DeLorean Mailing List - May 1999 - Week #2

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From: EBRANDON@SMTP (E. Brandon) {ebrandon@ford.com}                                                                                                                                                                                            
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Subject: [DML] Painted Deloreans                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 6-May-99 12:55:19 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Different Strokes for different folks! I've got a stainless "D" and a Blue "D"                                                                                                                                                                  
if I had to give one of them up, I'd say bye bye Blue. Don't get me wrong, I                                                                                                                                                                    
love the car but there's nothing like a nice shinny stainless "D" cruising                                                                                                                                                                      
down the road. If I get a scratch on the Blue "D" I'm SOL, but if I get one on                                                                                                                                                                  
the stainless "D" I go to Kroger and get a Scotch Brite pad & six pack.As far                                                                                                                                                                   
as catching attention, it's the Blue "D" all the way. Plus when I go to                                                                                                                                                                         
Cleveland next year I'll be able to find the Blue "D" in a parking lot full of                                                                                                                                                                  
stainless.Six in one, half dozen in another. I say just get what you like.                                                                                                                                                                      
Vin# 02378-stainless, 10246-BLUE.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Regards,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Kirk Brandon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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Subject: [DML] Re: window questions                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 6-May-99 13:01:45 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Sam,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
The problem is 1. In the switch (as Joe said), 2. wiring between switch and                                                                                                                                                                     
motor, 3. Or it maybe that the window track is not lubed enough. I had this                                                                                                                                                                     
problem once. I would hit window switch and see voltage drop on dash but no                                                                                                                                                                     
window movement. Took panels off the door and lubed window track volia the                                                                                                                                                                      
window went up and down perfectly.  (Note I had already swapped switches from                                                                                                                                                                   
drivers side to pass side.)Before lubing I was ready to buy a new window                                                                                                                                                                        
motor. This might not work in your case but do try all steps (switches, test                                                                                                                                                                    
for current in wires, and lube the window track). Good luck. By the way                                                                                                                                                                         
search back issues to find correct way to take door apart (if needed). Its                                                                                                                                                                      
not hard if done right. Its a nightmare to just remove stuff and try and                                                                                                                                                                        
figure out how it all works when reassembling.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Bruce Battles                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Vin 6569                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 6-May-99 15:02:47 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Joe,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks for the correction.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The question NOW, is whether Dan's DeLorean car is acceptable as an "original                                                                                                                                                                   
painted" car with all who associates with the DeLorean marque.                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Why?  Was Dan's DeLorean painted "prior" to delivery?  Was it ordered or                                                                                                                                                                        
requested by the original owner and the work performed by the DeLorean's                                                                                                                                                                        
dealership?  If it was, the this car should now be considered as an "official                                                                                                                                                                   
and authorized" because it was done by the DeLorean's dealership.                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The bill of sales from the dealership should reflect this as paint job as an                                                                                                                                                                    
"option" during the sale and before delivery of the car.  If the this option                                                                                                                                                                    
is documented on the original bill of sales as an option, wouldn't this make                                                                                                                                                                    
this as an "official painted car"?  So, now what is the standard as being                                                                                                                                                                       
official?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Many of these "unusual requests" as "options" has always been a debate with                                                                                                                                                                     
other marques as well.  They are NON FACTORY options, but the dealerships all                                                                                                                                                                   
do it to satisfy the customer and their sales.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Well, what is your opinion?  This has always been an interesting topic.                                                                                                                                                                         
"AUTHORIZED OR NON-AUTHORIZED OPTIONS."                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] British Car Show in NJ                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 6-May-99 16:45:58 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Below is a brief outline of an upcoming show here in NJ.  I contacted one of                                                                                                                                                                    
the organizers of the show.  She informed me that DeLoreans are welcome and                                                                                                                                                                     
that if there is enough of any one make or model they will be given their own                                                                                                                                                                   
class.  It is a first annual show I believe and it sounds from the                                                                                                                                                                              
description I was given that it should be a great show to attend.  I know                                                                                                                                                                       
myself and some other members of DeLorean Mid Atlantic are making plans to                                                                                                                                                                      
attend.  Hope to see some other  DeLorean owners and enthusiasts from the                                                                                                                                                                       
area there.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Gary Gore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Activities Directior                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
DeLorean Mid Atlantic                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Car Show                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
May 23 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
British Motor Classics                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Hosted by British Motor Club of Southern NJ                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Location:  Wharton State Forest, Atison Recreation Area                                                                                                                                                                                         
between Rt. 70 and Hammonton on Rt 206 in S. Jersey                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Contact Information:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Steve Poset (609) 767-9551                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Sue Salsburg (609) 476-2353                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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Subject: [DML] Re: Brake master cylinder rebuild kit                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 6-May-99 21:49:52 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Duke, I bought an origional DMC rebuild kit last month from Jerry Rine.  For those of you who do not know him,                                                                                                                                  
 he used to run the parts warehouse.  He often can get or has parts which others do not.                                                                                                                                                        
 For, instance, I ordered a window switch from him yesterday.  These are also hard to find.                                                                                                                                                     
 His telephone number is 740-366-5587.  He is great to work with.                                                                                                                                                                               
 Jordan  vin 0794                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 >  Does anyone know where I can get a brake master cylinder                                                                                                                                                                                    
> rebuild kit from?  I've got the Girling part number for it (SP7243) but no                                                                                                                                                                    
> one has it!   If not, does anyone know what other car used the same brake                                                                                                                                                                     
> master cylinder?  I've also got the number for the master cylinder (74660518                                                                                                                                                                  
> & 74066116) but I can't find these anywhere either.  Any help would be                                                                                                                                                                        
> greatly appreciated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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> Thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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> Duke                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted Deloreans                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 6-May-99 20:35:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Did you say Cleveland?  When and where is the show. I'm in akron.                                                                                                                                                                               
Later....Donnie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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From: E. Brandon <ebrandon@ford.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 7:40 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Subject: [DML] Painted Deloreans                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
TO:DMCNEWS@EGROUPS.COM                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Different Strokes for different folks! I've got a stainless "D" and a Blue                                                                                                                                                                      
"D"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
if I had to give one of them up, I'd say bye bye Blue. Don't get me wrong, I                                                                                                                                                                    
love the car but there's nothing like a nice shinny stainless "D" cruising                                                                                                                                                                      
down the road. If I get a scratch on the Blue "D" I'm SOL, but if I get one                                                                                                                                                                     
on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
the stainless "D" I go to Kroger and get a Scotch Brite pad & six pack.As                                                                                                                                                                       
far                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
as catching attention, it's the Blue "D" all the way. Plus when I go to                                                                                                                                                                         
Cleveland next year I'll be able to find the Blue "D" in a parking lot full                                                                                                                                                                     
of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
stainless.Six in one, half dozen in another. I say just get what you like.                                                                                                                                                                      
Vin# 02378-stainless, 10246-BLUE.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Regards,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Kirk Brandon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Internal Control Office 540 A                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
(EBRANDON@FORD.COM)-Ext.56992                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Cleveland.....                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Date: 7-May-99 0:47:48 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I saw something about a Cleveland D show...When and Where?  I'm in Akron.                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DeLorean Comments                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 6-May-99 21:31:40 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I don't own a DeLorean yet, I have come so close 5 times in the last 6                                                                                                                                                                          
months.  Perhaps it's the Yankee in me!!  For those in a buying mode, get the                                                                                                                                                                   
check-off list on DMC Houston's website and know what you are buying!  If you                                                                                                                                                                   
have patience, you can get a great "D" in the low to middle teens.  Now My                                                                                                                                                                      
Major Beef***Geeze you guys can't spell worth a Damn!!!   (Sorry I'm OLD                                                                                                                                                                        
SCHOOL)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 6-May-99 22:07:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
That's an interesting topic of discussion Kayo. All I can do is be judged by the community regarding my car. All I can add is that when I bought my car, the title said black. So, I'm assuming it was painted prior to delivery. I would like t
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: 	KayoOng@aol.com[SMTP:KayoOng@aol.com]                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Sent: 	Thursday, May 06, 1999 3:02 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
To: 	dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Subject: 	[DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Joe,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks for the correction.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The question NOW, is whether Dan's DeLorean car is acceptable as an "original                                                                                                                                                                   
painted" car with all who associates with the DeLorean marque.                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Why?  Was Dan's DeLorean painted "prior" to delivery?  Was it ordered or                                                                                                                                                                        
requested by the original owner and the work performed by the DeLorean's                                                                                                                                                                        
dealership?  If it was, the this car should now be considered as an "official                                                                                                                                                                   
and authorized" because it was done by the DeLorean's dealership.                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The bill of sales from the dealership should reflect this as paint job as an                                                                                                                                                                    
"option" during the sale and before delivery of the car.  If the this option                                                                                                                                                                    
is documented on the original bill of sales as an option, wouldn't this make                                                                                                                                                                    
this as an "official painted car"?  So, now what is the standard as being                                                                                                                                                                       
official?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Many of these "unusual requests" as "options" has always been a debate with                                                                                                                                                                     
other marques as well.  They are NON FACTORY options, but the dealerships all                                                                                                                                                                   
do it to satisfy the customer and their sales.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Well, what is your opinion?  This has always been an interesting topic.                                                                                                                                                                         
"AUTHORIZED OR NON-AUTHORIZED OPTIONS."                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Kayo Ong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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Subject: [DML] Re: Next Generation Delorean                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 6-May-99 22:22:43 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
In-reply-to: <00BD01BE97548DDF>20d0$0264a8c0                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Bill Graham wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Is this just a dream for John Delorean or can it be a reality?                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
JZD has been trying to start a new car company ever since DMC closed down.                                                                                                                                                                      
While I would be first in line to buy a car like that, I don't think it                                                                                                                                                                         
will ever be built.  First, these things have been rumored in the papers                                                                                                                                                                        
for a couple of years now, but there hasn't been any incorporation of a                                                                                                                                                                         
company, selection of managers, or anything like that, at least that I                                                                                                                                                                          
know of.  While JZD could probably design the car all by himself (I mean,                                                                                                                                                                       
he hasn't had anything else to do for the past ten years or so besides                                                                                                                                                                          
fight legal battles) he can't build it himself.  He needs a factory,                                                                                                                                                                            
employees, etc, which he certainly cannot afford himself.  So he'd need                                                                                                                                                                         
another big loan (good luck), or he'd need to have someone build the car                                                                                                                                                                        
for him.  Isuzu might be a good choice, they built some cars for Lotus a                                                                                                                                                                        
while ago...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I also don't think the car would turn out anything like what it's rumored                                                                                                                                                                       
to.  It is just plain difficult to shoehorn a big engine with the                                                                                                                                                                               
requisite suspension, braking, chassis, etc. to stand up to it into a                                                                                                                                                                           
1,500 pound car.  That's Indy-car territory, and those cost a million                                                                                                                                                                           
dollars.  The only street car accomplishing anything like this is the                                                                                                                                                                           
McLaren, and they cost a million dollars, too.  If it happens for $18,000,                                                                                                                                                                      
or $38,000, I'll buy one, but I don't think it could be done for less than                                                                                                                                                                      
ten times that, maybe a hundred times.  Lotus has built some cars of that                                                                                                                                                                       
weight, but they cost a fortune, and have less power than JZD wants in his                                                                                                                                                                      
new car.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Consider what happened with the DMC-12, it was going to be a 2,200 pound                                                                                                                                                                        
car faster than the Corvette for half the price. It turned out to be a                                                                                                                                                                          
2,750 pound car, considerably slower than the Corvette, and cost more.                                                                                                                                                                          
If the same thing happens to the car he's trying to build, well, it'll                                                                                                                                                                          
still be a good car, in a market currently occupied only by Mazda's                                                                                                                                                                             
excellent Miata, but it won't be everything it's supposed to be.  Concept                                                                                                                                                                       
cars rarely are, when they're actually produced.                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
On the other hand, he could buy a Geo Metro and drop, say, a 300-HP Mazda                                                                                                                                                                       
rotary engine in it.  Total cost, about $18,000, plenty fast, weighing in                                                                                                                                                                       
at just about exactly 2,000 pounds. :} It is possible to build extremely                                                                                                                                                                        
light, cheap cars, but you might not like what you get when you're done.                                                                                                                                                                        
:} Something would have to be done about the styling, of course.  I wonder                                                                                                                                                                      
how much it would cost to convert one of those for gull-wing doors? :}                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Door won't open                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 6-May-99 22:38:11 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
my passenger side door no longer opens.......does anyone know a procedure for                                                                                                                                                                   
opening it?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks in advance,                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust (was:  Structural Question:)                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 6-May-99 23:17:58 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Steve,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Roof cage rusting is extremely rare, in 14 years we have only seen two cars                                                                                                                                                                     
with this problem. As you had mentioned it looks as if your roof was not                                                                                                                                                                        
properly sealed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: Steve <dmc@fdt.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust (was:  Structural                                                                                                                                                                     
Question:)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 5:37 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> The reason I discovered the following problem, was that I removed the                                                                                                                                                                         
roof                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> T-Panel in order to try and prevent my doors from touching it.  I still                                                                                                                                                                       
> have not corrected this problem, but have been told that it is normal for                                                                                                                                                                     
> the rear corners of the doors to slightly touch the inside corners of the                                                                                                                                                                     
> roof T-Panel, and that a lot of cars came from the factory that way.                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> On Tue, 4 May 1999, DMC Joe wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> > The entire roof section is reinforced with steel, the factory refereed                                                                                                                                                                      
to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> > this as the "roof cage" or "spider".                                                                                                                                                                                                        
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> On this topic, I thought I'd bring up a problem that I had with my                                                                                                                                                                            
Delorean.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> This has been mentioned by Bob Brandys before, you can find it in the                                                                                                                                                                         
back                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> issues.  I was very surprised to find that the above mentioned steel                                                                                                                                                                          
section                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> was rusting rather badly inside.  Especially since my Delorean #17117 was                                                                                                                                                                     
at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> about only 10,000 miles and had been garaged and supposedly never driven                                                                                                                                                                      
in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> the rain!  The only mention of this problem I could find in the back                                                                                                                                                                          
issues                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> was Bob Brandys' account.  He stated that he fabricated a stainless steel                                                                                                                                                                     
> replacement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I consulted Rob Grady, who stated that he usually re-sealed the cavity                                                                                                                                                                        
and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> sprayed body wax inside after removing most of the loose rust using                                                                                                                                                                           
> compressed air and a magnet.  Since I did not yet have any appearent                                                                                                                                                                          
> structural damage, this is what I did.  (I finally had to order the body                                                                                                                                                                      
> wax as most of the people I spoke to here in Florida didn't even know                                                                                                                                                                         
what                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> it was)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Appearently my main problem was that the factory did a very poor job of                                                                                                                                                                       
> sealing this cavity, there was very little RTV on the wirelooms running                                                                                                                                                                       
to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> the doors, and none of it was in the right place...  There are also screw                                                                                                                                                                     
> holes in the steel section for an access panel that never existed, mine                                                                                                                                                                       
> weren't sealed in anyway, thus allowing water into the roof easily.                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I'd be interested in hearing other people's comments on this problem,                                                                                                                                                                         
> perhaps other more permanant solutions.  (I do plan to replace this                                                                                                                                                                           
> section as Bob Brandys did if I ever find myself removing my doors)                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> 				-Steve <dmc@fdt.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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Subject: [DML] Re: Door Struts                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 7-May-99 0:08:06 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Ralph,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
We have installed hundreds of struts and have extensive experience with the                                                                                                                                                                     
door mechanics. One of the characteristic of different brands of struts is                                                                                                                                                                      
their "damping factor". i.e.: the strut slows the speed of the opening                                                                                                                                                                          
action just before the strut goes to its maximum extension. This prevents                                                                                                                                                                       
damage to the lower lift brackets. We have found that re-charged struts                                                                                                                                                                         
have little or no damping factor.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: SAND131@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: Door Struts                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 6:04 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Joe,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>  Your statement is sure a positive one.  Why and to what Research or                                                                                                                                                                          
> experiences do you base your statement.  Or is this just you opinion                                                                                                                                                                          
Ralph                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Subject: [DML] Re: window questions                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 7-May-99 1:05:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Sam,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
The original motors had drive gears that will occasionally crack, when you                                                                                                                                                                      
push the button or shock the motor the gear will turn a small amount and                                                                                                                                                                        
than jam. The only fix is to replace the entire regulator with the greatly                                                                                                                                                                      
improved replacement units from one of the DeLorean part suppliers.                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: The Raven <scommara@geocities.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: window questions                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 10:43 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Joe -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I switched the window switches - same result.  However, once in a while                                                                                                                                                                       
I'll                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> hit the switch and the motor will move a little.  I removed the front                                                                                                                                                                         
orange                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> door-up light and tapped the motor with a screwdriver and then hit the                                                                                                                                                                        
> switch.  The motor moved briefly but quickly stopped.  I'm thinking maybe                                                                                                                                                                     
a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> bad celanoid?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> sam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> >Sam,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> >Your driver side problem may be related to a bad window switch. Exchange                                                                                                                                                                     
> >the switches and see what happens. If there is still no response than                                                                                                                                                                        
you                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >probably have a defective motor. There rarely are problems with the                                                                                                                                                                          
window                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> >control wiring but to be sure you will have to go inside the door to be                                                                                                                                                                      
> >sure there is proper connections to the motor.                                                                                                                                                                                               
> >All the factory specification window moldings and seals are available                                                                                                                                                                        
from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> >DeLorean parts suppliers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                               
> >Web Site:  <http://www.deloreanservices.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >Hey everyone, I have a few questions on my windows.  First, the drivers                                                                                                                                                                      
> >side window does not move at all, not even the motor when I hit the                                                                                                                                                                          
