The fact that the car was gone as long as it was, and only suffered some interior gutting kind of leads me to believe the thieves didn't really know what the car was in the first place, and they gave up on it when they figured out there wasn't really a market for many of the parts. If they had known what it was and which parts were most valuable, then the thieves probably wouldn't have destroyed the upper dash as it is a scarce part.. The left front fender would probably be missing as well.. From the fact that the original recovery email said other cars were found there that had been stolen more recently, and had been comletely gutted kinda tells me that the thieves just abandoned the D in favor of cars that they could more easily unload parts from.. Chris VIN# 3209 http://badger.brazi.net/delorean/ 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/