As a footnote, you can see Jim's webpage about the car here: http://www.eliseusa.com/rotary.htm And specifically, here is the cached version from April 13, 2003 (proving the car was finished before that): http://web.archive.org/web/20030413073901/http://eliseusa.com/rotary.htm Regards, Jon Heese Jon Heese wrote: > I'm sure that the car featured in this article and the car you mention > are one and the same. Jim Strickland was the name of the guy > responsible, and he lived in South Florida somewhere, don't remember > exactly where. Jim was very active on the DMCForum Yahoo Group back in > 2004 and 2005. > > I have email records confirming that he had this car in its finished > form in early 2004, but I'm pretty sure that he'd had it quite a bit > before then too, possibly as early as 2002. > > Was the car you saw at The Jag Shop painted black? If so, it was > definitely the same car. > > According to my records, Jim sold the rotary DeLorean sometime around > July of 2004 to someone in Carrollton, TX. I don't know where it's been > since then. > > Regards, > Jon Heese > > Dan Harris wrote: >> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James Andrew Dille" <shelbycobra@...> >> wrote: >>> Hey everyone, I found this on autoblog today and just thought I'd >>> share it. Here is the site: >>> >>> http://www.trucks.autoblog.com/2007/05/20/delorean-finally-gets-the- >> engine-it-should-have-had-all-along/ >>> James >>> 6408 >>> >> >> >> The web site on the car claims that it is the first Mazda Rotary - >> Delorean conversion, but that is not actually the case. There used to >> be one in South Florida that was occasionally in for service at The >> Jag Shop back when they still regularly serviced Deloreans. It's been >> about 5 years since I last used them for service work, so the car was >> around prior to that time frame. If I recall correctly, it was sold >> to someone out of the local area around the time I had Jag Shop do my >> NOS engine install, which was just prior to the Memphis DCS in June >> 2002. I don't know who or where it went to, but perhaps Dave Wynne at >> Jag Shop might remember something about the car if he was asked? >> >> *****WhoCruiser@xxxxxxx is Dan Harris***** >> WhoCruiser's Personal Home Page: http://members.aol.com/WhoCruiser >> Read about The Sci-Fi Sea Cruise at: http://www.scificruise.com >> Purr-use The Cat House at: http://members.aol.com/LookAtMyCatsPage >> >> >> >> >> 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/