switch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> > Occasionally it will briefly make a noise when I tap the switch, but                                                                                                                                                                        
> >that's it.  That leads me to think it's a wiring problem somewhere.  Is                                                                                                                                                                      
> >there a common problem with the windows?  That might at least give me a                                                                                                                                                                      
> >starting point.  Also, the passenger side window motor moves but the                                                                                                                                                                         
window                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> >is free (Must be off the track).                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >My second  question is about the rubber on the outside of the door that                                                                                                                                                                      
> >outlines the window and along the bottom of the glass.  On my D it is                                                                                                                                                                        
> >slightly worn in some places.  I'd like to replace it to give it that                                                                                                                                                                        
new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >look...what can I use to replace that with?                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >Any suggestions/comments appreciated!                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> >sam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Subject: [DML] DeLorean Newspaper Article                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Date: 7-May-99 0:07:22 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    Due to the overwhelming request for me to e-mail people the scan of the                                                                                                                                                                     
DeLorean article in my local paper, I put it up on the web at                                                                                                                                                                                   
http://www.cyberenet.net/~capasso/article.jpg                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    When I went to scan the article I realized the the entire title didn't fit on                                                                                                                                                               
my scanner.  The word "Car" is missing from the title....                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Blown Fuse, help!                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 7-May-99 10:58:34 +0200                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/dmcnews/?start=334                                                                                                                                                                                
> I was driving the D lastnight and I noticed a funny smell....There was a 20A glass fuse in a white holder that had melted.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Brad,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
May be the DeLorean Motor Center Handbook could be of some help. Look at the last page.                                                                                                                                                         
You can get it at http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8952/delorean.html.                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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http://www.egroups.com/list/dmcnews/?start=334<BR>&gt; I was driving the D                                                                                                                                                                      
lastnight and I noticed a funny smell....There was a 20A glass fuse in a white                                                                                                                                                                  
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Brad,</FONT></DIV>                                                                                                                                                                                                            
<DIV><FONT size=2>May be the DeLorean Motor Center Handbook could be of some                                                                                                                                                                    
help. Look at the last page.</FONT></DIV>                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 10:43:00 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
You are right, no car ever left the factory painted.                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
All were stainless.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Best wishes,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Painted DeLoreans website updated!                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 7-May-99 11:20:06 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi, all --                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I've added a few more pictures to the Painted DeLoreans website, and made                                                                                                                                                                       
the type a little easier to read (thanks, Moritz!).  Please stop by to                                                                                                                                                                          
check out the new pictures!                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Also, if you have pictures of a painted DeLorean you'd like to share with                                                                                                                                                                       
everyone, please e-mail them to me, along with a note of permission for                                                                                                                                                                         
posting them to the site!  So far the cars on the site are overwhelmingly                                                                                                                                                                       
red -- I'd still like to see some more black cars, and perhaps that yellow                                                                                                                                                                      
car I mentioned earlier!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Brian H.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Brian Henderlong / Tampa, FL                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
DOA# 4977 / No VIN yet...                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: Door Won't Open                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 11:25:51 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Brian said:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> my passenger side door no longer opens.......does anyone know a                                                                                                                                                                               
> procedure for opening it?                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
You have my sympathy.  This can be a very difficult situation,                                                                                                                                                                                  
especially if a passenger of the fairer sex is trapped in your                                                                                                                                                                                  
DeLorean!  You probably need to get inside the door and adjust the                                                                                                                                                                              
linkages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
With luck, your problem might be that either the lock linkage or the                                                                                                                                                                            
latch linkage has worked its way to a marginal area where they no longer                                                                                                                                                                        
reach far enough to do their job reliably.  You might be able to coax                                                                                                                                                                           
them by pushing the inside lock rocker hard, pulling up on the door                                                                                                                                                                             
handle, and rapping the lower part of the door with your fist.  It might                                                                                                                                                                        
also help to have someone outside pulling up on the bottom of the door                                                                                                                                                                          
(not the handle).                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If this does not work, then you need to get at the door's inner                                                                                                                                                                                 
mechanism with the door closed.  It is not easy to remove those panels                                                                                                                                                                          
while the door is closed!  The previous owner of my car did it, and                                                                                                                                                                             
damaged soft foam material around both inner door handles in the                                                                                                                                                                                
process.  The upside of this unfortunate event is that on my car it is                                                                                                                                                                          
fairly easy to get inside my doors when I need to.                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Unfortunately, to get at the mechanism in question you must remove the                                                                                                                                                                          
BOTTOM inner door panel, which is the trickier of the two.  Both panels                                                                                                                                                                         
are held in place by rivets and nylon christmas tree clips, but the                                                                                                                                                                             
bottom panel is also held in by that foam around the pull handle.                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
A few questions:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Does your car have door guides?  Some early DeLoreans, like mine, did                                                                                                                                                                           
not.  If you don't have door guides you might have a damaged latch                                                                                                                                                                              
mechanism, which could make opening that door difficult even if you                                                                                                                                                                             
access the inner mechanism.  Can you tell if the door is held closed by                                                                                                                                                                         
just one latch or both?  This will tell you which linkage(s) need to be                                                                                                                                                                         
adjusted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I just replaced a latch yesterday (damaged by 18 years without guides),                                                                                                                                                                         
and now both of my doors are fully functional.  But tonight I will be                                                                                                                                                                           
getting inside and fine tuning the linkages, which have slipped a little                                                                                                                                                                        
bit over the years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DML: My DeLorean Reaches the Age of Consent                                                                                                                                                                                      
Date: 7-May-99 11:49:05 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
My DeLorean was built in May of 1981, which means that this month is its                                                                                                                                                                        
18th birthday.  In many states that makes her old enough to date men.                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
It would be fun to hold a Coming Out Party for my DeLorean, but if I did                                                                                                                                                                        
my wife would surely have me psychoanalyzed if not committed.  So I will                                                                                                                                                                        
confine myself to quietly sharing with my DML friends that, for me at                                                                                                                                                                           
least, this is a noteworthy occasion.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Does anyone else with an '81 or early '82 DeLorean want to get together                                                                                                                                                                         
for a few drinks in Saint Louis this October?  We'll call it a Debutante                                                                                                                                                                        
Ball.  If your car shows up without a chaperon I won't be responsible                                                                                                                                                                           
for whatever happens to her.  :-)                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 13:10:58 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
On Thu, 6 May 1999, DMC Joe wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Roof cage rusting is extremely rare, in 14 years we have only seen two cars                                                                                                                                                                   
> with this problem. As you had mentioned it looks as if your roof was not                                                                                                                                                                      
> properly sealed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks for answering my question, Joe.  It's great to have someone like you                                                                                                                                                                     
on the list.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Yes, my roof was not even close to being sealed, perhaps because my car was                                                                                                                                                                     
made close to the end.  I've sealed the wire looms, access hatch, and screw                                                                                                                                                                     
holes around the access hatch.  The door hinges were aready sealed.  Is                                                                                                                                                                         
there anything else that should be sealed?  What about the section                                                                                                                                                                              
perpendicular to the roof cage, should I be worried about that?                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'd also like to know if my doors really are supposed to slightly touch the                                                                                                                                                                     
T-panel when opened or if they need to be adjusted.                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
			-Steve <dmc@fdt.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: DeLorean Luggage?                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Date: 7-May-99 13:46:49 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Yugoman asked:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Did DMC at one time offer a set                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> of luggage designed to fit the small                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>trunk, or am I more confused than                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> usual?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I think you are probably confused.  The Tucker Corporation offered a                                                                                                                                                                            
special set of luggage for the unusually shaped Tucker trunk, and so did                                                                                                                                                                        
Mercedes for its 300 SL Gullwing coupe.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This would be a great aftermarket product for an enterprising DMLer,                                                                                                                                                                            
though.  I would love to buy a set of special luggage for my DeLorean.                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In case anyone cares, I think the wedge-shaped toolboxes that a few of                                                                                                                                                                          
us use as DeLorean luggage (Tuff Case) is no longer available.  Ssee                                                                                                                                                                            
James Espey's car on the DML home page for a picture:                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
http://www.dmcnews.com/                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 15:57:52 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a message dated 5/7/99 9:29:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,                                                                                                                                                                                     
Jerry1@eclipse.net writes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<<  From what I understand, no DeLorean ever left the factory painted. If one                                                                                                                                                                   
did, it'd be news to me.---Dan >>                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I am not sure if this statement is true.  I maybe wrong, but as I remember                                                                                                                                                                      
there were a few cars painted by the factory.  One of those cars was issued                                                                                                                                                                     
to a member of Mr. JZD family?  I maybe wrong, anyone out there with more                                                                                                                                                                       
info on this car or the other factory painted cars?                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Again, on the same type of topic but a different subject are the factory's                                                                                                                                                                      
turbo cars. e.g. the #502. Was this car built for Mr. JZD?  He did use it and                                                                                                                                                                   
it was factory turboed.  There were several others turbo cars produced                                                                                                                                                                          
besides #502.  One of the owners of the factory's turbo car didn't even know                                                                                                                                                                    
its history when he purchased his DeLorean.  (Did the seller know the                                                                                                                                                                           
history?)  So he lucked out, when he brought the pristine DeLorean, then he                                                                                                                                                                     
found out it was a "factory" turbo, and not an after-market unit.                                                                                                                                                                               
Incidentally, I think Rob from PJ Grady has the another "Legend."                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Many older and non existing marques has troubles to keep up with their                                                                                                                                                                          
factory's records and their production records. Since DeLorean closed it                                                                                                                                                                        
factory in the worst way -- bankruptcy and Mr. JZD entertaining his case with                                                                                                                                                                   
the US judicial system.  I imagine they had the lost control of their                                                                                                                                                                           
operations and records. This is why it is difficult to pin down info on                                                                                                                                                                         
specific cars and their factory options, whether it was painted, turboed,                                                                                                                                                                       
different engine, different interior and etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
These cars are real with these features, but the documentation's on these                                                                                                                                                                       
cars are difficult to pin down.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Kayo Ong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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Lic 9D NY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
PS  Didn't Johnny Carson owned several DeLoreans and a friend of Mr. JZD?                                                                                                                                                                       
What happened to his car or cars?  Wasn't he an investor or shareholder with                                                                                                                                                                    
the DMC?  I understand his DeLorean car was issued with different                                                                                                                                                                               
appointments from factory?                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] FLORIDA D                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Date: 7-May-99 15:59:02 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
In-reply-to: <5593A36E>.24625885                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 I WAS JUST WONDERING, BEFORE I BOUGHT MY D, LAST SUMMER, I LOCATED ONE FOR                                                                                                                                                                     
SALE AT A DEALER IN FLORIDA.  IT WAS OWNED BY A PERSON WHO ORIGINALLY SOLD                                                                                                                                                                      
DELOREANS AND SUPPOSEDLY WAS NEVER TITLED TO A CONSUMER.  HE HAD KEPT IT                                                                                                                                                                        
STORED, STILL HAD STICKER IN WINDOW, ETC.  IT WAS FOR SALE ON CONSIGNMENT                                                                                                                                                                       
IN A DEALER'S SHOP.  I WAS WONDERING IF THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THIS CAR IS                                                                                                                                                                       
CURRENTLY ON THE LIST?  IF SO, LET US KNOW IF THIS CAR TRULY IS STILL BRAND                                                                                                                                                                     
NEW.  IT HAD A DEPOSIT ON IT WHEN I LOCATED IT AND A BELIEVE HE SAID IT WAS                                                                                                                                                                     
SOMEONE OVERSEAS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 16:28:55 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
In-reply-to: <01BE980C>.D3B470C0                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 >That's an interesting topic of discussion Kayo. All I can do is be judged                                                                                                                                                                     
by >the community regarding my car. All I can add is that when I bought my                                                                                                                                                                      
car, the >title said black. So, I'm assuming it was painted prior to                                                                                                                                                                            
delivery. I would >like to find out someday. If anyone can help me do this,                                                                                                                                                                     
please let me know. >Thanks. ---Dan                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 JUST WONDERING - WHAT STATE DO YOU LIVE IN THAT STATES THE COLOR OF THE                                                                                                                                                                        
CAR ON THE TITLE?  I LIVE IN OHIO, AND HERE THE TITLE DOESN'T EVEN STATE                                                                                                                                                                        
THE MODEL.  FOR EXAMPLE: MY TRNAS AM SAYS "PONT" UNDER MAKER AND "2D COUPE"                                                                                                                                                                     
UNDER MODEL.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: My DeLorean Reaches the Age of Consent                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 7-May-99 17:16:00 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mike, We are going to try and attend this October,  my car and I would                                                                                                                                                                          
gladly join you for a "coming out" drink.                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Scott Mueller                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
ScottMueller@zebra.net                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
1981/002981  DOA5031/DMCNEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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From: Mike Substelny <msubstel@lorainccc.edu>                                                                                                                                                                                                   
To: DML <dmcnews@egroups.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:49 AM                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Subject: [DML] DML: My DeLorean Reaches the Age of Consent                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> My DeLorean was built in May of 1981, which means that this month is its                                                                                                                                                                      
> 18th birthday.  In many states that makes her old enough to date men.                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> It would be fun to hold a Coming Out Party for my DeLorean, but if I did                                                                                                                                                                      
> my wife would surely have me psychoanalyzed if not committed.  So I will                                                                                                                                                                      
> confine myself to quietly sharing with my DML friends that, for me at                                                                                                                                                                         
> least, this is a noteworthy occasion.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Does anyone else with an '81 or early '82 DeLorean want to get together                                                                                                                                                                       
> for a few drinks in Saint Louis this October?  We'll call it a Debutante                                                                                                                                                                      
> Ball.  If your car shows up without a chaperon I won't be responsible                                                                                                                                                                         
> for whatever happens to her.  :-)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> - Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DML: [Fwd: Automotive Literature Faire News]                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 7-May-99 16:16:45 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Southern California DMLers,                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This large, annual event is usually a good place to find a copy of SSI, DeLorean,                                                                                                                                                               
Hard Driving, On a Clear Day... etc.  Or, you can meet a vendor who can locate a                                                                                                                                                                
copy for you.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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LitFaire@aol.com wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Sunday, June 27 marks the 17th Annual Automotive Literature Faire & Exchange.                                                                                                                                                                 
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> NEW LOCATION:   Irwindale Speedway, 605 freeway at Live Oak in Irwindale.                                                                                                                                                                     
> For a map to Irwindale use  www.Irwindalespeedway.com                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Selling begins at 7:00 AM and officially ends at 4:00 PM.  But, don't wait                                                                                                                                                                    
> until the afternoon for the good stuff at good prices.  Magazines,manuals,                                                                                                                                                                    
> books, sales literature, photos, art work, models and other small collectible                                                                                                                                                                 
> items will be on sale.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Excellent free parking immediately adjacent, with special parking for                                                                                                                                                                         
> collector cars.  This is a good time for a club to take a leisurely drive and                                                                                                                                                                 
> check out the excellent new race facility, look over the collector cars                                                                                                                                                                       
> driven by the buyers, see the race car exhibit, AND  visit over 100 vendors                                                                                                                                                                   
> in this one day event.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Buyers and browsers have no admission !   Vendors spaces are $30, with a                                                                                                                                                                      
> choice of the usual parking lot space or an eight foot table and chair under                                                                                                                                                                  
> a canopy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> For more information, respond via e mail to  LitFaire@aol.com    , or phone                                                                                                                                                                   
> 714 /524 3119 or fax 714 /961 8140.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> --Darwyn Lumley, Treasurer  Society of Auto Historians, Southern California                                                                                                                                                                   
> Chapter                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 19:11:21 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>All I can add is that when I bought my car, the title said black. So, >I'm                                                                                                                                                                     
assuming it was painted prior to delivery. I would like to find >out                                                                                                                                                                            
someday. If anyone can help me do this, please let me know. >Thanks. ---Dan                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I bought my DeLorean new from a Porsche dealer and when I bought it he had a                                                                                                                                                                    
lot full of '81 and '82 DeLoreans . On the show floor was a Black DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                      
that the dealership had painted to see if that would enhance sales. I think                                                                                                                                                                     
it would be in the same catagory as conversion vans as far as being accepted                                                                                                                                                                    
as a completly stock DeLorean. I don't think one could consider it factory                                                                                                                                                                      
original.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: OEHCS@SMTP (Bob Brandys) {oehcs@flash.net}                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust (was:  Structural Question:)                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 8-May-99 9:09:14 +0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
When building the 97 DeLorean we noticed that the roof brace had become                                                                                                                                                                         
unglued from the fiber glass body shell.  This made the door too                                                                                                                                                                                
flexible in their mounting.  By putting bolts and reinforcement plates                                                                                                                                                                          
underneath, this problem was fixed and better engineered.                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Your problem may also be partly related to over torquing of the door                                                                                                                                                                            
torque rods in combination of the above or as the cause in the first                                                                                                                                                                            
place.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Bob Brandys                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Delorean Coyote/question                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 7-May-99 21:11:54 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Recently in a sales catalog called DuPont Registery had for sale in it the                                                                                                                                                                      
one and only Delorean Coyote from the old 80's tv show Hardcastle and                                                                                                                                                                           
McCormick it was on sale for something like 110 thousand but did not see and                                                                                                                                                                    
is now down too 99 I think.It came up for sale in Cedar Rapids in Iowa my                                                                                                                                                                       
home state. The adverts have recently stopped I wondered if someone bought                                                                                                                                                                      
it and who. Also does anyone know when that 100 best cars in the DuPont is                                                                                                                                                                      
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Subject: [DML] Re: Door won't open                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Date: 8-May-99 9:12:22 +0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
1. lower window.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
2. pry off upper door panel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
3. with large pliers pull on rods that open the latch see if maximum                                                                                                                                                                            
travel is achieved. (sometime rusted or defective solenoid restrict                                                                                                                                                                             
monvement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
4. If you pull on both at the same time and have a second person open                                                                                                                                                                           
the door, it should open.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Bob Brandys                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: My DeLorean Reaches the Age of Consent                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 8-May-99 9:52:11 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mike,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
My DeLorean will turn 18 while in St. Louis, and I have the same concern.                                                                                                                                                                       
With ole 5705's personality, she will surely try to do everything the first                                                                                                                                                                     
day.  Put me in for the drinks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] door mechanism                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Date: 8-May-99 14:04:57 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Three days ago my drivers door would not open (I was inside).  I drove                                                                                                                                                                          
home, climbed out the passenger door then attempted to open it from the                                                                                                                                                                         
outside.  I had previously had a bit of difficulty with this door                                                                                                                                                                               
