(Just so this message contains useful information, Bob Brandys put a British Land Rover V-8 into the car he calls the '97 DeLorean, and it looks really spiffy. You ought to get a look at it sometime.) While we are on the subject of expensive and very expensive DeLorean conversions, has anyone thought of adapting a Packard Twin Ultramatic transmission to work in a DeLorean? The Twin Ultramatic was John Z. DeLorean's first major contribution to the automotive world and our stainless sports cars were his last (as of today, anyway). I believe it is nowhere close to a good fit. In fact, your DeLorean would probably need to be lengthened. You can find Twin Ultramatics in Packard Caribbeans and Studebaker Golden Hawks. Someone told me they were also used in Packard Hawks and high-end Hudsons, but I have no confirmation of this. A DeLorean with the Packard dash-mounted push-button transmission controls sure would be, um, distinctive. - Mike Substelny