Gus, I can explain the date mismatch you found on your DeLorean... In Ireland we write our dates backwards! For example, the writing inside your door which says 4/10/81 means the 4th of October, 1981 whereas in American terms you probably thought this meant the 10th of April 1981. John Dore, Ireland. http://homepage.eircom.net/~johndore > I discovered some permanent-marker > writing on the inside stainless of my driver's door. It was initialed and > dated 4/10/81, even though my car has an official build date of 10/81. Just > for the record.