unlocking, but not sure if this is related. Anyway, I pulled up the door                                                                                                                                                                        
handle and with my other hand, pulled up the door itself.                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
It opened but the mechanism apparently would not open correctly and                                                                                                                                                                             
pulled the front striker came out.  The striker mounting bracket is now                                                                                                                                                                         
loose, and stripped, so I will have to find how to replace that.  But my                                                                                                                                                                        
big question is: what caused it?  A bad door mechanism? Locking problem?                                                                                                                                                                        
The rear one seems to work fine.  And how can I tell?  I want to replace                                                                                                                                                                        
the correct part.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Also, if I have to change the door latch, are any of these parts crossed                                                                                                                                                                        
referenced to other makes?                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
By the way, still looking for a new, old style AC accumulator.                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Mike                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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Subject: [DML] HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 8-May-99 17:12:24 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Can anyone tell me if the original factory headlights for the DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                          
are indeed Sylvania Halogen?                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Can anyone also tell me if the factory produced a front license plate                                                                                                                                                                           
holder for the DeLorean or expected owners to drill holes in the front                                                                                                                                                                          
bumper or create their own plate holder?                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Regards, The Silver Fox                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
ChicagoLand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 8-May-99 22:19:42 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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  Hello All,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  Before this thread gets killed let me say this. I just spoke with a GM of one of the largest DeLorean Dealerships in the south. He asked to remain nameless. He gave me this info on the painted DeLoreans. There were 4 DeLoreans that Mr. Be
  To find out if your DeLorean was painted by the dealer look on the Bill of Sale and see if it has a "Painted Option". If any DeLorean came from the factory painted it will have a "Painted Option" on the window sticker. My source and I fir
  Now, with the title saying "Black", my source told me he sold DeLoreans with the title saying "Black" in reference to the color of the interior. He did this with both black and grey interiors. A little misleading (to be sure) but not unet
  The only real options available on the DeLorean was the tranny. Auto or Stick. And the color of the interior.                                                                                                                                 
  If anyone has questions further on this topic or any other please e-mail me privately and I'll find out what you need to know.                                                                                                                
  Sorry this got soo long but I wanted to set the record straight.                                                                                                                                                                              
  Thanx,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  The DMC Wannabe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  No VIN yet!!!:(                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  P.S. Be watching for a post I will soon be posting on How to **Properly** paint a DeLorean. My post will be coming from the people who wanted to paint DeLoreans for DMC.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 That's an interesting topic of discussion Kayo. All I can do is be judged by the community regarding my car. All I can add is that when I bought my car, the title said black. So, I'm assuming it was painted prior to delivery. I would like 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Date: 8-May-99 20:26:04 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I've had my front wheels balanced twice now and I still feel a shimmy                                                                                                                                                                           
between 55 and 70 MPH, once I hit 88 it goes away:-)                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I've tried a different set of front wheels I borrowed from a fellow "D"                                                                                                                                                                         
owner and get the same result. I am assuming this is not normal for this                                                                                                                                                                        
car. There does not appear to be any excessive play in the steering or                                                                                                                                                                          
the wheel bearings. The shocks seem to be in working order without any                                                                                                                                                                          
leakage. I have noticed different road conditions have an effect on the                                                                                                                                                                         
amount of shaking in the steering wheel. I just drove from Virginia up                                                                                                                                                                          
to visit family in New Jersey this past weekend and the car ran                                                                                                                                                                                 
perfectly except for the shaking in the front end.                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Any tips would be appreciated...                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dave                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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Subject: [DML] Tool kit/jack                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Date: 9-May-99 3:00:06 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I finally got around to taking my jack out of it's compartment for the first time and realized that I only have the jack part, not the crank that makes it go up and down. What exactly came with the car in the "tool kit"? Where can I find a 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: Trim (To Paint or not to Paint)                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 9-May-99 14:04:44 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Subject: [DML] Stainless Steel Louvers                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Date: 9-May-99 10:05:54 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi everybody!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Has anyone ever seen a DeLorean with Stainless Steel louvers?                                                                                                                                                                                   
I heard once that 3 DeLoreans were built with these special louvers, but                                                                                                                                                                        
have never seen any pictures....                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
John Dore, Ireland.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] hallo "the list"                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Date: 9-May-99 19:32:38 +0100                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi y`all on the DeLorean Mailing List,                                                                                                                                                                                                          
	As this is my first post to this list, i`ll introduce myself. My name is                                                                                                                                                                       
Simon, i`m a 28 year old PVC window designer, living in a sleepy little                                                                                                                                                                         
town in the centre of Northern Ireland.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
	I guess i`m just on this list to hear all the gossip about the world`s                                                                                                                                                                         
most beautiful car, manufactured right here in our little country, but                                                                                                                                                                          
also, to tell a little ironic tale which happened to me a few days ago.                                                                                                                                                                         
	Living in N.Ireland, a lot of people i encounter on the Net, believe that                                                                                                                                                                      
there are quiet a few DeLorean`s driving around here, but sadly, that ain`t                                                                                                                                                                     
the case. Having been a fan of the car since its launch, i never actually                                                                                                                                                                       
got to see a real one, that is until i decided to plan a visit yesterday,                                                                                                                                                                       
to The Ulster Transport Museum, just outside of Belfast. I knew there was                                                                                                                                                                       
one on show there, along with a prototype (circa 1980), so i planned a                                                                                                                                                                          
quick trip over with my fiancee (better late than never huh!). That was                                                                                                                                                                         
yesterday, Sat 8th. But heres the irony. Having waited since the early 80`s                                                                                                                                                                     
to see this elusive car, i wandered out of our local pub on Friday                                                                                                                                                                              
afternoon, only to find a DeLorean, parked on the street. California                                                                                                                                                                            
plates, but no flux capacitor ;). *Bliss*. Even managed to get a                                                                                                                                                                                
photograph. Two different DeLorean`s in two days huh. Not bad for someone                                                                                                                                                                       
who waited 20 years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
	Out of interest, i have a sister who lives in Dunmurry, right in front of                                                                                                                                                                      
the old DeLorean plant (now "Montupet"), and my eldest sister did a bit of                                                                                                                                                                      
legal work for a company called "Coopers & Lybrand", who represented                                                                                                                                                                            
DeLorean after their demise. She even managed a drive around the test track                                                                                                                                                                     
at Belfast in late 1982, just as the last remaining cars were being shipped                                                                                                                                                                     
to the US. (she only went there to leave off some documents, a friendly                                                                                                                                                                         
mechanic chauffeured her around the track :)                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Door won't open                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Date: 9-May-99 16:22:56 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Brian,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
A couple of questions first. Is your central door locking system                                                                                                                                                                                
operational; i.e.: are the lock solenoids for that door operational ?                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: Magicshow@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Door won't open                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 10:38 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> my passenger side door no longer opens.......does anyone know a procedure                                                                                                                                                                     
for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> opening it?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Thanks in advance,                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Brian                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 9-May-99 16:45:23 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Steve,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Sounds like you have "all the bases covered".                                                                                                                                                                                                   
The doors slightly touching the "T" panel is OK. To correct this problem                                                                                                                                                                        
you do not adjust the doors you adjust the "T" panel.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: Steve <dmc@fdt.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: Doors Touching and Roof Section Rust                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 1:10 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> On Thu, 6 May 1999, DMC Joe wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> > Roof cage rusting is extremely rare, in 14 years we have only seen two                                                                                                                                                                      
cars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> > with this problem. As you had mentioned it looks as if your roof was                                                                                                                                                                        
not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > properly sealed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Thanks for answering my question, Joe.  It's great to have someone like                                                                                                                                                                       
you                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> on the list.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Yes, my roof was not even close to being sealed, perhaps because my car                                                                                                                                                                       
was                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> made close to the end.  I've sealed the wire looms, access hatch, and                                                                                                                                                                         
screw                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> holes around the access hatch.  The door hinges were aready sealed.  Is                                                                                                                                                                       
> there anything else that should be sealed?  What about the section                                                                                                                                                                            
> perpendicular to the roof cage, should I be worried about that?                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I'd also like to know if my doors really are supposed to slightly touch                                                                                                                                                                       
the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> T-panel when opened or if they need to be adjusted.                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> 			-Steve <dmc@fdt.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: Cleveland.....                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 10-May-99 7:20:46 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Delorean Car Show "YEAR 2000"                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Will be held in Cleveland  Thursday June 15th thru Sunday June 18th Year 2000                                                                                                                                                                   
There are many activities besides the car show including a dinner at the                                                                                                                                                                        
Crawford auto aviation museum, The awards banquet at the Great Lakes Science                                                                                                                                                                    
center, A lunch on the Goodtime III, and discount tickets to the Rock and                                                                                                                                                                       
Roll Hall of fame, and an evening cruise around Cleveland.  The car show will                                                                                                                                                                   
be held between the Rock and Roll hall of fame and Science Center on that                                                                                                                                                                       
Saturday.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
My web site will be up shortly with all of the details so I will keep you                                                                                                                                                                       
posted as we get a bit closer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: MSUBSTEL@SMTP (Mike Substelny) {msubstel@lorainccc.edu}                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Subject: [DML] DML: Original Headlight Bulbs/ Front License Plate                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 10-May-99 8:56:58 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I am confident that the Sylvania Halogen lights were the standard                                                                                                                                                                               
factory headlights for all DeLoreans.  I believe that Sylvania actually                                                                                                                                                                         
advertised this fact in magazine ads (as mentioned in Stainless Steel                                                                                                                                                                           
Illusion).  Also, at the Columbus warehouse I saw a large stock of                                                                                                                                                                              
never-used Sylvania halogen lights in the factory stock.                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As far as I know everyone who has mounted a front license plate (myself                                                                                                                                                                         
included) has drilled holes somewhere in their front fascia.                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Factory Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 8:56:04 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Fender that was in Ohio last year, that was supposed to be the                                                                                                                                                                              
"factory test" for paint colors on the stainless was interesting.  It                                                                                                                                                                           
looked more like a stain, where you could still see the Stainless grain                                                                                                                                                                         
under the paint.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
It would be my guess that the **Proper** pain procedure would look like                                                                                                                                                                         
this.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
dmcnews@hotmail.com wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>   P.S. Be watching for a post I will soon be posting on How to **Properly** paint a DeLorean. My post will be coming from the people who wanted to paint DeLoreans for DMC.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DML: Painting at Factory?                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Date: 10-May-99 10:07:14 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I also want to get in one comment before this thread dies.                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If you have ever visited a car plant, you will know that painting is a                                                                                                                                                                          
big, complex operation.  It takes a large facility and a lot of                                                                                                                                                                                 
equipment to apply paint to cars and dry it properly.  Part of the                                                                                                                                                                              
genius of JZD's plan was that almost no paint was needed on DeLoreans,                                                                                                                                                                          
so a very large expense was saved.                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I know the DMC factory experimented with painting and tinting parts of                                                                                                                                                                          
some body panels, and I can imagine that perhaps they would commission a                                                                                                                                                                        
private paint shop to paint a whole car or two.  But I seriously doubt                                                                                                                                                                          
that they would have ever painted a DeLorean at the DMC factory.  It                                                                                                                                                                            
would not make sense.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Tool kit/jack                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 10-May-99 9:30:03 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Fil wrote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>I finally got around to taking my jack out of it's compartment                                                                                                                                                                                 
for the first time and realized that I only have the jack part,                                                                                                                                                                                 
not the crank that makes it go up and down. What exactly came                                                                                                                                                                                   
with the car in the "tool kit"? Where can I find a handle? Is                                                                                                                                                                                   
there an aftermarket jack kit available that would work and fit                                                                                                                                                                                 
into the space behind the grill?<                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Fil - send me your e-mail address.  I may be able to help you out.                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mike Griese                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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IBM Storage Systems Division                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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Subject: [DML] Re: door mechanism                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 10-May-99 10:38:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mike's driver's door problem sounds simlar to the one I had:                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> It opened but the mechanism apparently would not                                                                                                                                                                                              
> open correctly and pulled the front striker came out.                                                                                                                                                                                         
> The striker mounting bracket is now loose, and stripped,                                                                                                                                                                                      
> so I will have to find how to replace that.  But my big                                                                                                                                                                                       
> question is: what caused it?  A bad door mechanism?                                                                                                                                                                                           
> Locking problem?                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
You need to check a few things.  Does that door have door guides?  Now                                                                                                                                                                          
that the door is open, see if the forward latch operates the same as the                                                                                                                                                                        
rear latch.  With the latch in its closed position, hold a screwdriver                                                                                                                                                                          
where the striker pin would be and try to open it.  Then pull the handle                                                                                                                                                                        
(with the door unlocked) and try again.  Obviously the latch should                                                                                                                                                                             
release now.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If the latch appears to be working then it probably is not closing                                                                                                                                                                              
properly.  It is possible, especially on cars without door guides, for                                                                                                                                                                          
the latch to jam against the striker pin when the door closes.                                                                                                                                                                                  
Sometimes it opens fine, other times you are a prisoner.                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If the latch is not working but also not damaged then you probably have                                                                                                                                                                         
some loose linkages inside the door.  You need to get inside the door                                                                                                                                                                           
and check the lock linkage and the latch linkage.  They can be adjusted.                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If the latch is damaged then you probably need to replace the latch,                                                                                                                                                                            
like I just did.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Also, if I have to change the door latch, are any                                                                                                                                                                                             
> of these parts crossed referenced to other makes?                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This would be nice to know decades from now, when I have to search the                                                                                                                                                                          
junkyards for a DeLorean latch, but for now new latches are still                                                                                                                                                                               
inexpensive from the normal DeLorean parts sources.  I got mine last                                                                                                                                                                            
week from DMC Houston, and I think it was $60 or less.  Check their                                                                                                                                                                             
parts/price list PDF at:                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
www.usadmc.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
FYI the linkage attaches to the latch via one of two holes in a nylon                                                                                                                                                                           
bell shaped pivot.  On my old latch the linkage was attached to the                                                                                                                                                                             
closer hole, but when I installed the new latch I found my door worked                                                                                                                                                                          
much better if I used the farther hole.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substleny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Cleveland.....                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 10-May-99 11:00:12 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Im sure the Cleveland show will be just as big of a success as the Cincinnati                                                                                                                                                                   
show was. I have a question about last years show. During the show I was told                                                                                                                                                                   
that videos would be made (of the competition and the convoy to the warehouse). I                                                                                                                                                               
remember the camera men doing some crazy things (hanging out the back of moving                                                                                                                                                                 
cars etc). I would like a copy of these videos. If anyone knows where i could                                                                                                                                                                   
obtain a video, please message me. I know a lot of other people who would be                                                                                                                                                                    
interested also.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Trying to buy Delorean have questions.                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 10-May-99 15:03:28 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have been looking for a Delorean for quite a while and have been limiting my search to Florida.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The most recent one that I have looked at has some of the following problems:                                                                                                                                                                   
1) needs new dashboard                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
2) carpets in good shape but faded                                                                                                                                                                                                              
3) leather stickshift cover in pieces                                                                                                                                                                                                           
4) driver side window motor very grindy sounding                                                                                                                                                                                                
5) small "nipple" dent in passenger side rear panel - what would force the metal out?                                                                                                                                                           
6) driver side door won't raise all the way                                                                                                                                                                                                     
7) owner said that all transmission fluid had leaked out just before I had arrived. He said that he found a cracked hose and replaced hose and fluid.                                                                                           
8) most rubber needs replacing but no sign of doors leaking.                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
On the positive side:                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
1) except for the small dent mentioned above the rest of the body is perfect                                                                                                                                                                    
2) seats are new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
3) engine looks O.K. - no signs of any fluid leaks                                                                                                                                                                                              
4) car idles nicely and air conditioning is better than in my BMW                                                                                                                                                                               
5) car drives nicely and is quite peppy - no sign of transmission problems                                                                                                                                                                      
6) headliner perfect                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
7) no "obvious" sign of any rust on underside or muffler                                                                                                                                                                                        
8) all documents available and is almost a 1 owner car                                                                                                                                                                                          
9) new nice tires all around                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Asking is $16,500 but negotiable.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have gotten an opinion from one Delorean owner but would like some more feedback on how this deal sounds.                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks to everyone in advance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Delorean for sale                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 10-May-99 9:22:17 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Must sell my 1981 Delorean, speed.  Only 11 K miles.  Excellent condition.                                                                                                                                                                      
$19.9K .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Bricklin International Meet - East                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 10-May-99 12:39:00 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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DeLorean VIN# 702 is planing on going to this event. We're leaving                                                                                                                                                                              
indianapolis, Indiana on Friday night or Saturday early morning. Would                                                                                                                                                                          
anyone wish to join us on the road?                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  let me know                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Thanks!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 -=mike=-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
ps. entire letter included for the DeLorean Newsletter sake, incase                                                                                                                                                                             
some more DeLorean owners would like to attend.                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Michael Mitchell wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Jim Wajda sent out a copy of the BOOM's Phoenix (Bricklin Owners Of Michigan                                                                                                                                                                  
> newsletter), and asked me pass on the following for your information and for                                                                                                                                                                  
> use on the website (Ron, John & Scott - you listening? ;) ). Obviously,                                                                                                                                                                       
> BOOM's members and those of us fortunate enough to be on Jim's mailing list                                                                                                                                                                   
> got the information, but this is for those that didn't.                                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> The meet officially opens at 8 PM, Wednesday, July 21st at the Bricklin                                                                                                                                                                       
> Hospitality suite in the Ramada Hotel in LaPorte, Indiana. The Ramada will                                                                                                                                                                    
> have set aside a parking area for the Bricklins, so please park in this                                                                                                                                                                       
> area. In the hospitality suite, you will find a bar and Bricklinalia table                                                                                                                                                                    
> full of Bricklin merchandise. If you haven't pre-registered (highly                                                                                                                                                                           
> recommended!), you will also be able to do so at that time. Those that have                                                                                                                                                                   
> pre-registered can check-in, and also obtain an updated schedule of events.                                                                                                                                                                   
> Raffle or auction items you have donated may be left at the hospitality                                                                                                                                                                       
