To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com 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. Re: Delorean parting out parts available From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxxxxxx> 2. JZD's comments about GULLWING Magazine... From: gullwingmagazine@xxxxxxxx 3. My New DeLorean (VIN 1063) and Fuel Pump Pickup Repair From: "hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxxxxxxx> 4. What are the Best Tires to Go with for a DeLorean? From: "hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxxxxxxx> 5. GULLWING Magazine cover photo in Downtown Pulse newsmagazine! From: gullwingmagazine@xxxxxxxx 6. fuel tank access panel From: "painintheass7565" <advantics@xxxxxxx> 7. damaged fiberglass shell for sale From: "erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx> 8. Information about retroserver delorean website From: jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx> 9. Re: Delorean parting out parts available From: kKoncelik@xxxxxxx ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 14:41:48 -0000 From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Delorean parting out parts available --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stephen Card" <stephen@xxxx> wrote: > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx> > wrote: > > Sort of sad actually. Always pains me to see another D > > go this route :( > Your looking at it all wrong. Look at it as an organ donor. Through > the "transplanting" of these parts many cars can benefit! Painful > would be a carcrusher and a useless block of metal at the end. > Keep looking for the positive, > Stephen Problem is, organ donation only happens after a donor is dead! Doctors don't look at patients and say, "Well gee, it's going to take much more work than I'm willing to put in to save your husband's life Mrs. Jones. But don't feel bad, 'cause we're going to part out his vital organs, so that other people may live. So don't feel so bad about the loss." And that is exactly what was said here, looking at this quote from the original post: Quote directly from Ken K, owner of the doomed car: "Well Vin 5690 has been with me for about 3 weeks and I have gone through the emotions of rebuilding, refurbishing, or parting it out. After looking at the options this could be a $5000 car that cost $15K to fix and result in a $14K car that still has a way to go. So it is going the e-bay route." >From what has been described, this isn't a car that's had any devistating damage to it from a wreck, or a fire. It doesn't appear to even have a wasted chassis from rust damage. It is simply a car that needs an intense passion to fuel it's restoration. Someone who is more concerned with owning/keeping a DeLorean on the road, rather than what the monetary value of the car will be once a restoration is complete, as quoted above. To Ken K: I'm not trying to attack you, but I do disagree with you on both points: 1. The end value of the car can be much higher than what you are anticipating. NADA right now puts fully restored/original vehicles at a value of almost $28,000. Yes, it will require an immense amount of work, but it can be done. 2. The car is worth saving. Even I realize that you can't just store a car until that perfect owner comes along wanting to restore it. And classic cars needing this much work won't always sell as quickly as road operational ones, especially automatics. But this could easily have been avoided simply by not purchasing the car. Which is the absolute, #1 cardinal rule when looking to buy a DeLorean. And if we learn nothing else, always remember it: *ALWAYS* inspect a car that you will potentially be buying IN PERSON FIRST BEFORE COMMITING TO PURCHASE! Words to live, and drive by. -Robert vin 6585 "X" ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:41:33 -0500 From: gullwingmagazine@xxxxxxxx Subject: JZD's comments about GULLWING Magazine... Here's what "the man" himself, John Z. DeLorean said about the last issue of GULLWING Magazine... "Great cover, it's very well done, very visual, I enjoy it." -JZD We were pleased to receive the compliments from Mr. DeLorean, and we will continue to provide a quality publication for the DeLorean community. Sincerely, Ron and Cheryl Wester GullwingMagazine(at)juno.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:51:12 -0000 From: "hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: My New DeLorean (VIN 1063) and Fuel Pump Pickup Repair I just picked up my DeLorean. Vin 1063. Looking forward to talking with other DeLorean owners. Last night I replaced the Fuel Pickup Tube and the Rubber seals around the fuel pump. The little metal stud that is attached to the bottom of the tank that holds down the Fuel Pump pickup assy. had came unattached from the bottom of the tank. I thought about using some sort of Glue to reattach it to the bottom of the tank but I was worried about the glue breaking down once it was submerged in gasoline. I ended up draining the tank completely then running a purge of argon gas into the tank to eliminate the chance of a fire. Then I heated up the little metal disk with the stud on it and pressed it back into the plastic at the bottom of the tank. It formed new plastic "rivets" like the originals and attached itself nicely. At least I won't have to bother with any glue. Is