RE: [DMCForum] Re: Electric powered DeLorean

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Contrary to what is stated on the Tilley site about the car being returned
to them, the car is still in the possession of the government.  Well, at
least the last time I read their site they stated that.

I have been in regular contact with one of the guys overseeing the case and
he said this will probably be a very long and drawn out process.  In fact,
he said contacting him any sooner than six-month intervals would be a waste
of time.  Whenever the case is closed, the car most likely will go on
auction through one of their federal outlets.

When, and if, I hear anything new from him I will post it.

Greg




-----Original Message-----
From: therealdmcvegas [mailto:dmcvegas@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:08 AM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Electric powered DeLorean


The car was confiscated by the government, as evidence in the trial
against him. I'm curious as to what happened, because who knows if
it'll be cheap at auction once everything is said and done. :)

Tilly has some pictures on his website of the car, and of the
installation process of the electric motor into the car.

He got busted on some serious fraud charges, and it's not the first
time that things like this have happened. He took the car out for a
test run, and claimed that the bearings went out on one of the wheels.
And apparently there were some hard core DeLorean people on hand at
the track that were willing to help him, but he wouldn't let anyone
near the car. An insignificant replair, that I once read on the DML
could be done roadside in an extreme case, but the car never saw the
light of day again. It is believe that it was running on battery
power, and not a seperate internal powersource.

Here's a couple of great links if you're interested in Tilley's Car/Scam:

http://www.greaterthings.com/News/Tilley/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FE_updates/message/40

Hydrogen Fuel cells are a nice concept, but what about the bell curve
on the platinum nessisary to manufacture them? And spillage durring
fueling, leading to possible saturation of hydrogen in the atmosphere,
and contributing to global warming?

-Robert

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