I think the auction clearly states why: " I am Tony Ierardi the owner of DeLorean Motor Company Florida. As most of you know I bought this car in January of 2005 and spent over a year restoring this car to it's original condition. You can visit my website at www.dmcflorida.com. Before I get a million e-mails asking why I am selling the car, let me state that the commercial lot next to my business has come up for sale. I have posted a picture of the lot. The building on the left is the home of DMC Florida, the empty lot to the right is the only reason I may sell this car. I will also be listing the DMC Twin Turbo Prototype that I own as well to see if the right buyers come along. If I sell both of these cars it would only be to secure the future of my two businesses and their expansion." BTW: For those interested, here are the photos I did of Proto-1 last year at DCS: http://www.grenexmedia.com/events/dcs06/proto1/index.htm Kevin Abato Vin# 16680 -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Moseley Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:45 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Proto-1 on eBay? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/The-DeLorean-DMC-12-Prototype-1_W0QQitemZ1101 10511993QQcategoryZ31830QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Is Tony selling Proto-1 or is this a scam? 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/