--- In dmcnews, Mike Hirko wrote: > Check out the link that Mike Babb provided for the cover of > the July '77 Car & Driver magazine. It clearly shows the > struts. Want to bet that it came from the factory that way? [snip] > HOWEVER, the struts on my VIN 1387 are the opposite. > Want to bet that they came from the factory that way? If you look a little better you can see the car featured on this cover obviously is one of the prototypes; - the lights in the bumper are further outwards - the mirrors seem to come from another type of car - the profile of the doors is different - there are no locks/latches at the front of the doors - there is no air intake under the bumper these are just the easy to spot differences. So in a way you could say it didn't even come from the factory! I guess they just popped the struts on, later discovering they had them on wrong and correcting this in the production cars you and I have... Jan van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 --------------------------------