[DML] DMC factory groundbreaking story

["Greg Linstad" <glinstad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I received an interesting story from a man in Ireland who has a spade
(square blade, short handled shovel) that was used during the
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the original Dunmurray factory. His name is
Gary Scott and with his permission I am posting these details.

In his words:

   "This spade was used at the groundbreaking ceremony when the DeLorean
site was opened in 1978. My father was the Government official
responsible for leasing the factory to John Z and ended up with the
spade which we have used in our garden for the last 27 years. The
inscription is a bit worn (as you would imagine) but reads:

   Presented to

   Department of Commerce

   October 2 1978

   Groundbreaking

   DeLorean Motor Cars LTD

   Assembly Plant

   Dunmurry Industrial Estate

   Belfast Northern Ireland

  It is of course made of stainless steel and is probably as close to a
DeLorean I will ever get! I remember as a teenage boy John and his
hugely glamorous wife visiting our house in Belfast. I even got a ride
in one of the first cars off the production line when my brother and I
were taken on a tour of the Dunmurray site."

 

I also have a picture and it is as he said "a bit worn". I'm sure to him
it represents his own "piece of History". 

I think this is a new item of the DeLorean Saga not mentioned before.

 

Greg Linstad 

VIN# 1216 

VIN# 6214



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