> suite upon your arrival. Since this is mid week, roughly ten Bricklins are                                                                                                                                                                    
> expected on the first day, primarily made up of core members and directors                                                                                                                                                                    
> of the club. Everyone is welcome!                                                                                                                                                                                                             
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Activities continue on Thursday, Friday & Saturday. You can go on as many or                                                                                                                                                                  
> as few events as you would like. Every night we will come back to the                                                                                                                                                                         
> hospitality suite for a big get-together and the raffle. The club sells                                                                                                                                                                       
> raffle tickets and will raffle off gag gifts and trinkets donated by club                                                                                                                                                                     
> members. The more expensive donations will be auctioned off on Saturday                                                                                                                                                                       
> night at the awards banquet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Terry Tanner is this year's banquet guest speaker. For those of you who                                                                                                                                                                       
> don't know Terry Tanner, you should! He is the Bricklin Guru who was once an                                                                                                                                                                  
> engineer with General Vehicle and is the Grandfather of the Bricklin. Terry                                                                                                                                                                   
> runs a Bricklin repair shop in Bedford, VA. If you would like to talk with                                                                                                                                                                    
> him about a persistent problem with your Bricklin, or just want some more                                                                                                                                                                     
> information about the Bricklin, he will be there to answer any questions.                                                                                                                                                                     
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Bob Hoffman, who runs 'The Brickyard' in Michigan, will also be there to                                                                                                                                                                      
> walk you through problem areas, or offer solutions to your problems. He is                                                                                                                                                                    
> very friendly and very knowledgeable. Just grab him and start talking. His                                                                                                                                                                    
> shop is located in Brighton, MI., and services Bricklins by appointment                                                                                                                                                                       
> year-round.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> A number of people have indicated that they were interested in the Bricklin,                                                                                                                                                                  
> and perhaps ready to purchase a car. Some are planning to come to the meet                                                                                                                                                                    
> to gather information on the car. For those of you looking for a Bricklin to                                                                                                                                                                  
> purchase, there may be some for sale at the show on Saturday. If not - Terry                                                                                                                                                                  
> and Bob certainly have cars in various stages of repair for sale. If you are                                                                                                                                                                  
> interested in a specific car for sale -- make sure that you are around the                                                                                                                                                                    
> car while it is being judged on Saturday. The Judges will certainly give you                                                                                                                                                                  
> an honest opinion on price and condition.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> The drag racing event last year was a great success. We hope for a bigger                                                                                                                                                                     
> turnout of cars this year. Most owners were on the sidelines watching the                                                                                                                                                                     
> races. It was a great experience. The AM General Hummer factory is another                                                                                                                                                                    
> 'can't miss' event. The factory has opened its doors for our group to see                                                                                                                                                                     
> the assembly of Hummers for civilian and military uses. Many of the ladies                                                                                                                                                                    
> in Bricklin International expressed an interest to go to a casino -- ask and                                                                                                                                                                  
> you shall receive! -- we have a trip planned to the Blue Chip Casino. We                                                                                                                                                                      
> also have a trip planned to the Studebaker museum in Southbend Indiana. This                                                                                                                                                                  
> is a rather large museum with some great exhibits.                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> On Saturday, we have a very special car show planned. It is at the Door                                                                                                                                                                       
> Prarie Auto Museum in LaPorte. We will hold the show in front of the Museum                                                                                                                                                                   
> and the club will provide a Pizza lunch in the Museum. The Museum features                                                                                                                                                                    
> over 50 cars -- including a Bricklin! This is sure to be one of the finest                                                                                                                                                                    
> and exciting shows that Bricklin International has ever presented. Make sure                                                                                                                                                                  
> you are a part of the excitement!!                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> So get ready -- because we have a lot of activities planned -- and everyone                                                                                                                                                                   
> should have a great time. Make reservations now, because they probably won't                                                                                                                                                                  
> be available in July.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> 1999 Bricklin International Eastern Meet Schedule                                                                                                                                                                                             
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Wednesday, July 21                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> 8 PM - Hospitality Suite - Official meet opening                                                                                                                                                                                              
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Thursday, July 22                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> 10 AM Sharp! - Leave the parking lot for the Hummer factory tour in                                                                                                                                                                           
> Mishawaka, Indiana                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> 12 PM - Lunch at local restaurant after factory tour                                                                                                                                                                                          
>  2 PM - Caravan to Studebaker National Museum, located at 525 South Main                                                                                                                                                                      
> St., Southbend. $ 4.00 entrance fee for adults. Return to hotel after tour.                                                                                                                                                                   
>  8 PM - Hospitality Suite and raffle                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Friday, July 23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> 10 AM Sharp! - Road Rally Begins - Bring pencil or pen!! Rally ends at the                                                                                                                                                                    
> Blue Chip Casino located at 2 Easy Street, Michigan City, Indiana (Good Luck                                                                                                                                                                  
> to all!)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
>  5 PM - Drag Racing at Osceola Dragway (219) 674-8400. Bricklin Eliminators                                                                                                                                                                   
> Dial-In competition will begin at 6 PM. There will be a $ 20.00 entrance fee                                                                                                                                                                  
> per car. Make sure you wear long pants -- helmets are NOT required. Trophies                                                                                                                                                                  
> and prize money will be awarded                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>  9 PM - Hospitality Suite and raffle                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Saturday, July 24                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
>  9 to 10 AM - Cars arrive for Concourse at the Door Prarie Auto Museum -                                                                                                                                                                      
> 2405 Indiana Ave., LaPorte Indiana (10 minutes from Ramada). The Car Show                                                                                                                                                                     
> will be in front of the Museum. Museum admission is $ 2.50.                                                                                                                                                                                   
> 10 AM - Car show Judging begins                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> 12 PM - Pizza Lunch provided by Bricklin International (in Museum).                                                                                                                                                                           
>  3 PM - Board of Directors meeting                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>  6 PM - Banquet Doors open - Cocktails (cash bar)                                                                                                                                                                                             
>  7 PM - Food served                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>  8 PM - Guest Speaker - Terry Tanner. Raffle and Auction to follow                                                                                                                                                                            
> End Evening - 'Good-byes' in Hospitality Suite                                                                                                                                                                                                
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Videos of Cinn.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 10-May-99 13:27:39 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
To all,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  My friend and I did the shooting and we can make a couple of coppies for                                                                                                                                                                      
people to pass around and copy for free.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
No one responded to a previous post about us getting more footage to                                                                                                                                                                            
actually edit around and mix in music. We don't have enough footage to do a                                                                                                                                                                     
bang up job so the tape will be just how we shot it.                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Shannon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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> From: 	CancerMan                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Reply To: 	dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Sent: 	Monday, May 10, 1999 11:00 AM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> To: 	dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> Subject: 	[DML] Re: Cleveland.....                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Im sure the Cleveland show will be just as big of a success as the                                                                                                                                                                            
> Cincinnati                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> show was. I have a question about last years show. During the show I was                                                                                                                                                                      
> told                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> that videos would be made (of the competition and the convoy to the                                                                                                                                                                           
> warehouse). I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> remember the camera men doing some crazy things (hanging out the back of                                                                                                                                                                      
> moving                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> cars etc). I would like a copy of these videos. If anyone knows where i                                                                                                                                                                       
> could                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> obtain a video, please message me. I know a lot of other people who would                                                                                                                                                                     
> be                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> interested also.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">&nbsp; My friend and I did the shooting and we can make a couple of coppies for people to pass around and copy for free. </FONT>                                                                         
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">No one responded to a previous post about us getting more footage to actually edit around and mix in music. We don't have enough footage to do a bang up job so the tape will be just how we shot it.</FON
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Shannon </FONT>                                                                                                                                                                                           
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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Geneva">From:</FONT></B> &nbsp; <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Geneva">CancerMan</FONT>                                                                                                                                           
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Im sure the Cleveland show will be just as big of a success as the Cincinnati</FONT>                                                                                                                               
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">show was. I have a question about last years show. During the show I was told</FONT>                                                                                                                              
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">remember the camera men doing some crazy things (hanging out the back of moving</FONT>                                                                                                                            
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">obtain a video, please message me. I know a lot of other people who would be</FONT>                                                                                                                               
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front License Plate bracket                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 10-May-99 13:02:06 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DeLorean One sells a stainless front license plate bracket that uses                                                                                                                                                                            
extisting holes in the lower air dam portion of the front fascia.  There                                                                                                                                                                        
also was a factory solution.  I have the DeLorean One bracket on my                                                                                                                                                                             
car and it fits well and has not damaged the front bumper after                                                                                                                                                                                 
6 years of use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front License Plate                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Date: 10-May-99 11:06:11 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  You don't have to drill holes to mount a front plate. There are a                                                                                                                                                                             
number of screws under the front bumper that can be used to attach a                                                                                                                                                                            
bracket that will hold a license plate up in front of the bumber (You                                                                                                                                                                           
don't want to mount the license plate in front of the radiator). I have                                                                                                                                                                         
one of these on my car. I don't remember who made them, but I recall                                                                                                                                                                            
seeing an ad for them in DeLorean World and you should also be able to                                                                                                                                                                          
find it in the DML archives. See my web site for pictures of how it                                                                                                                                                                             
looks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> As far as I know everyone who has mounted a front license                                                                                                                                                                                     
> plate (myself included) has drilled holes somewhere in their front                                                                                                                                                                            
> fascia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> - Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front end coil spring trouble                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 10-May-99 11:26:40 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This is really not the kind of job you should do at home, or alone. If                                                                                                                                                                          
you want to see a detailed breakdown on how to remove and repair every                                                                                                                                                                          
part of the front suspension, take a look at the back issues of the                                                                                                                                                                             
DeLorean Club of Oregon newsletter (in Acrobat format) at                                                                                                                                                                                       
http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/deco.htm. The series of articles starts with                                                                                                                                                                         
issue 13. I ended up having to do something quite different to remove                                                                                                                                                                           
the springs. At the Midas shop I conned into doing this, we used a                                                                                                                                                                              
spring compressor tool that fit inside the spring. The bottom of the                                                                                                                                                                            
tool was hooked to the lower arm and the spring was compressed onto the                                                                                                                                                                         
lower arm. Then we removed the lower arm from the car, released the                                                                                                                                                                             
spring, put the new spring on the arm and reversed the procedure. We                                                                                                                                                                            
could find no way to compress the springs from the outside. The                                                                                                                                                                                 
compressor tools the shop had would not fit into such a small space with                                                                                                                                                                        
so many obstructions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
After you change the springs, get the car aligned. There is no camber                                                                                                                                                                           
adjustments but the caster will change with the new lowered                                                                                                                                                                                     
position of the car. This is all a lot of work and the springs are not                                                                                                                                                                          
cheap but the results are well worth it.The car 'looks' right,                                                                                                                                                                                  
visibility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
improves and so does the overall handling.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> -----Original Message-----                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> From: Jonthan Lazar [mailto:jlazar6447@email.msn.com]                                                                                                                                                                                         
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 2:31 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Front end coil spring trouble                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Does anyone know how to reinstall the front coil spring on                                                                                                                                                                                    
> the DeLorean?  I                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> had to remove the spring because I am in the process of performing a                                                                                                                                                                          
> complete restoration of the car.  My problem is that I can                                                                                                                                                                                    
> not compress the                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> spring enough to get it to fit in between the shock tower and                                                                                                                                                                                 
> the lower                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> control arm.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Another question:  Does anyone know where I can get a                                                                                                                                                                                         
> DeLorean sports bra                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> for the front end?  I mean the one that actually has DMC                                                                                                                                                                                      
> embroidered in the                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> middle of the bra?                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Any help is greatly appreciated.                                                                                                                                                                                                              
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Jonathan Lazar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Founder, Northern California DeLorean Motor Club 'NCDMC'                                                                                                                                                                                        
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Subject: [DML] emergency brake                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 10-May-99 14:27:40 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Both cables have come off the parking brake handle.  Does not appear to be                                                                                                                                                                      
any particular reason for the cables to have come off - cable ends intact, no                                                                                                                                                                   
apparent deformation of the latch slot and hole etcetera.                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Cables are free and actuate the rear calipers.  Anything that one should be                                                                                                                                                                     
aware of???                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
It looks like the best way to put back on would be to remove the handle                                                                                                                                                                         
assembly, then unfasten the mounting bracket.  With the real wheels off,                                                                                                                                                                        
remove tension at both rear calipers and then just slip the cables within the                                                                                                                                                                   
slots and put back together.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Any advice other than the above or is that the?best? way?  Any shortcuts.?                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front License Plate                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Date: 10-May-99 20:23:44 +0100                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'm just using cheap self-adhesive pads to hold my front license plate                                                                                                                                                                          
on, and they hold it there fine!  Hot water removes any trace of them,                                                                                                                                                                          
should you need to remove your plate.  I got 'em form Halfords (UK), but                                                                                                                                                                        
I'm sure every motor shop in the world must have them!?                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Far less hassle than having to find plate holders or (wince!) drill any                                                                                                                                                                         
holes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
That seems a bit too obvious and I've a growing feeling that I've missed                                                                                                                                                                        
the point.  Sorry!                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'll get my coat ;o)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> -----Original Message-----                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> From:	Montgomery, Ken [SMTP:kenm@csus.edu]                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> Sent:	Monday, May 10, 1999 7:06 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> To:	'dmcnews@egroups.com'                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> Subject:	[DML] Re: Front License Plate                                                                                                                                                                                                        
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>   You don't have to drill holes to mount a front plate. There are a                                                                                                                                                                           
> number of screws under the front bumper that can be used to attach a                                                                                                                                                                          
> bracket that will hold a license plate up in front of the bumber (You                                                                                                                                                                         
> don't want to mount the license plate in front of the radiator). I                                                                                                                                                                            
> have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> one of these on my car. I don't remember who made them, but I recall                                                                                                                                                                          
> seeing an ad for them in DeLorean World and you should also be able to                                                                                                                                                                        
> find it in the DML archives. See my web site for pictures of how it                                                                                                                                                                           
> looks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> <snip>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > As far as I know everyone who has mounted a front license                                                                                                                                                                                   
> > plate (myself included) has drilled holes somewhere in their front                                                                                                                                                                          
> > fascia.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > - Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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> Ken Montgomery		VIN #10911	Work  : (916) 278-7646                                                                                                                                                                                             
> Sacramento, CA		'OUTTIME'	Home  : (916) 944-3252                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Founder, Northern California DeLorean Motor Club 'NCDMC'                                                                                                                                                                                      
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Subject: [DML] A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 10-May-99 15:27:38 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
hello,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
	I recently found a Delorean that was tipped over in grand Rapids                                                                                                                                                                               
Michigan.  I saw it at a insurance agency but it doesn't look to good.  The                                                                                                                                                                     
hood,both doors, front window, drivers side window etc are wrecked.  I am                                                                                                                                                                       
going to go take a closer look at and see if they would possibly sell it.                                                                                                                                                                       
What do you think a good price would be?  They might not even sell it.  I                                                                                                                                                                       
will try to take a few pictures of it and put them on my site.  My friend saw                                                                                                                                                                   
the interior and said that it had a lot of dirt in it from the rollover I                                                                                                                                                                       
guess.  I know that a DeLorean was tipped over at Michigan State recently but                                                                                                                                                                   
I do not think that this is the same  "D".                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
any replys would be greatly appreciated                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dave,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
http://delorean.cjb.net                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 15:30:59 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Don,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi, this is Kayo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I do believe that Sylvania was the DMC factory's issued headlights.                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As far as front plates, I suggest that you don't drill the bumper to                                                                                                                                                                            
accommodate the plate.  There is no need for the drilling.  Drilling won't                                                                                                                                                                      
hold the plate permanently.  It won't stay and ruin the bumper.  What you                                                                                                                                                                       
should do is to fabricate a front plate holder bracket, or buy one from the                                                                                                                                                                     
DeLorean parts houses, (Rob from PJ Grady has them.  I think for under $40?).                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
To fabricate one is easy.  It requires cutting to the pattern, three simple                                                                                                                                                                     
bends, six holes to be drilled and paint it black.  If you don't have the                                                                                                                                                                       
time or facilities to make one  -- buy one.  The material will cost under                                                                                                                                                                       
$10. More likely $5.  Or you can get a piece of "scrape" metal.  Just cut,                                                                                                                                                                      
bend and drill to shape, paint it black and mount it.  Once mounted you will                                                                                                                                                                    
not see it, unless you kneel or lay on the ground.  Total time to fabricate                                                                                                                                                                     
one is under one hour.  After the paint dries, mount the bracket and plate                                                                                                                                                                      
onto the car will take under 20 minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Whether you make or buy one.  Mount the bracket onto the car's front bumpers                                                                                                                                                                    
using the four hold down bolts.  Next, mount the front plate onto the bracket                                                                                                                                                                   
holder using two license bolts.  Plate should be mounted by the two bottom                                                                                                                                                                      
holes. I would not suggest drilling and screwing the other two bolts into the                                                                                                                                                                   
bumper that holds the "upper holes" of the plate. (This will defeat the                                                                                                                                                                         
purpose of the front plate bracket.)  What you can do, is used double                                                                                                                                                                           
mounting tape in between the plates and bumper.  This will be strong enough                                                                                                                                                                     
to prevent movement of the plate and it will also make the installation non                                                                                                                                                                     
permanent with no damages to the bumper.  You can remove the tape with spirit                                                                                                                                                                   
based cleaner, it will not harm the bumper to restore the original looks.                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have mounted my front plate onto my car in a same way, but a different                                                                                                                                                                        
