I wonder how many of the 6k or so deloreans are still out there and how many are in good condition? Isn't there a website with like buyers checklists in stuff for the delorean? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Geerdink" <delorean502@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: [DML] Re: delorean pricing, first time driver > Suprizingly I drove the car 300 miles home, and for the next 4 month > with no real problems, besides the fuel accumulator. It was over the > winter that it broke down, starting with the waterpump. When I took > it to Micah Fryman (thats where it is at right now) to get work done > to it, he told me that I had a lot of angels watching me because it > was VERY unsafe. My steering rack was dry and distroyed, my trailing > arms were rusted through, my engine was leaking oil, the electical > was a mess and very dangerous. I even had some parts on the car that > suprized him, like a steel clutch line. As in, not a hose. It was a > bent pipe that was supposidly the cool thing to install in the early > '80s to replace the plastic hose. I also has some weird things > bolted onto my frame that messed it up. If Micah is learking out > there, maybe he could inform us on my badly treated Delorean. you > wouldn't believe some of the things that was wrong with this car. > The steering rack was installed backwards and upside down!! It WAS a > real mess. it's not like that any more. All but the frame has been > replaced, but that will get done soon. > So the moral of the story is...don't be too excited when you first > see a Delorean that you might buy. Thats what I did. Bring someone > along with you who knows a lot about Deloreans, or at least what to > look for. When I was looking at this Delorean all that I said was > "oh, the dashboard can be replaced no problem, so can the dents, the > fascia and headliners. No bid deal." All that right there is a > couple thousand dollars! BE CAREFUL, there are crap Delorean out > there! > I'll shut up now. > > Erik Geerdink > 4512 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Gabe W." <thecreech@xxxx> wrote: > > Was the 10,000 delorean driveable when you got it? Did you run into > any > > problems? What was your first car? > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Erik Geerdink" <delorean502@xxxx> > > To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 8:23 PM > > Subject: [DML] Re: delorean pricing, first time driver > > > > > > > I bought my Delorean for $10,000. Listed is the work I have done > to > > > it.... > > > > > [Moderator deleted large copy...] > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx >