Re: Rick Gendreau on Monster Garage

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Watched MG with the Man himself this weekend. He explained that car
> pictured on lift at beginning of show was NOT the donated project 
car.
> Pure Hollywood, so don't worry about lost panels etc.
...

I figure if a post mentions me by name, I ought to reply. It would 
be dishonest of me to allow myself to be thought of as "the Man". I 
was only one of a team of five, only "a man" If there is a "the 
Man", that distinction should go to Rich Weissensel, who expended 
untold effort, phone calls, and headaches to get the team together on 
very short (two days, I think) notice.

On an unrelated topic, as far as Monster Garage's negative portrayal 
of the Delorean hurting the brand goes, my feeling is that failure of 
our hovercraft project was preordained, but the short term negative 
publicity caused by Jesse James' disparaging comments against the 
Delorean will be outweighed in the future by the vague lingering name-
recognition for the Delorean car in the general public. 

For those of you who mourn the loss of parts, please consider this:
We destroyed a single set of damaged panels and some intact glass, 
the interior of the doors, and two fiberglass underbodies. The 
chassis and its parts went back to Don Steger, who graciously donated 
the hulk. Having seen the car, I can tell you it wasn't that great 
up close, no matter how good it looked on camera.

Again, unrelated, yes, I truly did enjoy smashing the rear fender 
windows, I couldn't help myself!

Rick Gendreau, the guy who brought vin 11472 back from certain 
destruction.