position.  I have used the plate holding bracket unit.  I mounted the plate                                                                                                                                                                     
by the upper holes of the front plates onto the holes of the bracket, thus                                                                                                                                                                      
lowering the plate.  This will not give the front plate any support and it                                                                                                                                                                      
will hit and scrape the ground.  What I did do to the bracket to give it                                                                                                                                                                        
support, was to bend the bracket's plate base to a "steeper angle."  (You can                                                                                                                                                                   
double stick tape the bracket to prevent flopping.  I have silicone glued my                                                                                                                                                                    
bracket into place -- more sturdier.)  The plate will have a steeper angle                                                                                                                                                                      
when mounted.  This greater rake angle will make the plate streamlined with                                                                                                                                                                     
the car's lines and will clear the ground.  Mounting it this way also                                                                                                                                                                           
prevents other vehicles from banging into the front plates when they are                                                                                                                                                                        
backing up.  No dented or mangle plates.  If you wonder how it looks, just                                                                                                                                                                      
ask and I will e-mail you a picture of my car with this setup since the DML                                                                                                                                                                     
site can't display photo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Don, I hope this all helps,                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front License Plate                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Date: 10-May-99 12:49:43 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I had one of the DeLorean One stainless steel license plate holders on my                                                                                                                                                                       
previous D.  I have one on my present D which came from PJ Grady.  They are                                                                                                                                                                     
almost identical, but I prefer the PJ Grady one because it is a flat black                                                                                                                                                                      
and is essentially invisible.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
These holders place the plate right in the middle of the front bumper and                                                                                                                                                                       
actually look quite nice with no holes to drill.                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
When I go to car shows, I replace my front plate with a "DMC" plate.  Looks                                                                                                                                                                     
great.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Trying to buy Delorean have questions.                                                                                                                                                                                       
Date: 10-May-99 15:59:00 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a message dated 5/10/99 1:12:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,                                                                                                                                                                                    
t.mickel@worldnet.att.net writes:                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<< Asking is $16,500 but negotiable.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 I have gotten an opinion from one Delorean owner but would like some more                                                                                                                                                                      
feedback on how this deal sounds.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Thanks to everyone in advance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  >>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Well if this helps you out I can offer this advice.  The DeLorean I recently                                                                                                                                                                    
bought had an asking price of $16,500 as well.  I actually wound up paying                                                                                                                                                                      
$16,000  My DeLorean has 7,500 miles.  The interior is like showroom new,                                                                                                                                                                       
The body is perfect except for a ding the size of a pinhead,  And the frame                                                                                                                                                                     
and underside are like new.  The car runs great and basically looks almost                                                                                                                                                                      
like it is brand new.  I think the DeLorean you are looking at is a little                                                                                                                                                                      
high.  Although I think I got a great deal on my D I think you should not                                                                                                                                                                       
limit your search to Florida.  I live in NJ and at first had the same                                                                                                                                                                           
intention of finding a D in the area but I wound up buying one I found un                                                                                                                                                                       
Michigan.  It was WELL worth the trip out to pick it up.  Go to DMC Houston's                                                                                                                                                                   
website and get prices on the parts you need such as the dash which is very                                                                                                                                                                     
expensive.  Then expect to spend another thousand or two to do the factory                                                                                                                                                                      
upgrades and receommended repairs if they havent been done.  I would try to                                                                                                                                                                     
stay away from any sun damaged interior D's as they usually wind up costing                                                                                                                                                                     
more to restore than a D with a nice interior would have cost you.  Hope this                                                                                                                                                                   
helps                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 10-May-99 16:24:35 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
To: The DMC Wannabe,                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thank you very for the info of support.  I knew of this but I could not get                                                                                                                                                                     
the supporting info.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
There are many "other" frills and options that are not listed with or                                                                                                                                                                           
recorded  by the DMC -- for what ever the reasons.                                                                                                                                                                                              
Again, this problem is not only with DMC marque but with many other marques                                                                                                                                                                     
as well.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have a car with the same controversy, it is not a DMC.  It is from a                                                                                                                                                                          
different marque.  Every time I order parts --  guarantee to get the wrong                                                                                                                                                                      
parts.  Why?  One must depend on the chassis's serial number.  The                                                                                                                                                                              
manufacture quotes info from this serial number.  The Owners' Club of this                                                                                                                                                                      
marque, they quote another.  My mechanic who has been employed by the company                                                                                                                                                                   
and working with my type of model and the other different models of motorcars                                                                                                                                                                   
from this marque has quoted different info on the car.  He works on this                                                                                                                                                                        
marque and no other given him total dedication to the cars.  My mechanic is                                                                                                                                                                     
more correct and right then the company and the club.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Anyway the out come????  The answer?  Still the same, no correct answer for                                                                                                                                                                     
what ever the reasons of poor or no record keeping.  Authorization was given                                                                                                                                                                    
by the company, but the poor record keeping makes it difficult to follow and                                                                                                                                                                    
trace all the modifications or options with the cars.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 10-May-99 16:35:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The state that I live in is New York State.  Upon filling your registration                                                                                                                                                                     
form and all the info on the registration card will reflect the same.  They                                                                                                                                                                     
list the weight, seating capacity, doors, color, type of fuel, manufacture,                                                                                                                                                                     
year, model, owner/s, address, registration fees and more.  If one info is                                                                                                                                                                      
out of line, be ready for troubles if the officer is on the rag.                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: DML: Painting at Factory?                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Date: 10-May-99 16:41:29 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I am "speculating" that many projects are done secretly too.  On or off plant                                                                                                                                                                   
grounds.  Many manufactures has kept this practice.  I am sure DMC was no                                                                                                                                                                       
different in operation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 10-May-99 16:38:40 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> I've had my front wheels balanced twice now and I still feel a shimmy                                                                                                                                                                         
> between 55 and 70 MPH, once I hit 88 it goes away:-)                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'm convinced that not all DeLorean  wheels were perfectly round or mabe                                                                                                                                                                        
it's the way tires bead to those rims but I've had similar problems all                                                                                                                                                                         
through the years that I've owned mine. I finally found a great tire shop in                                                                                                                                                                    
my area that balanced them on the car. While doing this they discovered run                                                                                                                                                                     
out that they couldn't get rid of no matter where the tire was rotated on                                                                                                                                                                       
the rims. They trued the tires with a machine that removes a slight bit of                                                                                                                                                                      
tread where the high spots were and rebalanced them on the car. The result                                                                                                                                                                      
was a smooth as glass ride. One of the problems is that, with the rear                                                                                                                                                                          
engine configuration, the front end is pretty light on this car and it's                                                                                                                                                                        
susceptible to more minor balance problems than most front engine cars.                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] John DeLorean Biography                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Date: 10-May-99 17:44:34 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This Sunday May 16, E entertainment chanel is airing a special on John                                                                                                                                                                          
DeLorean, I will be taping it in case anyone doesnt get that station.                                                                                                                                                                           
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Subject: [DML] Buying Delorean                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 10-May-99 18:43:24 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hello everyone, I am very new to this whole thing, I am only 17 after all,                                                                                                                                                                      
however I have wanted a Delorean since I was five years old, anyhoo now that                                                                                                                                                                    
i can drive one, and almost afford one, I am wondering where a Delorean for                                                                                                                                                                     
under 10,000 dollars might be found, obviously this i s a low price and I can                                                                                                                                                                   
deal with one needing some work...any thoughts? let me know! Thanks, your                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: door mechanism                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 10-May-99 18:58:46 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mike,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Wow !, this is a first. I wish we could have helped you out sooner and                                                                                                                                                                          
showed you how to release the door by removing the upper trim pad. There                                                                                                                                                                        
are no crossovers for the door RH STRIKER MOUNTING BRACKET part # 105568.                                                                                                                                                                       
There are four possible causes for this problem.                                                                                                                                                                                                
1. Door lock system out of alignment.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2. Malfunction of the door lock module.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
3. Door latch system out of alignment.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
4. Vehicle not equipped with door guide update.                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: cooney@pathway.net                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> To: dmcnews@eGroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] door mechanism                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 2:04 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Three days ago my drivers door would not open (I was inside).  I drove                                                                                                                                                                        
> home, climbed out the passenger door then attempted to open it from the                                                                                                                                                                       
> outside.  I had previously had a bit of difficulty with this door                                                                                                                                                                             
> unlocking, but not sure if this is related. Anyway, I pulled up the door                                                                                                                                                                      
> handle and with my other hand, pulled up the door itself.                                                                                                                                                                                     
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> It opened but the mechanism apparently would not open correctly and                                                                                                                                                                           
> pulled the front striker came out.  The striker mounting bracket is now                                                                                                                                                                       
> loose, and stripped, so I will have to find how to replace that.  But my                                                                                                                                                                      
> big question is: what caused it?  A bad door mechanism? Locking problem?                                                                                                                                                                      
> The rear one seems to work fine.  And how can I tell?  I want to replace                                                                                                                                                                      
> the correct part.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Also, if I have to change the door latch, are any of these parts crossed                                                                                                                                                                      
> referenced to other makes?                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> By the way, still looking for a new, old style AC accumulator.                                                                                                                                                                                
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 19:13:41 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
There is a factory front license plate holder.  I have one in the assortment                                                                                                                                                                    
from the dealership that I bought out.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Subject: [DML] Re: Next Generation Delorean                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 23:52:53 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have an article from '96 stating that John was going to make a new car by                                                                                                                                                                     
'98, and that didn't happen.  So, I'd like to see a new car out on the road                                                                                                                                                                     
in the next few years, but I don't think that's going to happen, mainly                                                                                                                                                                         
because of money problems.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
And that's my two cents.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 10-May-99 21:34:54 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dave,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The DeLorean suspension is a high performance racing type suspension which                                                                                                                                                                      
will not tolerate any alignment or balancing inconstancies. The average Pep                                                                                                                                                                     
Boys/Goodyear dealers are not equipped to provide this high degree of                                                                                                                                                                           
service. Alignment shops that advertise performance or racing alignment                                                                                                                                                                         
service are usually equipped to do "on the car spin balancing"                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The advantage of this system is that the dynamics of every item in the                                                                                                                                                                          
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> From: David Sontos <dsontos@sybercom.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> To: dmcnews Newsletter <dmcnews@egroups.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> Subject: [DML] The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 8:26 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I've had my front wheels balanced twice now and I still feel a shimmy                                                                                                                                                                         
> between 55 and 70 MPH, once I hit 88 it goes away:-)                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I've tried a different set of front wheels I borrowed from a fellow "D"                                                                                                                                                                       
> owner and get the same result. I am assuming this is not normal for this                                                                                                                                                                      
> car. There does not appear to be any excessive play in the steering or                                                                                                                                                                        
> the wheel bearings. The shocks seem to be in working order without any                                                                                                                                                                        
> leakage. I have noticed different road conditions have an effect on the                                                                                                                                                                       
> amount of shaking in the steering wheel. I just drove from Virginia up                                                                                                                                                                        
> to visit family in New Jersey this past weekend and the car ran                                                                                                                                                                               
> perfectly except for the shaking in the front end.                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Any tips would be appreciated...                                                                                                                                                                                                              
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 22:55:23 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I received an unattached front license plate holder when I bought my Delorean                                                                                                                                                                   
new in 1984.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Posting Photos (was Front Plates)                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 11-May-99 3:23:23 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
In-reply-to: <9A4687B9>.24688df3                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> Don,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> Hi, this is Kayo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> As far as front plates, . . . .   If you wonder how it looks, just                                                                                                                                                                            
> ask and I will e-mail you a picture of my car with this setup since the DML                                                                                                                                                                   
> site can't display photo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> Kayo Ong                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> #05508                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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Yes, you can post photos to the DML. If you go in on the Wab page at egroups.com, after you log in you'll notice a button at the top that says (vault). It's real obvious from there. Just as a test I posted a jpeg of my disemboweled transmis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 10-May-99 23:23:39 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Like any other car, if it has been flipped over it is usually considered                                                                                                                                                                        
"totaled", therefore its value would only be for parts. If you go back to                                                                                                                                                                       
see it check out the VIN number so that we can add it to our deceased list.                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: Delorean17@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 3:27 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> hello,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> 	I recently found a Delorean that was tipped over in grand Rapids                                                                                                                                                                             
> Michigan.  I saw it at a insurance agency but it doesn't look to good.                                                                                                                                                                        
The                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> hood,both doors, front window, drivers side window etc are wrecked.  I am                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> going to go take a closer look at and see if they would possibly sell it.                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> What do you think a good price would be?  They might not even sell it.  I                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> will try to take a few pictures of it and put them on my site.  My friend                                                                                                                                                                     
saw                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> the interior and said that it had a lot of dirt in it from the rollover I                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> guess.  I know that a DeLorean was tipped over at Michigan State recently                                                                                                                                                                     
but                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> I do not think that this is the same  "D".                                                                                                                                                                                                    
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> any replys would be greatly appreciated                                                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Dave,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 10-May-99 23:35:33 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Yes, the Sylvania halogens were factory installed.                                                                                                                                                                                              
 All DeLoreans were shipped with a license plate bracket for mounting a                                                                                                                                                                         
front plate. This bracket did require three holes to be drilled into the                                                                                                                                                                        
front bumper to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
accommodate fasteners for the plate bracket. There is a stainless steel                                                                                                                                                                         
after market bracket that does not require any drilling. It is available                                                                                                                                                                        
from some DeLorean parts suppliers. DeLorean One stocks this item as                                                                                                                                                                            
D100110 in stainless. PJ Grady also has one in black.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: dongowler <dongowler@mediaone.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 6:12 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Can anyone tell me if the original factory headlights for the DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                        
> are indeed Sylvania Halogen?                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Can anyone also tell me if the factory produced a front license plate                                                                                                                                                                         
> holder for the DeLorean or expected owners to drill holes in the front                                                                                                                                                                        
> bumper or create their own plate holder?                                                                                                                                                                                                      
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Regards, The Silver Fox                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> ChicagoLand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Date: 10-May-99 23:36:44 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DeLorean listed in Cleveland Plain Dealer  5/9/99: 11K, Auto, Great Condition.  Have not seen it.  They are asking 18K  call 330-833-3428.  Have not seen it, don't know anything about it.  FYI                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Tool kit/jack                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 10-May-99 23:37:32 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DeLoreans were equipped with two different style jacks, one had a crank                                                                                                                                                                         
handle part # 110037 the other hat a large ratchet handle, part # 108607                                                                                                                                                                        
Both of these items maybe available from one of the DeLorean parts                                                                                                                                                                              
suppliers. We don't know of any other jack that will fit in the jack                                                                                                                                                                            
compartment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Low silhouette "screw" jacks will do the job. As far as a ratchet bumper                                                                                                                                                                        
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> From: eurojet@sdcoe.k12.ca.us                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> To: dmcnews@eGroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Tool kit/jack                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 11:00 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I finally got around to taking my jack out of it's compartment for the                                                                                                                                                                        
first time and realized that I only have the jack part, not the crank that                                                                                                                                                                      
makes it go up and down. What exactly came with the car in the "tool kit"?                                                                                                                                                                      
Where can I find a handle? Is there an aftermarket jack kit available that                                                                                                                                                                      
would work and fit into the space behind the grill? I'm used to American                                                                                                                                                                        
style jacks that click up and down. Any suggestions would be appreciated!                                                                                                                                                                       
Fil Vigil.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 11-May-99 1:36:42 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a message dated 5/10/99 7:56:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, KayoOng@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                    
writes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<<                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 I am not sure if this statement is true.  I maybe wrong, but as I remember                                                                                                                                                                     
 there were a few cars painted by the factory.  One of those cars was issued                                                                                                                                                                    
 to a member of Mr. JZD family?  I maybe wrong, anyone out there with more                                                                                                                                                                      
 info on this car or the other factory painted cars?    >>                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Technically speaking,Delorean was working on painted Deloreans,but not                                                                                                                                                                          
"painted Deloreans" as such he was working on translucent cars,ie so that the                                                                                                                                                                   
stainless steel finish showed right through the paint,sorta the same way as                                                                                                                                                                     
stained wood,you see a color,but you also could see the natural wood grain                                                                                                                                                                      
finish,from what I understand the pigments in the "paint"could not hold up to                                                                                                                                                                   
the elements and failed miserbly,and as far as I know none of those cars were                                                                                                                                                                   
ever released to the general public.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front end coil spring trouble                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 11-May-99 1:48:32 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a message dated 5/10/99 3:24:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kenm@csus.edu                                                                                                                                                                      
writes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<< Then we removed the lower arm from the car, released the                                                                                                                                                                                     
 spring, put the new spring on the arm and reversed the procedure. We                                                                                                                                                                           
 could find no way to compress the springs from the outside. The                                                                                                                                                                                
 compressor tools the shop had would not fit into such a small space with                                                                                                                                                                       
 so many obstructions. >>                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
It took me over 16 hours per spring to reinstall (front)and that was cut                                                                                                                                                                        
springs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
and without being able to put the rubber pad under the spring,I would rate a                                                                                                                                                                    
front spring change only to those people that have extensive knowledge of                                                                                                                                                                       
Deloreans and the right equipment (which was the only way I was able to get                                                                                                                                                                     
the new springs back on)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
to do any front spring work on a delorean.Trust me I know from experience.                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted DeLoreans...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 10-May-99 23:29:33 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
dmcnews@hotmail.com wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>   Hello All,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>   Before this thread gets killed let me say this. I just spoke with a GM of one of the largest DeLorean Dealerships in the south. He asked to remain nameless. He gave me this info on the painted DeLoreans. There were 4 DeLoreans that Mr. 
