Like I said in the other post, DOT approves vehicle designs, not individual cars. So ALL DMC-12 vehicles are "DOT Approved". Now then. While your car might have an interesting history on the assembly line, that still doesn't change the fact that it IS a production vehicle. What happened to this vehicle before it's final assembly is irrelivant. Since it got stamped with a VIN plate, that means that it was just parts that were rebuilt into production vehicle. The factory even states this by stamping the car with a Production VIN plate AFTER serial # 500, before it left DMCL. This is why I love DeLoreans. No build sheets, no numbers to match. Just a VIN plate, and a whole lot less confusion. Cut and dry is nice. -Robert vin 6585 "X" --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vin00538" <lawrencesr@xxxx> wrote: > > 1st of all, Dot testing was only for USA sales, The didn't need dot testing for over seas > but, Still tested & shipped with dot approval tags anyway, I've talked with 3 factory > workers whom told me that while they built black bodies engineers were assembling > cars for testing, Mine, 00538 was used to engineer how the parts were to be installed <SNIP> To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/