there another way people fix these also? I'll add pics of the process to my Pics. page soon. I picked the car up in LA California from the original owner on Monday. I drove it home the 1200 miles to WA state without incident. The only problem that I had was it quit me once becouse of the fuel pump pickup tube collapsing. I was at 1/4 tank and it was 110 Deg F. when it happened. I re-filled the tank and the problem went away. We'll see how long the new pickup tube lasts. If I have to take it apart again I will install a spring inside the tube to keep it from collapsing, I read about that mod on another site and it looks like it would work great. UPDATE: Well, I drove the car a few hundred miles accross the state the next morning after doing the fuel pump pickup tube replacement and right as I was arriving I started smelling gas again. I removed the access cover to the fuel pump again and found that the pump itself had failed and was spraying a small stream of gas into the upper part of the boot where the electrical connections are for the pump. It was spraying out of the top of the pump where the pump is crimped. I located another pump and changed my old long neck pump over to the newer style short neck pump. Now everything seems to be happy with the fuel system for the time being. Now just the drive back home :-) Tom C. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:59:11 -0000 From: "hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: What are the Best Tires to Go with for a DeLorean? Hello. I'm looking at new tires for the DeLorean and was wondering what would be the best to go with. I currently have Yokohama AV1 tires on it but I've been told they are no longer available in our sizes. Would the Michelin Pilot XGT H4 be a good tire to go with? They are available in a matched set. What are you running and how do you like them? Thanks in Advance. Tom C. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:40:42 -0500 From: gullwingmagazine@xxxxxxxx Subject: GULLWING Magazine cover photo in Downtown Pulse newsmagazine! The folks at River City Autofest in Evansville, Indiana loved GULLWING Magazine's photo (from last fall's event) of "a dozen DeLoreans" on the front cover of Issue 1. They're using the photo in their September/October issue of the Downtown Pulse newsmagazine, which has a distribution rate of 98,000, to help promote the event this year. For more information regarding the 7th Annual River City Autofest - Downtown Evansville (September 26-28), please visit www.DowntownEvansville.org or call (821) 424-2986. It's three days of Family Fun... hope to see you there! Your friends at GULLWING Magazine, Ron and Cheryl Wester GullwingMagazine(at)juno.com ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 16:45:48 -0000 From: "painintheass7565" <advantics@xxxxxxx> Subject: fuel tank access panel My access panel under my "D" looks like a piece of swiss cheese. Does anyone know if they are available new and how much would one cost? John 5386 & 1383 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:21:45 -0000 From: "erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: damaged fiberglass shell for sale I have a damaged fiberglass shell for sale. It was hit in the front passenger side. If anyone is seriously interested in it please let me know. Buy needs to pick the item up or I can possibley trailer it to you for a fee. Please email me privately if interested. Thanks, Erik ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:38:22 -0700 (PDT) From: jordan rubin <nuttenschleuder@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Information about retroserver delorean website hello all, Ive heard that some check the page and there is no response. The server is always running 24-7. The problem is deutsche telekom likes to change the IP address several times a day. I have a script that will update the domain to the correct IP but only once every 10 minutes. If the telekom changes the IP 1 minute after the interval of the script, the site will be down for 9 minutes. Just try back about 10 minutes later and all should work fine. thanx Jordan 11613 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 17:31:52 EDT From: kKoncelik@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: Delorean parting out parts available In a message dated 8/7/2003 6:53:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx> > wrote: > >Sort of sad actually. Always pains me to see another D > >go this route :( > Your looking at it all wrong. Look at it as an organ donor. Through > the "transplanting" of these parts many cars can benefit! Painful > would be a carcrusher and a useless block of metal at the end. > Keep looking for the positive, > Stephen > I have been getting a lot of comments on this but for people that know me they understand that this car is just too far gone to make it feasable to refurbish. There are a few well know long term project cars on this list that we all know of and I am sure it is rewarding for those involved but time and money are the issue and while I can fix it I do not have the time. Others that have looked at it as a refurb also have stated the cost is too high so this car will allow others to live. The panels are perfect Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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