>   To find out if your DeLorean was painted by the dealer look on the Bill of Sale and see if it has a "Painted Option". If any DeLorean came from the factory painted it will have a "Painted Option" on the window sticker. My source and I f
>   Now, with the title saying "Black", my source told me he sold DeLoreans with the title saying "Black" in reference to the color of the interior. He did this with both black and grey interiors. A little misleading (to be sure) but not un
>   The only real options available on the DeLorean was the tranny. Auto or Stick. And the color of the interior.                                                                                                                               
>   If anyone has questions further on this topic or any other please e-mail me privately and I'll find out what you need to know.                                                                                                              
>   Sorry this got soo long but I wanted to set the record straight.                                                                                                                                                                            
>   Thanx,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
>   The DMC Wannabe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>   No VIN yet!!!:(                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
>   P.S. Be watching for a post I will soon be posting on How to **Properly** paint a DeLorean. My post will be coming from the people who wanted to paint DeLoreans for DMC.                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>  That's an interesting topic of discussion Kayo. All I can do is be judged by the community regarding my car. All I can add is that when I bought my car, the title said black. So, I'm assuming it was painted prior to delivery. I would lik
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      Not to beat the painted Delorean thread to death, but Delorean                                                                                                                                                                            
Motor Company service bulletin # ST-02-2/82 says "While DeLorean Motor                                                                                                                                                                          
Company has test painted three vehicles which are very attractive, we                                                                                                                                                                           
have not yet completed adhesion or durability testing."  The bulletin is                                                                                                                                                                        
signed by William A.Charles, Director, Service/Parts.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    No comments about what colors were used, although there are painting                                                                                                                                                                        
recommendations from Sherwin-Williams, PPG/Ditzler and DuPont.                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: hallo                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Date: 11-May-99 4:01:45 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>Living in N.Ireland, a lot of people i encounter on >the Net, believe that                                                                                                                                                                     
there are quiet a few DeLorean`s >driving around here, but sadly, that ain`t                                                                                                                                                                    
the case.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Simon,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Sorry to disagree.  There are currently some 38 DeLoreans in the country!                                                                                                                                                                       
That Californian one is just the latest import belonging to Tom McElhone.                                                                                                                                                                       
You can see several cars at Cullbackey street festival on Saturday 29th May                                                                                                                                                                     
(starting at 6.30p.m.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Subject: [DML] fuel pump/ lambda                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 11-May-99 11:19:32 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
My car wouldn't start for a couple days, today I finally got to look under                                                                                                                                                                      
the dash (now I know where the inertia switch is!), but that wasn't it. Got                                                                                                                                                                     
the book back out and checked the fuse for fuel pump/lambda, it was toasted!                                                                                                                                                                    
One side had actually melted a bit. When started the "lambda" light never                                                                                                                                                                       
comes on, could there be a problem here that i need to look for?                                                                                                                                                                                
Also my fan blower still doesn't work (help, it's hot weather!), and I need                                                                                                                                                                     
a window switch. Anybody have one for sale? Thanks!                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] 5 Year Antifreeze, anyone?                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Date: 11-May-99 11:38:59 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I just searched the backissues and was surprised to find that no one has                                                                                                                                                                        
asked about using the new, high tech 5 year antifreezes in DeLoreans.                                                                                                                                                                           
Does anyone have an opinion on this?                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
A mechanic friend has been very consciencious in reminding me that the                                                                                                                                                                          
DeLorean was designed to have its antifreeze changed every year . . .                                                                                                                                                                           
possibly two years if the car is lightly driven.  He cautions me that                                                                                                                                                                           
even in storage the aluminum protective ability of antifreeze disappears                                                                                                                                                                        
in 2-3 years and engine/radiator damage comes swiftly as the coolant's                                                                                                                                                                          
acidity changes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This might partially explain the alarming number of DeLorean radiator                                                                                                                                                                           
failures I have seen discussed here.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The new "long life" antifreezes could be a wonderful help to us.                                                                                                                                                                                
Costing only about $1 per gallon more than old fashioned antifreeze,                                                                                                                                                                            
this stuff sounds like a terriffic bargain.  As I understand it                                                                                                                                                                                 
Prestone's 5 year antifreeze is now standard on new GM cars.                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
After carefully reading the label, I found no mention that this stuff is                                                                                                                                                                        
guaranteed for aluminum engines.  They promise "five years of protection                                                                                                                                                                        
for aluminum radiators."  Almost every car has an aluminum radiator, and                                                                                                                                                                        
I can get 5 years out of ordinary antifreeze in my iron-engine Chevy.                                                                                                                                                                           
What about my aluminum engine DeLorean?                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I called Prestone's consumer information line (800)-862-7737 but they                                                                                                                                                                           
only gave me exactly the same information that the label had.                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I am inclined to believe that the new antifreeze will give my DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                          
five years of worry-free protection, and I am ready to run out and buy                                                                                                                                                                          
some immediately.  If any DMLer knows differently please post a caution                                                                                                                                                                         
for all of us!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
(changing antifreeze religiously, still using original                                                                                                                                                                                          
radiator after 18 years and 60,000+ miles)                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DeLoreans for Sale in Cleveland                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 11-May-99 12:01:54 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
David Levey said:                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> DeLorean listed in Cleveland Plain Dealer  5/9/99:                                                                                                                                                                                            
> 11K, Auto, Great Condition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Actually, anyone can check the Plain Dealer Classifieds online for free                                                                                                                                                                         
at:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
http://classifieds.cleveland.com/auto/                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I just dropped by and found two DeLoreans and a Bricklin for sale in the                                                                                                                                                                        
area.  There is another DeLorean in the area (plus a better description                                                                                                                                                                         
of the same Bricklin) at TraderOnline.com:                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
http://www.traderonline.com/coll/search/index.shtml                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Anyone can check these sources for free any time.  If any DMLer is ever                                                                                                                                                                         
interested in cars around Cleveland I might be coaxed into going to look                                                                                                                                                                        
at them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Lambda Sensor/Light Relationship                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Date: 11-May-99 12:12:01 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Yugoman's DeLorean refused to start:                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Got the book back out and checked the fuse                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> for fuel pump/lambda, it was toasted!                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> One side had actually melted a bit. When                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> started the "lambda" light never comes on,                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> could there be a problem here that i need to                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> look for?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Lambda light comes on every 30,000 miles as a reminder to change                                                                                                                                                                            
your sensor, period.  The light is "dumb" in that it does not actually                                                                                                                                                                          
know the condition of the Lambda sensor or any other part of the Lambda                                                                                                                                                                         
system.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
What fixes have you tried for your blower problem?                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] DMC on Miami Vice -?                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 11-May-99 12:18:01 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I remember talk here on the DML of a DMC used by a drug dealer on Miami Vice                                                                                                                                                                    
but only can find one reference to Miami Vice in the back issues. Does                                                                                                                                                                          
anyone know which episoed the DMC was in? The title of the episode, what it                                                                                                                                                                     
is about, the episode number, air date any thing like this will help.                                                                                                                                                                           
Michael Pack, you study film - have you any idea?                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Thanks to all in advance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: Front end coil spring trouble                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 11-May-99 17:09:10 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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First the caveat - if you don't know what you're doing and/or are not comfortable with the danger, leave this to a suspension shop. That being stated:                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have replaced my front springs as well, and did not see this to be quite as much trouble as described. The secret, as usual, is the use of proper tools. The absolute best tool is a Snap-on spring compressor, very hard to find and expensiv
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I used a McPherson Strut (2-piece, 3-finger) compressor, installed upside down from the normal use. Whatever you do, do NOT try and use a 3-piece compressor.  I believe that this is illustrated on Knut's document, but I had a lot of trouble
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'll try posting a picture of how this goes together tomorrow - I'll have to get the photo to scan.                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dave<14f98488.24691eb-@aol.com> wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> << Then we removed the lower arm from the car, released the                                                                                                                                                                                   
>  spring, put the new spring on the arm and reversed the procedure. We                                                                                                                                                                         
>  could find no way to compress the springs from the outside. The                                                                                                                                                                              
>  compressor tools the shop had would not fit into such a small space with                                                                                                                                                                     
>  so many obstructions. >>                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> It took me over 16 hours per spring to reinstall (front)and that was cut                                                                                                                                                                      
> springs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> and without being able to put the rubber pad under the spring,I would rate a                                                                                                                                                                  
> front spring change only to those people that have extensive knowledge of                                                                                                                                                                     
> Deloreans and the right equipment (which was the only way I was able to get                                                                                                                                                                   
> the new springs back on)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> to do any front spring work on a delorean.Trust me I know from experience.                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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I thought maybe the light should come on briefly when started, like a temp                                                                                                                                                                      
or charge light.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I tried fuse for the blower circuit. A few times the fan would be working,                                                                                                                                                                      
then quit after a few miles. Lately it hasn't come on at all. Also sometimes                                                                                                                                                                    
the charge guage is dead, sometimes it will read (if that has anything to do                                                                                                                                                                    
with the fan circuit?). When it went to the show, we had to jump it, the                                                                                                                                                                        
guage never moved, but it started at the show, so I assume it is charging.                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Painted Delorean's                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 11-May-99 19:08:39 +0100                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As most people will already know I worked in the D M C plant in Belfast                                                                                                                                                                         
even before it opened, I was there to the day it closed.I saw the first                                                                                                                                                                         
Delorean to come of the Assembly line and I also saw the last Delorean                                                                                                                                                                          
come of the Assembly line.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Now let me tell you there NEVER was a Delorean made inside or outside                                                                                                                                                                           
the Plant that was PAINTED never! and it was ME that painted the White                                                                                                                                                                          
letters on the Fender,                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
and there were only Ten of those.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
I was incharge of any Painting done at the Plant,that consisted of Walls                                                                                                                                                                        
Windows & Doors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The D M C.plant never experimented with Painting and tinting parts of                                                                                                                                                                           
any body parts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
as Mike Substelny said,we were to busy assembling Cars.                                                                                                                                                                                         
Also, they never ever had an idea of coating the Delorean car with                                                                                                                                                                              
Liqueur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Any Painting that went on in or outside the Plant I new about it.                                                                                                                                                                               
Joe Murray the 65th worker to be employed @ the Plant                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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As most people will already know I worked in the D M C plant in Belfast                                                                                                                                                                         
even before it opened, I was there to the day it closed.I saw the first                                                                                                                                                                         
Delorean to come of the Assembly line and I also saw the last Delorean                                                                                                                                                                          
come of the Assembly line.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
<BR>Now let me tell you there <FONT SIZE=+1>NEVER</FONT> was a Delorean                                                                                                                                                                         
made inside or outside the Plant that was PAINTED never! and it was ME                                                                                                                                                                          
that painted the White letters on the Fender,                                                                                                                                                                                                   
<BR>and there were only Ten of those.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
<BR>I was incharge of any Painting done at the Plant,that consisted of                                                                                                                                                                          
Walls Windows &amp; Doors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
<BR>The D M C.plant never experimented with Painting and tinting parts                                                                                                                                                                          
of any body parts                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
<BR>as Mike Substelny said,we were to busy assembling Cars.                                                                                                                                                                                     
<BR>Also, they never ever had an idea of coating the Delorean car with                                                                                                                                                                          
Liqueur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
<BR>Any Painting that went on in or outside the Plant I new about it.                                                                                                                                                                           
<BR>Joe Murray the 65th worker to be employed @ the Plant                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: ESPEY@SMTP (James Espey) {espey@dmcnews.com}                                                                                                                                                                                              
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Subject: [DML] ADMIN: Improving the DML                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 11-May-99 18:08:31 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I received this message about problems with mailing lists from the                                                                                                                                                                              
TidBits Mailing List, and while it is quite lengthy, I would hope that                                                                                                                                                                          
everyone would take a few minutes and read it. If everyone (or even MOST                                                                                                                                                                        
everyone) would follow these suggestions, the list would be much more                                                                                                                                                                           
readable and useful.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
James                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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   Here then are the main behaviors that I would encourage for all                                                                                                                                                                              
   mailing list participants. If you're as bothered by the problems                                                                                                                                                                             
   in mailing lists as I am, feel free to refer others to this                                                                                                                                                                                  
   article for advice.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Write Carefully** -- I realize that I risk sounding like a                                                                                                                                                                                    
   pedant here, but in cases like this, I don't care. Writing skills                                                                                                                                                                            
   in the general Internet populace stink, which means you can make                                                                                                                                                                             
   yourself look even more intelligent and thoughtful than you are by                                                                                                                                                                           
   writing well. Good writing isn't difficult, and requires only                                                                                                                                                                                
   grammatical sentences and proper spelling. You don't need to be a                                                                                                                                                                            
   professional writer or be able to make words flow trippingly off                                                                                                                                                                             
   the tongue.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   You should also follow a few basic rules when writing email:                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Don't use all capital letters for more than a word.                                                                                                                                                                                           
* Insert a blank line between paragraphs.                                                                                                                                                                                                       
* Surround URLs with angle brackets to avoid problems at line                                                                                                                                                                                   
   breaks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
* Don't use text styles (like bold or italic) or text colors in                                                                                                                                                                                 
   mailing list messages, since many people won't see them and may                                                                                                                                                                              
   even see HTML tags instead.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Quote Sparingly** -- One of my peeves with mailing lists is that                                                                                                                                                                              
   people seldom delete unnecessary quoted text in their replies,                                                                                                                                                                               
   with the worst being people who reply to a message in a digest and                                                                                                                                                                           
   quote the entire digest. Quoting sparingly does require manual                                                                                                                                                                               
   work, since most email programs automatically quote the original                                                                                                                                                                             
   message in replies. But failing to edit the original wastes                                                                                                                                                                                  
   everyone's time and bandwidth.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   In some email programs, you can select some text in the original                                                                                                                                                                             
   message, press a keyboard shortcut, and have only that text appear                                                                                                                                                                           
   quoted in the reply. (Eudora for the Macintosh does this with its                                                                                                                                                                            
   Command-Shift-R shortcut.) Other email programs assume that                                                                                                                                                                                  
   replying with some original text selected means you want to quote                                                                                                                                                                            
   only that text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Especially problematic are email programs that quote an original                                                                                                                                                                             
   message by appending it to the bottom of the reply with no quote                                                                                                                                                                             
   marks in front of each line. That prevents inline replies, since                                                                                                                                                                             
   there's no easy way to differentiate original and new text, so                                                                                                                                                                               
   users of those programs tend to leave the entire original hanging                                                                                                                                                                            
   off the end of the reply. That's fine in private messages, but in                                                                                                                                                                            
   mail destined for a list, it's just sloppy. Unfortunately, the                                                                                                                                                                               
   only solution to this problem is to switch to a different email                                                                                                                                                                              
   program                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Avoid Junk Messages** -- Another complaint about people's                                                                                                                                                                                     
   behavior on mailing lists revolves around "junk" messages. I'm not                                                                                                                                                                           
   talking about spam, since spammers aren't constructive members of                                                                                                                                                                            
   a mailing list. Instead, junk messages fall into the following                                                                                                                                                                               
   categories:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Unsubscribe messages mistakenly sent by subscribers who didn't                                                                                                                                                                                
   read (or locate) the instructions for leaving the list. Every list                                                                                                                                                                           
   goes to lengths to simplify the process of signing off, and yet a                                                                                                                                                                            
   large number of people still send unsubscribe messages to the list                                                                                                                                                                           
   itself. Read and save the welcome message you receive when you                                                                                                                                                                               
   subscribe to a list, then refer to it when you want to                                                                                                                                                                                       
   unsubscribe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Me-too posts sent by well-meaning list members replying only to                                                                                                                                                                               
   convey that they agree with a message or had a similar experience.                                                                                                                                                                           
   A Web-based poll is a better way to take votes on a topic.                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Welcome messages that appear when someone new joins the list. No                                                                                                                                                                              
   one on a mailing list needs to read "Glad to have you on the                                                                                                                                                                                 
   list!" from everyone; send such messages to the new member in                                                                                                                                                                                
   private mail.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Congratulation messages that appear after a member of the list                                                                                                                                                                                
   has mentioned some milestone or personal triumph. Again, send                                                                                                                                                                                
   these in private email.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   The moral of the story is simple: Avoid sending junk messages to a                                                                                                                                                                           
   list. They're easy to identify as you type - just ask yourself if                                                                                                                                                                            
   the message would be of interest to the majority of the mailing                                                                                                                                                                              
   list. If not, that doesn't mean your message is worthless: the                                                                                                                                                                               
   original sender might appreciate being welcomed or congratulated                                                                                                                                                                             
   via private email.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Write Descriptive Subjects** -- When you receive messages from a                                                                                                                                                                              
   mailing list, the first thing you see is the subject line. Which                                                                                                                                                                             
   of these subject lines would you rather see on a mailing list                                                                                                                                                                                
   devoted to, say, tropical fish?                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> wondering                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> Recommendations for fish that can live with cichlids                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Unless your telepathic powers are better than mine, the first                                                                                                                                                                                
   subject line tells you nothing. So, the first rule of subject                                                                                                                                                                                
   lines is to make them descriptive.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Another problem affects primarily digest readers. They see an                                                                                                                                                                                
   interesting message and want to reply, but when they do so, their                                                                                                                                                                            
   email program uses the subject line of the digest (Tropical Fish                                                                                                                                                                             
   Digest #251) rather than the subject of the message. That leads to                                                                                                                                                                           
   messages being sent to the list with useless subject lines, since                                                                                                                                                                            
   the title of the digest is rarely descriptive. There's no good                                                                                                                                                                               
   solution to this problem, although two mediocre workarounds exist.                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Copy the subject line from the message to which you're replying                                                                                                                                                                               
   and paste it into your reply's subject line, prefixing it with                                                                                                                                                                               
   "Re:". This is effort well spent.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Have the digest sent as a MIME digest and use an email program                                                                                                                                                                                
   like Eudora Pro that can separate the digest into individual                                                                                                                                                                                 
   messages in a mailbox. The problem goes away then, but, for some                                                                                                                                                                             
   people, so does the point of receiving the digest version of a                                                                                                                                                                               
   list.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Sometimes you want to reply to a message but change the topic of                                                                                                                                                                             
   discussion. When you do that, you should change the subject line;                                                                                                                                                                            
   if you don't, people following the thread will be confused when                                                                                                                                                                              
   your message doesn't match its subject. Some people (and some                                                                                                                                                                                
   programs) indicate when they've changed a subject line by                                                                                                                                                                                    
   appending "(was <the original subject>)" to the new subject.                                                                                                                                                                                 
   That's acceptable but results in long and unwieldy subject lines                                                                                                                                                                             
   that work badly in list archives.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   On the other side are people who change the subject lines on every                                                                                                                                                                           
   message they send. That's equally problematic, since it prevents                                                                                                                                                                             
   list members from reading (or sorting) messages that are related                                                                                                                                                                             
   by a shared subject line.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   If you create descriptive subjects, maintain the correct subjects                                                                                                                                                                            
   if you're a digest reader, and change subjects only when                                                                                                                                                                                     
   appropriate, you'll be well on your way to being admired as a                                                                                                                                                                                
   paragon of list etiquette.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Use Short Signatures** -- My final gripe about mailing list                                                                                                                                                                                   
   postings is that many people have long signatures at the end of                                                                                                                                                                              
   their messages. Email signatures are useful, but mailing list                                                                                                                                                                                
