainless is
>> near perfect,
>> with only
>>> two very small dings. He put new tires, brakes,
>> front wheel
>> bearings, and
>>> struts on the car recently. It sits inside all
>> the time, which is
>> why the
>>> car looks so dusty. Like I mentioned, the
>> stainless is near perfect
>> and the
>>> pictures do not do it justice.
>>>
>>> The binnacle is cracked, the dash faded, and the
>> seats have some
>> cracking.
>>> The front fascia is just barely showing signs of
>> warping. I do have a
>>> theory on why the fascia warps, other than high
>> beams or the sun.
>> Anyway,
>>> overall the car looks very nice and if you didn't
>> look at the
>> odometer then
>>> you would never know it had that many miles on it.
>>>
>>> So, what does everyone think?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> PS - As a bonus, he also had a Volvo that had the
>> same engine. I
>> uploaded
>>> two pictures of that car as well, for those
>> interested. What I
>> didn't get a
>>> picture of was the gear shift for the manual
>> transmission that has a
>> switch
>>> on it for overdrive.
>>
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