Hello, For the owners manual, mine is spiral bound and has a black cover that says DeLorean in Silver letters. I believe this is the 1981. UNfortunately, I had to purchase the manual from another DeLorean owner as my car did not include the original manual. In addition my car did not include the original keys. Is it fairly common for new delorean owners to not receive the owners manuals and original keys with their cars due to PO's keeping them?? Let me know.. One more thing, as far as content is concerned for 81 VS 82 & 83 manuals how are they different? the only thing that I can think of is that the 81 manuals have a section on the center console clock while the 82 and 83 manuals do not (from what I've been told anyway) -Chris DMC 6453 David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The owner's manual (the one which goes in the valet in the glove box) is different for the 81 vs the 82's and 83's. They appear on E-bay from time to time and you might be able to get one from one of the vendors. In the meantime I am sure you can get a locl owner to photocopy his for you. The 81 and 82 manuals are essentially the same as far as content is concerned so for informational purposes either would be OK. The Workshop Manual and the Parts Manual are available from all the vendors and the Parts Manual is downloadable from dmcnews.com. What you really should get is the book with all the recalls if you are interested in seeing what was done as far as the front suspension is concerned. All the major vendors have that too. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rdcejc@..." wrote: > > David, > I remember seeing a owners manueal for the 81 somewhere in my Emails, but > can't find it now. Do you know where I can get an owners manual or > download one? I would appreciate any help you can give me. > Ed > > > [Original Message] > > From: David Teitelbaum > > To: > > Date: 3/6/2006 2:07:16 PM > > Subject: [DML] Re: Ball joints > > > > A catastrophic failure of ANY suspension component is a serious > > matter. It can occur from defective parts, incorrect parts, worn > > parts, or improperly handled parts. An in-depth analysis of the failed > 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/