   signatures should be kept to a minimum. This is especially true                                                                                                                                                                              
   for lists that have digests because the signatures can take up a                                                                                                                                                                             
   significant portion of the digest. For instance, messages with                                                                                                                                                                               
   long signatures sent to the moderated Info-Mac Digest are rejected                                                                                                                                                                           
   with a note asking the person to resend with a shorter signature.                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   Many email programs let you switch between multiple signatures,                                                                                                                                                                              
   but you have to remember to do so for each message. There's a                                                                                                                                                                                
   trick you can use in Eudora Pro (but not Eudora Light) to switch                                                                                                                                                                             
   signatures automatically when you're replying to messages that                                                                                                                                                                               
   come from mailing lists. Follow these steps:                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   1) In the Signatures window create a shortened signature for use                                                                                                                                                                             
   with mailing lists called "Short signature." Your name,                                                                                                                                                                                      
   affiliation, email address, and URL are all that is essential.                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   2) In the Personalities settings panel, create a personality                                                                                                                                                                                 
   called "Mailing list signature." Fill in the Real Name and Return                                                                                                                                                                            
   Address fields, and select the "Send mail whenever sends are done"                                                                                                                                                                           
   checkbox. All the other fields can be blank, and the checkboxes                                                                                                                                                                              
   related to checking mail should be deselected.                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   3) Switch to the Personality Extras settings panel, leave the                                                                                                                                                                                
   Stationery pop-up menu set to None, and choose Short signature                                                                                                                                                                               
   from the "Signature when not using stationery" pop-up menu. Click                                                                                                                                                                            
   OK to save your personality settings.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   4) Open the Filters window. In filters that move messages from                                                                                                                                                                               
   mailing lists into specific mailboxes, add a Make Personality                                                                                                                                                                                
   action, and from the Personality pop-up menu, choose "Mailing list                                                                                                                                                                           
   signature."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   You've created a signature for use with mailing lists, connected                                                                                                                                                                             
   it with a specific personality that differs from your dominant                                                                                                                                                                               
   personality only in the default signature setting, then created a                                                                                                                                                                            
   filter that automatically assigns that personality to incoming                                                                                                                                                                               
   messages from mailing lists. Now, whenever you reply to a message                                                                                                                                                                            
   from a mailing list, Eudora Pro knows to use your mailing list                                                                                                                                                                               
   personality and thus your mailing list signature. You'll still                                                                                                                                                                               
   have to choose your mailing list signature manually when sending a                                                                                                                                                                           
   new message to a list, but all replies will use it automatically.                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
**Ridin' that High Horse** -- I freely admit that there's nothing                                                                                                                                                                               
   new in this article (well, except maybe the Eudora tip above).                                                                                                                                                                               
   These recommendations have been floating around the Internet as                                                                                                                                                                              
   long as there has been an Internet. The sad fact is, though, that                                                                                                                                                                            
   mailing list manners haven't improved with time.                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   So why can I complain? Two reasons. First, I think it's important                                                                                                                                                                            
   that this topic, old as it is, remains in the public eye. Second,                                                                                                                                                                            
   I do the work every day to create a mailing list that tries to                                                                                                                                                                               
   conform to all the recommendations above. In TidBITS Talk, I do                                                                                                                                                                              
   the following to every message:                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<http://www.tidbits.com/search/talk.html>                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Basic editing and spell checking, which is significantly eased                                                                                                                                                                                
   by Eudora Pro 4.2's inline spell checker. I also add blank lines                                                                                                                                                                             
   between paragraphs, add angle brackets to URLs, and remove styled                                                                                                                                                                            
   text.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Eliminate unnecessary original text in replies. This task is                                                                                                                                                                                  
   quite easy, since wholesale deletions take little time.                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Reject junk messages. Most mailing lists aren't moderated, but                                                                                                                                                                                
   eliminating junk messages, or even multiple identical answers to                                                                                                                                                                             
   the same question, is a major advantage of moderation.                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Normalize subject lines. I try to keep similar messages in                                                                                                                                                                                    
   threads and break new thoughts out into new threads. This work                                                                                                                                                                               
   also improves the quality and coherence of our archive database.                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
* Signature pruning. Since I'm already editing messages, it's                                                                                                                                                                                   
   little extra work to trim signatures to their essentials.                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   I do all this work because I think it makes for a far better list                                                                                                                                                                            
   experience, and highly positive feedback from the members of the                                                                                                                                                                             
   TidBITS Talk list confirms this. Another advantage is that this                                                                                                                                                                              
   work tends to keep the list volume down, since I'm less likely to                                                                                                                                                                            
   post messages that require a lot of work to clean up.                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
(NOTE FROM JAMES ESPEY: When the DML was on the old server, I used to be                                                                                                                                                                        
able to do a lot fo this editing that is mentioned above, with eGroups I                                                                                                                                                                        
lost that functionality. That's why the messages and digests are longer                                                                                                                                                                         
and full of more "crap".)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   I'm not trying to be smug - I love it when I can post submissions                                                                                                                                                                            
   to TidBITS Talk without a lick of work. I also don't expect most                                                                                                                                                                             
   other people who run mailing lists to expend this level of effort                                                                                                                                                                            
   (though I wouldn't complain if some did). Instead, my goal here is                                                                                                                                                                           
   to educate people who participate in mailing lists, since only by                                                                                                                                                                            
   improving our list manners will mailing lists continue to become                                                                                                                                                                             
   increasingly pleasant and useful.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Did you make it this far? If you did, send me an email with the text:                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"I read the whole thing and I promise to try and follow it's suggestions."                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
along with your mailing address and I will dig up something DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                            
related out of my desk to send to you.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
James                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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To: DMCNEWS@SMTP {dmcnews@egroups.com}                                                                                                                                                                                                          
From: MSUBSTEL@SMTP (Mike Substelny) {msubstel@lorainccc.edu}                                                                                                                                                                                   
Reply-to: DMCNEWS @ SMTP {dmcnews@egroups.com}                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Subject: [DML] The Scoop on 5 Year Antifreeze                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Date: 11-May-99 15:33:56 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have the answer to my own question                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
A technical representative (chemist?) from Prestone just called me back                                                                                                                                                                         
and we had a nice chat about their Extended Life Antifreeze.  She                                                                                                                                                                               
apologized for the confising label on the jug.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
More importantly, she assured me that it is safe to leave the new orange                                                                                                                                                                        
colored  antifreeze in my DeLorean for five years!  It will protect the                                                                                                                                                                         
aluminum much longer than the old green antifreeze.                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
They have some information on the Internet, including instructions on                                                                                                                                                                           
switching from the green stuff to the orange stuff:                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
http://www.prestone.com/cooling/index.html                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The page says, in part:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
       "Prestone« Extended Life 5/150                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        antifreeze/coolant provides                                                                                                                                                                                                             
        today's drivers with outstanding                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        freeze-up and boilover protection                                                                                                                                                                                                       
        for up to five years or 150,000                                                                                                                                                                                                         
        miles."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
        ". . . is a silicate- and phosphate-free                                                                                                                                                                                                
         formula, which provides extended                                                                                                                                                                                                       
         performance and protection against                                                                                                                                                                                                     
         rust and corrosion to all cooling system                                                                                                                                                                                               
         metals, including the lightweight                                                                                                                                                                                                      
        aluminum found in many newer                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        radiators."                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
       "If you decide to replace your                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        existing antifreeze/coolant with                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        Prestone Extended Life 5/150                                                                                                                                                                                                            
        antifreeze/coolant, make sure you                                                                                                                                                                                                       
        completely drain and flush the                                                                                                                                                                                                          
        cooling system first in order to                                                                                                                                                                                                        
        gain the full benefits of the                                                                                                                                                                                                           
        longer-lasting formula."                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
My DeLorean is due for a coolant change this week.  I plan to do a                                                                                                                                                                              
complete flush and put in the long-lasting orange stuff, and leave it                                                                                                                                                                           
there until 2004.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
- Mike Substelny                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Reply-to: DMCNEWS @ SMTP {dmcnews@egroups.com}                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 11-May-99 15:44:50 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I was going to mention the tyres but figured this was something you would                                                                                                                                                                       
have been told before.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
I had a real uneaven and bumby ride untill I bought a new set of tyres all                                                                                                                                                                      
round ,the dealer explained that tyres of that age (regardless of wear) have                                                                                                                                                                    
more likley lost the oil from the rubber making them very hard in some places                                                                                                                                                                   
. I now have a very quiet ride but am no longer on the original rubber                                                                                                                                                                          
(shame) .The tyre depot could have just fleeced me for new tyres though so if                                                                                                                                                                   
anyone else has been told this I would be interested to hear about it                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Reply-to: DMCNEWS @ SMTP {dmcnews@egroups.com}                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Subject: [DML] Re: Lambda Sensor/Light Relationship                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 11-May-99 15:45:49 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I had a similar problem with my D.  It showed a good charge but the battery                                                                                                                                                                     
kept going down.  Turns out I needed a new alternator.  Once I got it                                                                                                                                                                           
changed, it's been smooth sailing ever since.  The A/C uses a lot of                                                                                                                                                                            
electrical power in our cars.  It could be draining your battery.                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Brian                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Subject: [DML] Re: A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 11-May-99 22:10:20 +0100                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hi Joe,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Although the insurance company offered the owner $14,000 to write the car off,                                                                                                                                                                  
she refused and is paying the difference.                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dave, contact me privately and I will put you in touch with the owner - I have                                                                                                                                                                  
BCc'd her on this e-mail.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Cheerio all,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Martin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> Like any other car, if it has been flipped over it is usually considered                                                                                                                                                                      
> "totaled", therefore its value would only be for parts. If you go back to                                                                                                                                                                     
> see it check out the VIN number so that we can add it to our deceased list.                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> > From: Delorean17@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
> > To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> > Subject: [DML] A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> > Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 3:27 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > hello,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> >       I recently found a Delorean that was tipped over in grand Rapids                                                                                                                                                                      
> > Michigan.  I saw it at a insurance agency but it doesn't look to good.                                                                                                                                                                      
> The                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> > hood,both doors, front window, drivers side window etc are wrecked.  I am                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> > going to go take a closer look at and see if they would possibly sell it.                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> > What do you think a good price would be?  They might not even sell it.  I                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> > will try to take a few pictures of it and put them on my site.  My friend                                                                                                                                                                   
> saw                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> > the interior and said that it had a lot of dirt in it from the rollover I                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> > guess.  I know that a DeLorean was tipped over at Michigan State recently                                                                                                                                                                   
> but                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> > I do not think that this is the same  "D".                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > any replys would be greatly appreciated                                                                                                                                                                                                     
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > Dave,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> > http://delorean.cjb.net                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 11-May-99 21:05:21 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Dear DML,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
     I too have a factory original license plate holder, I think.  Are they                                                                                                                                                                     
supposted to be black?  I found it underneath the passenger seat one day                                                                                                                                                                        
about a month ago.  Had no idea what it was until another DML'er recognized                                                                                                                                                                     
what it was.  The reason I believe it to be factory original is that the car                                                                                                                                                                    
has always been in NC and in this state we do not require front plates.                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Darren Decker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
VIN 005000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: TSUYOI@SMTP (Sean Howley) {tsuyoi@mindspring.com}                                                                                                                                                                                         
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Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 11-May-99 21:23:16 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I have also recently purchased new tires for my DeLorean (they only have                                                                                                                                                                        
about 300 miles on them).  Unfortunately, I still have the vibration                                                                                                                                                                            
problem.  I know that it must be due to an imbalance because the vibration                                                                                                                                                                      
is extremely repetitive and its frequency is almost perfect at a given                                                                                                                                                                          
speed.  I am very interested in trying one of the "on car" balancing                                                                                                                                                                            
methods.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Sean Howley                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
VIN#2345                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> I was going to mention the tyres but figured this was something you would                                                                                                                                                                     
> have been told before.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> I had a real uneaven and bumby ride untill I bought a new set of tyres all                                                                                                                                                                    
> round ,the dealer explained that tyres of that age (regardless of wear)                                                                                                                                                                       
have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> more likley lost the oil from the rubber making them very hard in some                                                                                                                                                                        
places                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> . I now have a very quiet ride but am no longer on the original rubber                                                                                                                                                                        
> (shame) .The tyre depot could have just fleeced me for new tyres though so                                                                                                                                                                    
if                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> anyone else has been told this I would be interested to hear about it                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted Delorean's                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 12-May-99 0:32:45 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a message dated 5/11/99 9:36:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,                                                                                                                                                                                    
murrayempire@net.ntl.com writes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
<< Now let me tell you there NEVER was a Delorean made inside or outside                                                                                                                                                                        
 the Plant that was PAINTED never!  >>                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If you look through the Book Stainless Steel Illusion,you will see that there                                                                                                                                                                   
were actually a few painted cars,(18)and there is  actually a picture on page                                                                                                                                                                   
                  113,the fiberglassed test vehicles qualify as factory                                                                                                                                                                         
cars,that were painted,and those are probably the only true factory                                                                                                                                                                             
authorized cars,but the catch is that Lotus built them.(the fiberglass                                                                                                                                                                          
panels)and installed them,but regardless they still were painted (or gel-coat                                                                                                                                                                   
finish?)Where are those 18 orange cars now?anybody?                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Claude                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Subject: [DML] Painted cars thread dead                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 12-May-99 6:29:55 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Unless someone comes up with some more substantial information on the                                                                                                                                                                           
painted cars thread, it's been killed.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] delorean story on "E"                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 12-May-99 3:41:00 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
i just saw an advertizment on the E channel, stating that the Delorean story                                                                                                                                                                    
will be televised on "E" (thats 36 on SF area TCI cable) will be on this                                                                                                                                                                        
Sunday the 16th at 8 pm eastern....!!  set your VCRs.                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: DMC in Miami Vice...                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Date: 12-May-99 22:03:48 +1000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>I remember talk here on the DML of a DMC used by a drug dealer on Miami                                                                                                                                                                        
Vice but only can find one reference to Miami Vice in the back issues. Does                                                                                                                                                                     
anyone know which episoed the DMC was in? The title of the episode, what it                                                                                                                                                                     
is about, the episode number, air date any thing like this will help.                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>Michael Pack, you study film - have you any idea?                                                                                                                                                                                              
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>Thanks to all in advance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
>Shannon Yocom                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>VIN# not yet!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As a big Miami Vice fan, I can tell you that DeLoreans were used in numerous                                                                                                                                                                    
episodes of Vice (According to my friends on the Miami Vice mailing list),                                                                                                                                                                      
however I have only seen 4th season episodes (the damn network only shows                                                                                                                                                                       
the same eps over and over - I wish they'd get some new ones already!) and                                                                                                                                                                      
there is only one ep in that season which has a DeLorean.                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The episode is "Indian Wars", and like I said, it's from the 4th (1987/88)                                                                                                                                                                      
season of Miami Vice. It's about some young rebell indians from a                                                                                                                                                                               
reservation intercepting drug deals and making off with all the drugs. The                                                                                                                                                                      
scene with the DeLorean goes something like this:                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The scene starts with a shot from behind the DeLorean, looking down its                                                                                                                                                                         
right side, then the door opens and a drug dealer's henchman steps out (with                                                                                                                                                                    
an Uzi in hand - never leave home without one). Then, Lt. Castillo (Edward                                                                                                                                                                      
James Olmos) rocks up in his Lamborghini, which is part of his 'cover' as a                                                                                                                                                                     
dealer. Castillo ignores the henchman and walks over to the DeLorean as the                                                                                                                                                                     
other drug dealer opens the left-side door and gets out. The dealer and                                                                                                                                                                         
Castillo have a conversation, all the while the DeLorean can be seen in the                                                                                                                                                                     
background. Although, that same dealer end up face-down in a fish tank later                                                                                                                                                                    
in the episode, so the DeLorean doesn't make any other appearances.                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The scene lasts for about a minute, and from what I can tell the DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                       
appears to be an '81 model, with the lines on the hood.                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'm not sure what episode number it is, or when it will air in the US, but                                                                                                                                                                      
if you check out http://www.vice-files.com you might be able to find out.                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
R. Haslewood,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Sydney Australia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
www.zip.com.au/~delorean/                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: Painted Delorean's                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 12-May-99 8:14:10 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
How do you explain the fender in the warehouse that had color samples                                                                                                                                                                           
painted on it? (I wish I took a picture... Maybe Steve Wynn can post                                                                                                                                                                            
one?)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I was told this was a fender that was used to test, and display the                                                                                                                                                                             
paint possibilities on the stainless.  I think someone at the warehouse                                                                                                                                                                         
said it came from DuPont...  I saw no verification of this, I am NOT an                                                                                                                                                                         
authority on this.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
In a company of any substantial size, I find it impossible for one                                                                                                                                                                              
person to know about everything that was going on.  DMC subcontracted                                                                                                                                                                           
the turbo design to Legend, maybe they also subcontracted the paint                                                                                                                                                                             
research to someone?                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
joseph murray wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> The D M C.plant never experimented with Painting and tinting parts of                                                                                                                                                                         
> any body parts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Delorean for sale                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 12-May-99 5:35:43 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Irvin Perline wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Must sell my 1981 Delorean, speed.  Only 11 K miles.  Excellent condition.                                                                                                                                                                    
> $19.9K .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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Subject: [DML] Re: A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 12-May-99 10:57:55 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The DeLorean from the Michigan State University riots WAS sent to Grand                                                                                                                                                                         
Rapids supposably to be repaired, according to the campus paper. That is                                                                                                                                                                        
probably the same one. The damage sounds similar.                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
-Sean                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> From: Delorean17@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] A tipped DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 3:27 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> hello,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> I recently found a Delorean that was tipped over in grand Rapids                                                                                                                                                                              
> Michigan.  I saw it at a insurance agency but it doesn't look to good.                                                                                                                                                                        
The                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> hood,both doors, front window, drivers side window etc are wrecked.  I am                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> going to go take a closer look at and see if they would possibly sell it.                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> What do you think a good price would be?  They might not even sell it.  I                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> will try to take a few pictures of it and put them on my site.  My friend                                                                                                                                                                     
saw                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> the interior and said that it had a lot of dirt in it from the rollover I                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> guess.  I know that a DeLorean was tipped over at Michigan State recently                                                                                                                                                                     
but                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> I do not think that this is the same  "D".                                                                                                                                                                                                    
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> any replys would be greatly appreciated                                                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Dave,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> http://delorean.cjb.net                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Delorean for sale                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 12-May-99 16:34:19 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
In-reply-to: <3739759F>.7134                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/dmcnews/?start=488                                                                                                                                                                                
> Irvin Perline wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> >                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> > Must sell my 1981 Delorean, speed.  Only 11 K miles.  Excellent condition.                                                                                                                                                                  
> > $19.9K .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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I am on the website.  Click on the reply button located in the upper right hand corner of my listing...then we should be able to talk.  Sorry, I have not gotten around to filing the "personal information" requested by egroups.              
