Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 10 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Attention customers of HAGERTY and GRUNDY From: "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2. Re: Exhaust Tips From: "Jeff Phillips" <jeff.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 3. New Owner, old list member - long From: "Jeff Phillips" <jeff.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 4. temp gauge wiring From: Soma576@xxxxxxx 5. Receint Posts From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 6. Stainless steel polish From: "Ryan Foster" <westiething@xxxxxxxxxxx> 7. Re: Attention customers of HAGERTY and GRUNDY From: scott-c-arnold@xxxxxxxx 8. LHD car for sale From: "Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxxxxxxx> 9. VIN plate From: "evan" <autotec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10. Sedoc Cruise in From: "Palatinus, Joe" <jopalatinus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:14:49 -0400 From: "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Attention customers of HAGERTY and GRUNDY After the discussion earlier this week about insurance, I called both HAGERTY and GRUNDY and asked the question: "If my car is hit in the parking lot at work or stolen from work, will you pay the claim?" The answer was a definite "NO". If you are insured by either company, know your risk! ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:05:41 -0000 From: "Jeff Phillips" <jeff.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Exhaust Tips David, I'd recommend against the larger exhaust tips. When I purchased my DeLorean it has some custom exhaust tips on it and I noticed that on one side of the vehicle the plastic under the bumber has deformed and melted due to the added heat caused by the tips. I'm not sure if the tips on it now are the ones that caused the damage or if larger tips were on it before. Either way the current tips are coming off as I don;t want to see any more damage cause to the rear end of the car. Jeff Phillips #10544 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:32:01 -0000 From: "Jeff Phillips" <jeff.phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: New Owner, old list member - long Hey all, I just wanted to announce that I'm the proud new owner of #10544. I bought it over the weekend in Indiana and drove it home (nearly w/o incident) to St Louis. A brief history of the car goes as follows. Unsure of the original owner and I pick up the trail 2 owners prior to me. Owner A bought the car and planned on putting a small block Chevy engine in it (obviously not a list member) and after disassembling the car and haveing an adapter plate made learned that the engine was too big. Immediately he put all the parts neatly into boxes and left the car in the garage, deciding instead to buy a <gag> Corvette instead. He then sold the car sometime later to his brother who shipped it to Indiana and began the long process of reassemblying the car 5 years ago. He did a fairly good job and the car looks great with new headliners, binnical, stereo, and reassemblyed engine. The tranny was completely rebuit as well as the clutch. The worst part of the car seems to be the frame with a few good size holes in places. So I picked it up and drove it to St Louis, the longest trip the car had been on in 10 years. The only two problems I had were outside of Kokomo the shifter linkage bolt came loose at the centermounter pivot and the linkage popped off of the stud. Causeing ofcourse, me to be sitting at a stop light, infront of a long line of cars, looking extreemly good but not going anywhere. A quick reference in the parts manual, a trip to the hardware store, and one 8M nut later I was back on the road. It was uneventful from then until St Louis with the exception of a few people travelling at unsafe speeds towing uhauls just trying to catch up and snap a few pictures, and a short caravan with a Dodge Viper travelling in the same direction as me (we looked good driving together). Not until I exited the highway in my neighborhood did the second problem occur. Yep overheating. Parked the car, checked the fluid and saw it was low. Added more fluid, bled off some air, and all is fine again. Occassionally I have to add coolant and the car is fine. Will be performing a pressure test soon to check the cooling system. It seems to lose coolant even before the engine hits 220. Perhaps me radiator cap is not functioning properly. Anyways, I'm sure that I'll be on the list some more as I begin to take care of the car. I used to follow the list several years ago but now I've got the needed motivation to keep up with it. thanks to all for the great advise I've seen on the list already. Jeff Phillips #10544 St Louis.\ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:13:28 EDT From: Soma576@xxxxxxx Subject: temp gauge wiring Hey all, in theory, if i were to have wiring problems in the engine compartment for my temperature gauge, and i were to connect an extra piece of wire from the temp sending unit to the 4-spade harness underneath the steering column where the wire goes into the dash, would that work? or are there any other components in the system that would be dangerously by-passed? thanks Andy Soma576@xxxxxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:44:27 -0700 From: "B Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Receint Posts There have been a few posts this past week that weren't related to the DeLorean. In light of the horror of the past several days I posted them as some of them regarded our subscribers living in the New York area. I'm returning to strictly DeLorean related items now and if you did contribute something unrelated I've deleted it. I understand the frustration we all feel about these current events but the mailing list isn't the place to discuss these happenings. Bruce Benson, this week's moderator ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:54:18 From: "Ryan Foster" <westiething@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Stainless steel polish Hello, Hi everyone I would just like to let everyone know that i have some more stainless steel polish for sale for $20.00 a can Just email me at westiething@xxxxxxxxxxx and I will take care of ya! Thanks ! Ryan. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:40:59 -0000 From: scott-c-arnold@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Attention customers of HAGERTY and GRUNDY I have yet to pick up my first DeLorean, so I have no idea what Hagerty and Grundy are all about. However, for those who are scratching their heads on insurance, here is how I believe it works. Feel free to debate if you think I am wrong. If memory serves me correctly, if your car is hit in the parking lot, the person that hit it is of course liable, and their Liability coverage should pay for it (or you can probably sue them if they don't have insurance, but no promises there). However, if it was a hit and run, then it may be impossible, without good witnesses, to find the liable person. In this case, the damage can still be covered by Collision coverage, just as if you had hit someone else. Of course, this requires that you HAVE Collision coverage, which is usually the most expensive. Now, if your car is stolen, you need yet a different coverage, Comprehensive. Comp is good because it is usually cheap and covers non-collision events like theft and various acts of nature. I am familiar with Shelter Insurance in the mid-west, and I don't know if they insure DeLoreans or not. However, I do know that they at least have rating data on DeLoreans, which is a good bet that they might insure them. Just my two cents... --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx> wrote: > After the discussion earlier this week about insurance, I called both > HAGERTY and GRUNDY and asked the question: > > > "If my car is hit in the parking lot at work or stolen from work, will > you pay the claim?" > > The answer was a definite "NO". > > > If you are insured by either company, know your risk! ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:55:41 +0100 From: "Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: LHD car for sale I wouldn't normally use the lists for cars for sale, but this one is a bit unusual. Left Hand Drive, Black interior, Auto, 3,000 miles from new, very early vin. 551 ( but no gas flap), Eurospec, no cat etc. ( as it was originaly exported to Saudi ) It has spent most of its life in a British Museum until liberated by a DOC member 3 years ago. In similar condition to my Dusty. House move forces quick sale at £10,000. (about $14500). contact Mark on (uk) 0191 455 2929. Best regards Chris P. DOC UK.. All the best to you Yanks, we are all thinking about you and watching the horrific pictures. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 20:28:30 +1000 From: "evan" <autotec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: VIN plate Hi guys, just after some specifications on the vin plate for the chassis. My frame was very badly rusted & the vin plate was missing except for about the last 1/2 inch. my car is vin 2672. I was wondering if anyone had a picture & the dimensions of the plate & style/size of the print so I can have one constructed. thanks alot, Evan from Oz. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:17:18 -0400 From: "Palatinus, Joe" <jopalatinus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Sedoc Cruise in Due to the tragic events this week, my Homecomming here has been cancled. I am seriously considering going to the event now, if that is still possible. Can anyone in the Charlote -statesville NC area who is going plz get in contact with me, so we could meet up Thanks Joe Palatinus VIN 17167 6808 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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