[DML] Re: Big Thanks To Dave Sontos!

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

I didn't find the pictures and even if I did I'm not an expert on
DeLorean rust, but I wanted to share my sympathy for you. I can only
imagine how upset you must be at this.

Where are you located? Is there any chance a team of
DeLorean-knowledgable folks could be setup to help you perform this
job? Maybe someone with a shop could donate some space or give you a
cut rate price for a week while a team of people did the work. If you
were near me, I would certainly volunteer my time to get it done for
you. Not that I know how to do this job, but I'm an OK mechanic and
can follow orders if someone else knows what he's doing. 

I hate to see a DeLorean go to waste and even worse, I hate to see you
lose the dream.

You might try contacting the various vendors to see what a used frame
would cost by itself, and then what they'd charge for the whole job. I
bet you're looking at $5,000 - $10,000 to have someone do it. With a
team of volunteers you might be able to pull it off for a couple
thousand - essentially the cost of the frame and misc parts.

-Ryan

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael & Denise" <luckeys71@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi gang,
>     I wanted to post a big thanks to Dave Sontos for helping me with
my slave cylinder problem.  After wrestling with it for 2 days we
managed to get it removed which wouldn't have been possible without
his knowledge and expertise in assisting a novice such as myself! 
Most folks might think that 2 days seems like a while to do the job
but we were raging a constant battle with rusted components on my car.
 This brings me to another purpose of this post-what should I do with
this vehicle?  As Dave can attest to the frame has some major trouble
and will need to be replaced.  I've uploaded some pictures of the
underside of the body (files 1-7 DeLorean.jpg) and frame by the
trailing arms and transmission to get some opinions from the experts
of the group.  I personally do not have the knowledge, tools, or space
to attempt a frame replacement and I don't know if I could financially
afford to pay someone else to do it since I honestly do not know what
it would cost.  I'm certainly at a crossroads here since I'm sitting
at about $12000-$13000 current investment in the car and would take a
big loss if sold as is.  If a frame replacement is too costly I would
have very few options other than to sell or part out the car which is
very depressing.  I always wanted a DeLorean and bought this car for
fun but I fear that the dream may be over for me.  Perhaps the biggest
irony of all is that even though the frame is shot the car runs strong
as my trip home from Columbus, OH. after purchasing it can validate. 
As I told Dave today it certainly is "Caveat Emptor" when dealing with
a car 23 years old and in my excitement to own one I totally looked at
the wrong areas of the car to judge its' condition.  Any opinions,
ideas, or even insults would be valued by me as I try and decide what
to do with my current situation.
> Thanks again to Dave for taking 2 summer days to work with me on my
rusted up car-he truly got to see how the other half lives when
dealing with these vehicles!
> Mike
> #3760
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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