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Subject: [DML] Re: Lambda Sensor/Light Relationship                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 12-May-99 12:51:26 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
If you had a situation where the voltage gauge was below 11 volts and you                                                                                                                                                                       
had to jump start the car you either have a bad battery or a problem in the                                                                                                                                                                     
charge circuit. If the blower comes on and than shuts off you may have a                                                                                                                                                                        
defective blower circuit breaker.                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: yugoman <mdrig@email.msn.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: Lambda Sensor/Light Relationship                                                                                                                                                                                           
> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 1:24 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I thought maybe the light should come on briefly when started, like a                                                                                                                                                                         
temp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> or charge light.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> I tried fuse for the blower circuit. A few times the fan would be                                                                                                                                                                             
working,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> then quit after a few miles. Lately it hasn't come on at all. Also                                                                                                                                                                            
sometimes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> the charge guage is dead, sometimes it will read (if that has anything to                                                                                                                                                                     
do                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> with the fan circuit?). When it went to the show, we had to jump it, the                                                                                                                                                                      
> guage never moved, but it started at the show, so I assume it is                                                                                                                                                                              
charging.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Date: 12-May-99 12:52:35 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Neil,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Your tyre depot is correct.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: NELLYMAC1@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: The Shimmy Shake                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:44 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I was going to mention the tyres but figured this was something you would                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
> have been told before.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> I had a real uneaven and bumby ride untill I bought a new set of tyres                                                                                                                                                                        
all                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> round ,the dealer explained that tyres of that age (regardless of wear)                                                                                                                                                                       
have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> more likley lost the oil from the rubber making them very hard in some                                                                                                                                                                        
places                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
> . I now have a very quiet ride but am no longer on the original rubber                                                                                                                                                                        
> (shame) .The tyre depot could have just fleeced me for new tyres though                                                                                                                                                                       
so if                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> anyone else has been told this I would be interested to hear about it                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Neil in Scotland                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 12-May-99 12:54:53 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Darren,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
All Delorean's were shipped from the factory with the black license plate                                                                                                                                                                       
holder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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> From: Iznodmad@aol.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: HEADLIGHTS/LICENSE PLATE                                                                                                                                                                                                   
> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 9:05 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Dear DML,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
>      I too have a factory original license plate holder, I think.  Are                                                                                                                                                                        
they                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> supposted to be black?  I found it underneath the passenger seat one day                                                                                                                                                                      
> about a month ago.  Had no idea what it was until another DML'er                                                                                                                                                                              
recognized                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
> what it was.  The reason I believe it to be factory original is that the                                                                                                                                                                      
car                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> has always been in NC and in this state we do not require front plates.                                                                                                                                                                       
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> Darren Decker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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Subject: [DML] Re: fuel pump/ lambda                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Date: 12-May-99 12:57:13 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
yugoman,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
The fuel pump fuse melt down is common to all DeLoreans, if your fuse has                                                                                                                                                                       
melted DO NOT REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER. The replacement fuse will also melt                                                                                                                                                                      
in time. Go to your local Radio Shack, Auto Zone, or any auto parts store                                                                                                                                                                       
and purchase a "heavy duty" in-line fuse holder. Pull out your fuse block                                                                                                                                                                       
and cut the wires going to fuse # 7 and connect the in-line fuse holder in                                                                                                                                                                      
its place. Be sure that your splice connections are secure and tight.                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The Lambda light does not have a test function, as mentioned by another                                                                                                                                                                         
list member the lamp illuminates when the Lambda counter reaches 30,000                                                                                                                                                                         
miles.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Before replacing the blower motor be sure that it is receiving power. With                                                                                                                                                                      
a 12V test light check the red feed wire for voltage, go through all speed                                                                                                                                                                      
settings. If there is no power at all speeds than your problem is related                                                                                                                                                                       
to switching, circuit breaker or relays. If there is voltage be sure the                                                                                                                                                                        
motor is properly                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
grounded, if it is, than the motor needs to be replaced.  If you need                                                                                                                                                                           
further assistance email us directly.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: yugoman <mdrig@email.msn.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] fuel pump/ lambda                                                                                                                                                                                                              
> Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 11:19 AM                                                                                                                                                                                                          
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> My car wouldn't start for a couple days, today I finally got to look                                                                                                                                                                          
under                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
> the dash (now I know where the inertia switch is!), but that wasn't it.                                                                                                                                                                       
Got                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
> the book back out and checked the fuse for fuel pump/lambda, it was                                                                                                                                                                           
toasted!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
> One side had actually melted a bit. When started the "lambda" light never                                                                                                                                                                     
> comes on, could there be a problem here that i need to look for?                                                                                                                                                                              
> Also my fan blower still doesn't work (help, it's hot weather!), and I                                                                                                                                                                        
need                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
> a window switch. Anybody have one for sale? Thanks!                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Subject: [DML] Painted Delorean's, Final Chapter                                                                                                                                                                                                
Date: 12-May-99 13:58:30 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
To All,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Sherman Williams, PPG Industries, and DuPont were contacted by DMC to                                                                                                                                                                           
submit information on procedures for painting stainless steel panels, check                                                                                                                                                                     
out DMC Service Bulletin ST-02-2/82 for all the details.                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Page 101 of Stainless Steel Illusion has details on experiments with                                                                                                                                                                            
painting the stainless. Paragraph two reads: "A far more intriguing way JZD                                                                                                                                                                     
considered for adding color to his sports car was with new body panels. Not                                                                                                                                                                     
stainless steel or metal, but soft urethane plastic bolted in place of the                                                                                                                                                                      
metal panels. The plastic would not only add color but would be highly                                                                                                                                                                          
resistant to small dings and bumps to the body surface. We may not of heard                                                                                                                                                                     
the last of this bright idea."                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
That last line strongly relates to the recent stories talking of John                                                                                                                                                                           
building a plastic bodied sports car.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As James has mentioned, and I agree, we have run this subject into the                                                                                                                                                                          
ground. If you need additional information pertaining to this subject you                                                                                                                                                                       
can email us directly. Please, facts only, no speculations. Thanks                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Yokohama Tires Discontinued???                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Date: 12-May-99 19:02:12 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Maybe I missed a memo on this one, maybe the guy at townfare tire didn't know what he was talking about, or maybe I'm just a fool.... But I was told today that the Intermediate AVS tires have been discontinued and that the only thing Yokoha
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Re: Yokohama Tires Discontinued???                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 12-May-99 15:55:39 -0500                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Raymond wrote                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>Maybe I missed a memo on this one, maybe the guy at townfare tire didn't know                                                                                                                                                                  
what he was talking about, or maybe I'm just a fool.... But I was told today                                                                                                                                                                    
that the Intermediate AVS tires have been discontinued and that the only thing                                                                                                                                                                  
Yokohama now makes for our cars is a H rated tire.... Is this true or have I                                                                                                                                                                    
been steered wrong.  If correct I'm thinking it may be time to buy up some spare                                                                                                                                                                
stock...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
<                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Yokohama has discontinued tires for our cars several times                                                                                                                                                                                      
over the years.  Typically with markets this small, tire companies                                                                                                                                                                              
run batches of odd-sized tires periodically.  Once the batch run                                                                                                                                                                                
is done, tire shops can no longer order directly from the company.                                                                                                                                                                              
Any inventory held by distributors is the only alternative.                                                                                                                                                                                     
After a period of time, the company may decide to run another                                                                                                                                                                                   
batch and the process starts all over.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I would not stockpile tires, especially high speed rated tires.                                                                                                                                                                                 
The compounds used to make high performance tires                                                                                                                                                                                               
outgasses at a steady rate from when the tire is made.                                                                                                                                                                                          
The longer the time, the worse the tire will perform.  Autocross                                                                                                                                                                                
tires have a life of one year whether you put them on a rim                                                                                                                                                                                     
and run them or not.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Spring Compressor Tool                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Date: 12-May-99 21:07:06 +0000                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Based on the prior postings about removing front springs,  I have uploaded a couple of photos of the front spring with a compressor attached. "spring3.jpg" is the sping on the car, still relaxed, with the McPherson Strut compressor attached
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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This tool is a common rental item, normally used for compressing McPherson Struts on modern-day cars.                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] John Z in the news, May 3, 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 12-May-99 15:58:55 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hey, I finally found it............From the San Diego Union Tribune                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Uri Berliner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
STAFF WRITER                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
03-May-1999 Monday                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
John Z. DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
John Z. DeLorean won't give up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
At 74, he still harbors dreams of gull-wing doors and a sleek, supercharged                                                                                                                                                                     
sports car that rocks the staid automotive industry. He's sure he will                                                                                                                                                                          
build it, maybe not this year, but sometime soon, two or three years down                                                                                                                                                                       
the road.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"Cars are in my blood," said DeLorean, the quixotic figure known as well                                                                                                                                                                        
for his courtroom battles as the stainless steel cult car he manufactured a                                                                                                                                                                     
generation ago. "They're really the only thing I've ever worked at."                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Once, in another life, DeLorean spent a fair amount of time on a 48-acre                                                                                                                                                                        
citrus and avocado ranch he owned in San Diego County's Pauma Valley. But                                                                                                                                                                       
he transferred the $2.5 million property to the attorney who represented                                                                                                                                                                        
him against cocaine trafficking and fraud charges related to his failed                                                                                                                                                                         
DeLorean Motor Car Co. He was acquitted in the mid-1980s in both cases, but                                                                                                                                                                     
prefers not to dwell on his legal odyssey.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"I don't look back at all," he said.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DeLorean now splits his time between a farm in Bedminster, N.J., and New                                                                                                                                                                        
York City, still the visionary engineer obsessed with aerodynamics,                                                                                                                                                                             
lightweight materials and speed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
What's on the drawing board now? A 1,450-pound sports car made of                                                                                                                                                                               
structural plastic that can blast from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.2                                                                                                                                                                         
seconds, starting at about $18,000. Equipped, of course, with DeLorean's                                                                                                                                                                        
signature gull-wing doors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
With his elegant manner, silver-maned good looks and flair for the dramatic                                                                                                                                                                     
gesture -- the DeLorean Motor Car was built in violence-scarred Belfast,                                                                                                                                                                        
Northern Ireland, the former General Motors executive has always made sure                                                                                                                                                                      
to stand out in the crowd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"The key to the car business is generating some excitement," DeLorean said.                                                                                                                                                                     
"There are very few cars anyone's dying to own. It seems like they all have                                                                                                                                                                     
this round, amorphous, droopy look."                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DeLorean turns elliptical when the subject turns to his partners or sources                                                                                                                                                                     
of financing. When asked the name of his new venture, he responds: "If you                                                                                                                                                                      
put the money up, I'll name it after you."                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Meanwhile, the original DeLorean Motor Car remains a symbol of iconoclastic                                                                                                                                                                     
quirkiness, having been featured in the "Back to the Future" movies as the                                                                                                                                                                      
launch vehicle for time travel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Aficionados trade in parts and DeLorean lore over the Internet, and                                                                                                                                                                             
DeLorean himself receives letters and packages from DMC owners regularly.                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"I just got a glovebox door that a woman wants me to sign for her husband,"                                                                                                                                                                     
he said in a recent phone interview. Though several thousand DMCs remain on                                                                                                                                                                     
the road, the man behind the machine doesn't drive one.                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
He prefers to look ahead, part engineer, part sci-fi fantasist, refusing to                                                                                                                                                                     
go quietly in his twilight.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Another DeLorean plan: an elevated rail system that would run about 100                                                                                                                                                                         
feet above freeway right-of-ways in traffic-snarled areas like Southern                                                                                                                                                                         
California. The rail line would feature lightweight cars made of aerospace                                                                                                                                                                      
composites and could zip passengers along at more than 300 miles per hour.                                                                                                                                                                      
Travel time from San Diego to Los Angeles? A tad under 30 minutes.                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
"You'd be sitting on the freeway in traffic and look up and say, 'Shoot,                                                                                                                                                                        
there is a better way,'" said DeLorean, imagining the biggest breakthrough                                                                                                                                                                      
in mass transit since the subway. "Right now, we're looking for a place to                                                                                                                                                                      
do a test demonstration."                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: DMC$NORW@SMTP (Stian Birkeland) {dmc_norway@hotmail.com}                                                                                                                                                                                  
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Subject: [DML] Other DeLorean TrueType Font                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Date: 12-May-99 16:16:41 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hello,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
I was wondering if anyone out there knows what font the original DeLorean                                                                                                                                                                       
Motor Company used below their DMC logo for writing their name...                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
I'm not talking about the famous DMC Font, but the TrueType Font that is                                                                                                                                                                        
used on every DMC letter and ad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Should you have this font, please e-mail it to me!                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Sincerely                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Mr. Stian Birkeland                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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From: MRCOPIES@SMTP (Mr Copies) {mrcopies@jet2.net}                                                                                                                                                                                             
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Subject: [DML] Re: Yokohama Tires Discontinued???                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 12-May-99 17:01:06 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Hey Ray                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  I just got a quote on The New Generation                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Dunlop G.T. Qualifiers they are T rated                                                                                                                                                                                                         
and readily available at a great price.                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Mine were quoted out at $551.26 installed                                                                                                                                                                                                       
including taxes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
195160 R14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
235160 R15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
mike@mrcopies.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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From: raynet@home.net <raynet@home.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                         
To: dmcnews@egroups.com <dmcnews@egroups.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:25 PM                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Subject: [DML] Yokohama Tires Discontinued???                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
>Maybe I missed a memo on this one, maybe the guy at townfare tire didn't                                                                                                                                                                       
know what he was talking about, or maybe I'm just a fool.... But I was told                                                                                                                                                                     
today that the Intermediate AVS tires have been discontinued and that the                                                                                                                                                                       
only thing Yokohama now makes for our cars is a H rated tire.... Is this                                                                                                                                                                        
true or have I been steered wrong.  If correct I'm thinking it may be time                                                                                                                                                                      
to buy up some spare stock...                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
>Raymond McKay                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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Subject: [DML] Painted Delorean's                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Date: 12-May-99 20:29:41 -0400                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
To All,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Sherman Williams, PPG Industries, and DuPont were contacted by DMC to                                                                                                                                                                           
submit information on procedures for painting stainless steel panels, check                                                                                                                                                                     
out DMC Service Bulletin ST-02-2/82 for all the details.                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Page 101 of Stainless Steel Illusion has details on experiments with                                                                                                                                                                            
painting the stainless. Paragraph two reads: "A far more intriguing way JZD                                                                                                                                                                     
considered for adding color to his sports car was with new body panels. Not                                                                                                                                                                     
stainless steel or metal, but soft urethane plastic bolted in place of the                                                                                                                                                                      
metal panels. The plastic would not only add color but would be highly                                                                                                                                                                          
resistant to small dings and bumps to the body surface. We may not of heard                                                                                                                                                                     
the last of this bright idea."                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
That last line strongly relates to the recent stories talking of John                                                                                                                                                                           
building a plastic bodied sports car.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
As James has mentioned and I agree; we have                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@att.net>                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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> From: Marc A Levy <malevy@dnrc.bell-labs.com>                                                                                                                                                                                                 
> To: dmcnews@egroups.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
> Subject: [DML] Re: Painted Delorean's                                                                                                                                                                                                         
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 8:14 AM                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> How do you explain the fender in the warehouse that had color samples                                                                                                                                                                         
> painted on it? (I wish I took a picture... Maybe Steve Wynn can post                                                                                                                                                                          
> one?)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> I was told this was a fender that was used to test, and display the                                                                                                                                                                           
> paint possibilities on the stainless.  I think someone at the warehouse                                                                                                                                                                       
> said it came from DuPont...  I saw no verification of this, I am NOT an                                                                                                                                                                       
> authority on this.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
> In a company of any substantial size, I find it impossible for one                                                                                                                                                                            
> person to know about everything that was going on.  DMC subcontracted                                                                                                                                                                         
> the turbo design to Legend, maybe they also subcontracted the paint                                                                                                                                                                           
> research to someone?                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Subject: [DML] Reminder: N. Cal show on May 16                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Date: 12-May-99 22:28:04 -0700                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
This is a reminder that the Northern California DeLorean Motor Club will                                                                                                                                                                        
be participating in the British Motorcar Show on May 16th.                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
We have enough cars coming to form our own class, but more cars would be                                                                                                                                                                        
even better! If you're in the area come on out and meet up with us and                                                                                                                                                                          
spend the day 'talking DeLorean'. This is also one of the largest                                                                                                                                                                               
British car shows on the west coast, drawing many cars from the                                                                                                                                                                                 
Sacramento Valley and Bay Areas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Details of the show:                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The 11th Annual All British Motorcar Show and Swap Meet                                                                                                                                                                                         
Presented by the United British Sports Car Club, Sacramento                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Sunday May 16, 1999 9AM to 4PM Dixon Fairgrounds, Dixon, California, USA                                                                                                                                                                        
(Direction: Interstate 80 to Hwy 113 South, 2.3 miles to First Street)                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*Swap meet space: Private Parties--$10 Business--$25                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*Peoples Choice Car Show: $10 pre-entry fee (May 7), $15 day of show                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*Free admission to the public                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Website: http://www.2xtreme.net/ubscc/events.htm                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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Ken Montgomery    Sacramento, CA      VIN #10911      'OUTTIME'                                                                                                                                                                                 
http://www.jps.net/arkham/delorean01.htm	 kenm@csus.edu                                                                                                                                                                                         
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