Re: [DML] Delorean parting out parts available
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Re: [DML] Delorean parting out parts available



Hi im in need of a left front fender please let me
know if you have one available thanks bernie
610-520-2078
--- therealdmcvegas <DMCVegas@xxxx> wrote:
> Many, many points taken in your response. With a
> vehicle that has sunken 
> down into damp earth, then yes, I can see the damage
> that can occur. 
> Chassis, suspension, fluid lines, etc. I can
> wholeheartedly understand at t=
> hat 
> point why one would consider parting the car out.
> Now couple that with the =
> 
> extensive mechanical, and cosmetic damage, and yes,
> I can then understand 
> why you choose to part the vehicle out. Even moreso
> in how you described 
> how the vehicle was removed by violently jerking it
> out of the mud with a 
> chain wrapped around the front end, rather than
> appropriately digging the c=
> ar 
> out of the ground. Yes, I can understand now. I
> don't fully agree, but I ca=
> n 
> understand.
> 
> However, in the initial posting that was notifying
> everyone that you were g=
> oing 
> to be parting the car out, the current condition of
> the car was omitted. So=
> 
> everyone here was probably picturing the same
> senario that I was: A car tha=
> t 
> was simply parked, and let to sit in someone's
> garage, or driveway. Nor 
> especially the fact that since it was previously
> know that this car was 
> earmarked to be a parts/donor car from the start. I
> myself was figuring tha=
> t this 
> was simply a car that was ready for a simply
> on-chassis restoration. And th=
> at 
> rather than take the time to restore it, you were
> going to chose to part it=
> out.
> 
> 
> > You missed the point. This car was purchased as a
> parts car with the hop=
> e 
> of 
> > marrying it to another good one. I had potential
> buyers for the parts be=
> fore 
> > I even looked at it knowing it was trashed. Once I
> got it home I began to=
> try 
> > to find a way to get it back on the road because
> the little DeLorean 
> > Leprechan inside was saying SAVE ME SAVE ME. Even
> the folks from 
> Europe wanted in on 
> > it but after discussions and such it was
> determined it is not in the card=
> s. I 
> > wanted a project car and was hopeful my initial
> evaluation was wrong. I=
> t 
> > wasn't. I have passed on many.
> 
> To be honest, I take more comfort in actually
> knowing that at least a good =
> 
> effort was put forth in trying to save the car,
> rather than simply saying t=
> hat 
> sacrificing one car is going to help save others.
> Maybe I've got this total=
> ly 
> incorrect misconception, but with the effort being
> put forth by so many, I =
> just 
> don't see what parts are so rare that they must be
> obtained from parts cars=
> . 
> Torsion Bars? Ok, I can kinda see that. But even
> then, DMCH has said that 
> their reproduction is possible, and may one day be
> implemented if the need =
> 
> becomes so. I'm not going to attack anyone, but I am
> curious as to what 
> specific parts are needed from this car, that the
> others need so that they'=
> ll be 
> kept on the road? And why don't any of our vendors
> have them?
> 
> 
> > In another part of your comments you said you
> don't give up on a patients=
> 
> > 
> > Ever hear of Hospice.
> 
> What else can I say, but "touché" You are correct
> that there is a point in =
> which 
> something is beyond saving. And that the best thing
> to do is to let that 
> something depart with dignity. In this case,
> dismantling the vehicle for 
> salvagable parts, rather than simply crushing it.
> 
> But then again, as so many have pointed out, this is
> only a car after all. =
> You're 
> right, and I agree. A person has a finite lifespan.
> This same rule doesn't =
> apply 
> to a vehicle. Thru replacement parts, a car does
> indeed have the ability to=
> 
> have a longer, normal service "life" than a person.
> And can of course be 
> brought back much more easily from "the brink".
> 
> Now, like I said, I don't believe that a car needs
> to be parted out unless =
> it has 
> some sort of catastrophic, irreversable damage to
> it. Accident, fire, etc..=
> . 
> Agreeably, major electrical damage in the form of
> vermin, and other pests 
> chewing on the wiring harness is no small
> undertaking. Nor is it a cheap on=
> e 
> comming in at around $1,800 or so just for the bulk
> of the harnesses, if yo=
> u 
> were to actually replace them completely. So I can
> see how both the work, 
> and price just compounds itself, and makes a
> restoration more, and more 
> grim. But like I say, I'm a diehard, eternal
> optimist that every car is abl=
> e to 
> come back, if matched with the right owner. If that
> means that the car has =
> to 
> wait, then it waits. Now by saying this, I don't
> mean that someone should 
> become the saviour of all DeLoreans out there. I am
> in no way, shape, or fo=
> rm 
> suggesting that a person should purposfully purchase
> a car simply to "save"=
> it 
> for the perfect person to come along. Quite the
> contrary. I feel that if th=
> e car is 
> in that bad of a shape, that the person who owns it
> at the time should sit =
> on it 
> until that right person comes along.
> 
> But also, bringing a car back doesn't mean
> concourse, nor does it even mean=
> 
> "original" for that matter! As has been mentioned
> before, and brought up by=
> 
> Ron, customization is the absolute way to go for a
> car like this. Electrica=
> l 
> bugs? A little bit of wire, and a whole lotta
> patience can go a LONG way. 
> Chassis toasted? Perhaps a bit outside of the norm,
> but why not commission =
> 
> a lightweight, tubular chassis? Siezed motor? Why
> not now try looking into =
> a 
> nice alternative engine that has been proven by
> others whom have done the 
> conversion? Wasted interior? Try something radicly
> different! All one needs=
> to 
> do is pick up a current custom car magazine for
> inspiration. Weather it's a=
> n off 
> the wall Hot Rod, or a tricked out Sport Compact,
> the things that one can 
> accomplish are unlimited, amazing, and sometime,
> less expensive, with bette=
> r 
> lookng results even depending upon one's own tastes!
> All that's needed is a=
> 
> 
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