Ah ha! I knew I'd seen that somewhere. One of the first times I visited Tamir's Website. Yep, it was supposed to cost 12K. Hey, atleast that questions been answered! Jeff in NC >From: "Patrick C." <PRC1216@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [DML] The 12 In DMC-12 >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:49:54 -0000 > >For John DeLorean's own personal handwritten response to this >question, check out the link to Tamir's site. > >http://www.entermyworld.com/johnz/quest.html > >I think this is the definitive answer from the man who would know. > >-Patrick C. >1880 > > >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote: > > Bacause, believe it or not...the car was SUPPOSED to sell for >$12,000 to > > compete with the > > going price of the Corvette at the time. > > As you know this didn't happen and the price not only doubled and on >top of > > that > > they dropped most of the features that originally was the concept of >the car > > such as the airbags. The original name of the car was "DeLorean Safety > > Vehicle". > > This was a direct rip-off of the Bricklin SV-1, or "Safety Vehicle >One", > > which was another > > gullwinged car that was made completely out of acrylic and had a large > > bumper in the front. > > > > You should really buy a book from http://www.delorean.com called >"Stainless > > Steel Illusion" > > and it will answer most of thoose questions. > > - VB > > > > > > >From: Chris Gosser <shadow_ranger2004@xxxx> > > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [DML] The 12 In DMC-12 > > >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:33:27 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >hey All > > > > > >I Was Wondering What Does The 12 In DMC-12 Mean? > > > > > >Could You Ask Around For Me? > > > > > >Chris > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > > >moderators@xxxx > > > > > >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 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 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/