Bill forgot to mention the rebate he offered me. On 21/03/2012, content22207 <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *WARNING* The following words are written by Bill Robertson. If you do not > want to read words written by Bill Robertson, stop reading this post > immediately. > > You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. > > To the best of my knowledge I am the first person to run a 4 gauge ground > bus from one end of the car to the other, with every single ground junction > tied into it (I had never even heard of the ground junction behind the HVAC > central plenum). I unwrapped nearly every inch of #2508's wiring harness to > create the following schematic: > http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/311857_266950950016829_100001057778755_815308_1928382016_n.jpg > I have traveled free of charge to two owners houses to help them install > ground buses in their own cars, one of whom lives more than 700 miles away > from me. > > Whatever you think about carburetion, I have made 15 conversions (13 > complete, 2 partial at owners' request) from scratch. These are in addition > to my own cars. I don't charge a penny for my labor. I have traveled free of > charge to Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, and New York, as > well as within North Carolina, to help owners install their conversions. > > I thought I was the first person to install Byrnes LCA's and Ed's brackets > together, but Luke Sandel holds that distinction. Even so, I advocate the > combination to any owner who wants his or her car to "handle like a modern > car" (a direct quote from one of the owners who > test drove my car at DMA FFT'11. > > Speaking of which, I have let many people drive my car over the years. > Brandon Barber drove it all the way to Dahlonega GA. I also drove to > Dahlonega to deliver another owner to pick up his own car (the trip where I > drove through the tornado). Of course neither owner was charged a single > penny or asked for any kind of reimbursement. I drove all the way to > Lousiana to install one Helicoil in an owner's heads (after showing him how > they worked, he installed the other three while I watched). > > Other improvements I have explained in great detail for everyone's benefit: > single piece headliner (looks much more professional than two pieces > overlapping each other), HEI (drove to Georgia to help an owner make a > custom set of MSD plug wires as part of his HEI upgrade), affordable dual > exhaust (two owners have surprised me at gatherings with cars they modified > similarly without my foreknowledge, and two other owners have sent me > pictures), SMD LED array in the courtesy light fixtures (significantly > brighter than hemispherical LED bulbs -- I sent an array free of charge to > an owner who asked, and I still owe one to a certain club president), etc. > > Speaking of LED's: lots of people have oohed and ahhed over my door lights, > but to the best of my knowledge no one else has duplicated them yet: > http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/319943_266956406682950_100001057778755_815319_1097101003_n.jpg > http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/392407_267173789994545_100001057778755_816318_1797256303_n.jpg > > The list goes on & on: upside down headlight brackets & buckets (so you > don't have to dig around in the fascia to access the upper screws), solid > black console insert > (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/379744_267042076674383_100001057778755_815765_65966673_n.jpg > -- wait 'til you see it in conjunction with the carpets I am dying > black...), helper springs for the door bellcrank and metal eyes for the > front lock rod, low cost R134 conversions (I showed owners how to make > adapters to use engine vacuum long before parts houses rented vacuum pumps), > etc. Using Dave Delman's bulkhead diagrams, I have helped several owners > identify unnecessary wires for removal. I've also helped owners identify > wires within the car for custom lighting. > > Speaking of which, I believe I had one of the first cars with footwell > lighting, originally incandescent but now LED: > http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/385223_266955840016340_100001057778755_815317_84748342_n.jpg > > Enough, or do you need more? > > I have traveled from New York to New Orleans, free of charge, to help owners > with their cars. I generously share information from my experiments and > innovations (did you see where I recently made a single piece speedometer > cable for $7.49 -- it's still working BTW). I have never charged a single > penny for any of my labor. > > You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jack Singer <jack4545@...> wrote: >> >> I have met hundreds of Delorean owners over the years. Â Many have been to >> my house, I have hosted events and I have never run across anyone as >> negative as you Bill or Claude. Â Everyone I met would give you the shirt >> off of their back and a few like Rob, Evil Dan and others went far beyond >> to help me and others get their cars running properly. >> So instead of putting down the car, how about working in a positive >> fashion and make this car what it could be versus complaining about it. >> Â People are tired of hearing about your negative opinion when they are >> working so hard to make their car right... >> Just my two cents. >> Jack. >> >> --- On Wed, 3/21/12, content22207 <brobertson@...> wrote: >> >> From: content22207 <brobertson@...> >> Subject: [DML] Re: Limit Users. >> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 1:18 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Â >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *WARNING* The following words were written by Bill Robertson. If you >> do not want to read words written by Bill Robertson, stop reading this >> post immediately. >> >> >> >> Time to turn in your psychology credentials. If I crave attention, >> negative or positive, then why would my ultimate goal be banishment (ie: >> no more attention)? >> >> >> >> I just refuse to spout dogma and orthodoxy -- that's all. JZD was not a >> saint. He wasn't even a good businessman (every single business he was >> involved with after leaving Chevrolet, which lost money 3 of the 4 years >> he presided over it), failed. Consciously or not, the man also was a >> prolific liar. The car that bears his name is not perfect. In fact, it is >> riddled with flaws (understandably so, but it is ludicrous to claim that >> the car is not rife from improvement). There are many ways to accomplish >> these improvements, not just one. New areas of improvement are being found >> all the time (for example, until last year, I used to believe your oft >> repeated claim that the instrument cluster is grounded via the radio >> bracket. In fact only the radio itself is grounded there -- the instrument >> cluster is grounded behind the central HVAC plenum). >> >> >> >> It is clear that you and I have a personality clash. It would be best for >> us to avoid face to face contact in the future. The only people who >> benefit from us in the same room are spectators who want to see a >> conflict. >> >> >> >> Bill Robertson >> >> #5939 >> >> >> >> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > IMHO, your ultimate goal in all of this. >> >> > >> >> > People like attention, I think it is a common human trait. It is >> > unfortunate that you have chosen negative attention over positive >> > attention. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > --- On Wed, 3/21/12, content22207 <brobertson@> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > <SNIP> >> >> > >> >> > > Which of course is your other option: petition Mike to >> >> > > revoke my membership. >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [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/dmcnewsYahoo! 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