James Espey DeLorean Motor Company Houston, Texas
281/568-9573 800/USA-DMC1 http://www.delorean.com
Not all 1983's came with small exhaust pipe tips. I purchased #17168 new with 17 miles from a New Jersey dealer who had over 20 1983's in stock. As I remember most were 17000vins. The cars with black interiors had the large tail pipes and the cars with grey interiors had small pipes. I wanted the grey interior and could only get it with the small pipes. At the Cleveland Show my car lost 2 points in the concours because of the small pipes. Would any owners of 1983cars with 17000 vins e-mail me with their vin #,interior color and tail pipe size. DMC Houston does not believe my exhaust is original. If there are other strange things about label decals please let me also know. My interior looks the same as #20064. I wish my wife would let me buy it.
Thanks, Tom Griepenburg dmc17168@xxxx