In a message dated 10/20/2002 1:25:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dmc_delorean_2000@xxxx writes: > would i be > able to do this myself or will I be in WAY over my head? Even the frame is different. Cheaper and easier to sell it and buy another D. BTW I've driven your car. It was one I looked at before I bought my '82 gray int. 5 speed. I recognized your vin#. I was a little leery about driving a manual since I've rarely used one in many years. But I'm very glad I made the small effort to brush up on my shifting skills. Of course, for big city stop and go and creep forward a few feet, a manual trans is a lot more work. To each his own. A current D on ebay brags that the automatic trans in the D is "more dependable" than the manual! hoho. Only in that you don't wear out the clutch on a regular basis. Wayne A. Ernst 11174 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]