To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxxxxxxxxx To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 9 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC From: Senatorpack@xxxxxx 2. RE: RE: 20 year old appology!!! From: Senatorpack@xxxxxx 3. Re: Novice Maintenance Questions From: Soma576@xxxxxxx 4. Re: Best Built DeLoreans From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx> 5. RE: Re: Service in Charlotte From: "Palatinus, Joe" <jopalatinus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 6. Interesting site From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 7. the width of the delorean From: "delorean66" <delorean66@xxxxxxxxx> 8. Re: New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC From: "Gabriel H. Prado" <gprado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9. RE: New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC From: "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:42:53 -0500 From: Senatorpack@xxxxxx Subject: New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC Running thru Borders Books, found a new book about DeLorean and his early career at GM. The book is "Glory Days" written by Jim Wageners. $29.95 Sincerely, Michael Pack ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:48:51 -0500 From: Senatorpack@xxxxxx Subject: RE: RE: 20 year old appology!!! Bridge of Weir leather, the OEM supplier of DMC leather, remared on their web site that they also preform restoration services for cleints leather needs. In addition, they also mention on the web site that they supplied leather for DMC and Rolls Royce. Sincerely, Michael Pack "JDL" <jdl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Salsbury [mailto:paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:03 PM >To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [DML] 20 year old appology!!! > >In the process of the restoration of Vin6463 I needed to get the Seats >recovered as the leather was seriously cracked. > >Long story short, I found a company in Belfast that originally produced the >seat covers for DMC, and they happily took on the job to restore my seats. >This time totally leather, no PVC sides or back. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:03:46 EST From: Soma576@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: Novice Maintenance Questions In a message dated 1/18/02 3:16:21 PM Central Standard Time, govenorofvirginia@xxxxxxxxx writes: > 1 - what kind of oil should I use? > 2 - Where can I get the right kind of filter? > 3 - Can Jiffy Lube handle an oil change? (I really do > Hello, since i am an assistant manager at Jiffy Lube, i think i can answer your questions! just look at your owners manual for what type of oil to use. you can use 5w30, 10w30, and 10w40 for most types of weather conditions (and it is easy to find). i buy mobil 10w40. works for me! if you want to go to jiffy lube, you shouldn't have a problem. but you will want to bring your own oil filter because we don't normally carry the correct one. Jiffy Lube has no problem if you bring your own filter. we can order one for you but you will have to wait for a while as someone at an auto parts store brings one and then it might not be the exact filter you want. so just bring your own from a vendor! Jiffy Lube only has 5w30, 10w30, and 15w40, however any of those weights are actually ok. probably go with 10w30 since 15w40 has an extra charge since it's only in bottles. as for the drain plug, we have the right tool. it's actually used for imports which have transfer case or differential drain plugs. happens to be what the delorean drain plug needs! it will be funny though - at first they will want to open the 'hood'!! then they're find out the engine is in the back! you will want to tell them how to open the engine compartment correctly since i would never want someone who doens't know what they are doing to try to open the engine cover when they don't know where the release is!! good luck! Andy Soma576@xxxxxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:17:16 -0500 From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Best Built DeLoreans > Generally, knowing the VIN can tell you something about a DeLorean's condition 20 years ago, but tells you nothing about its condition ay. - Mike Substelny, this week's DML moderator] - and - > i heard the very first ones of the assembly line > had door fitting problems To substantiate the claim concerning the door fitting problems, here is a quote from July '81 Car & Driver, "As luck would have it, the first 500 sets of doors were pressed on sloppy prototype tooling. They simply can't be made to fit properly, in our opinion. If we were John Z., the first 500 cars, with those doors, would be permanently banned from sale. Instead, they'd fan out to every dealer across the land to become static displays (with the doors UP, so fits couldn't be checked)." While discussing a door adjustment problem with Rob Grady, he mentioned that VINs from 500 to 1000 (the first 500 production cars) had doors that were slightly longer front-to-back giving less room for adjustment. So if you are shopping for a DeLorean that is to be put to any real use, I would steer clear of these early VINs. Walt Tampa, FL ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:25:09 -0500 From: "Palatinus, Joe" <jopalatinus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Re: Service in Charlotte Many people it seems as asked about service in Charlotte. I live about 20 miles north of charlotte in Davidson, and I took my Car to the griffin Brother tire place in Cornelius. Ask for tony. They do tires, but will also do many basic mechanical things as weel fuel pumps oil changes etc. I got a letter from A british car club in the Lake Norman Area, They are having an informal meeting (nno dues) at the Atlanta Bread company acroos from Target off exit 26 on I-77 at 9:00 on Saturday Jan 26. I will be bringing my delorean if anyone in the Charlotte Lake Norman Area would like to come, we can talk cars. Just FYI Joe Palatinus VIN 17167 6808 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:30:37 -0000 From: "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Interesting site [MODERATOR NOTE- depending in your email server, you MAY have to paste this URL back together in manually in pieces. It does work]-dave Whilst rummaging around the web for a new car for my wife, In the Auto trader area we came across this page, very interesting... http://www.askgeeves.com/main/metaAnswer.asp?t=m&s=a&MetaEngine=Sprinks+by +About.com&logQID=D3E0C8F36651BD4DA66E73D77D06A2FC&frames=&site_name=Jeeve s&ads=&MetaTopic=&MetaURL=&EngineOrdinal=1&ItemOrdinal=&qCategory=news&ask =auto+trader+Northern+Ireland+metasearch&MetaList=http%3A%2F%2Fvintagecars .about.com%2Flibrary%2Fweekly%2Faa031501a.htm%3Fiam%3Dspkask%26terms%3Daut o+trader+Northern+Ireland&x=20&y=9 This works too: http://vintagecars.about.com/library/weekly/aa031501a.htm?iam=spkask&terms =auto%20trader%20Northern%20Ireland Yes it is all one URL Regards Paul #6463 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:53:57 -0000 From: "delorean66" <delorean66@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: the width of the delorean Hello, The last time that I asked this, I got different answers. I know that the length of the car is 168 inches and the height is 44.8, but I want to know exactly what the actual WIDTH of the car is. Some places state 73.1 inches and others state 78.3. Which one's the right one? Can anyone clarify? Thanks Grigor www.delorean.8k.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:59:57 -0600 From: "Gabriel H. Prado" <gprado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC which is the book that has a drawing of an airplane with cars stacked inside? Gabe ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 23:59:23 -0500 From: "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC That would be Stainless Steel Illusion. Jack & Virginia Stiefel 1981 DeLorean Vin 3461 August 1981 Build (Ours) http://www.sacketmansion.com/delorean 1988 Jaguar XJS-C V-12 (Mine) http://www.sacketmansion.com/jaguar 2001 PT Cruiser (Hers) Visit us at http://www.sacketmansion.com -----Original Message----- From: Gabriel H. Prado [mailto:gprado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:00 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] New Book..DeLorean..early career@GMC which is the book that has a drawing of an airplane with cars stacked inside? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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