Re: [DMCForum] Re: eBay Deloghini

[doki_pen <doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Anyone sniffing around cars like this is either too
cheap to reinvest in our community of owners, or
doesn't have the passion for the cars."

Could you elaborate on what you mean by this?

Please don't get offended by what i'm saying here, i
obviously don't have as much knowledge in this area as
you.  I also had no idea DMCH could produce all the
parts, I take it then they must have acquired DMC's
Die's for parts and body panels?  I ask because I'm
not familiar with the specifics of their facilities.

Jon
--- therealdmcvegas <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> That might be true if we were talking about some
> obscure, vintage 
> cars that had an intended limited production..
> However, these are 
> DeLoreans. So where do I think that future parts are
> going to come 
> from? DeLorean vendors! Trust me, if you've ever
> walked through the 
> warehouse @ DMCH, you'd know what I mean. "Rare"
> isn't a word when it 
> comes to parts down there. If they don't have it,
> they simply make 
> more of it.
> 
> There are no parts that are so rare, and so
> unobtainable in the 
> DeLorean that could ever warrant parting out a sound
> vehicle. Even 
> with severe chassis damage and rust holes, DMCH can
> even weld them up 
> good as new, and powercoat them for another quarter
> century of 
> service. Anyone sniffing around cars like this is
> either too cheap to 
> reinvest in our community of owners, or doesn't have
> the passion for 
> the cars.
> 
> With the parts availability not a cause for concern,
> let's think 
> about things this way: If we don't part-out cars,
> people simply buy 
> their parts from the vendors. And by not destroying
> cars by parting 
> them out, we don't decrease the number of available
> cars. Hence we 
> allow that many more people to live the dream, and
> enjoy a vehicle 
> they wouldn't otherwise have had, if it didn't
> exist.
> 
> -Robert
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, doki_pen
> <doki_pen@xxxx> wrote:
> > It's so funny to me people that consider parting
> out a
> > car as a "bad thing".  Maybe you should look at it
> the
> > other way.... 
> > 
> > Maybe parting it out will give others access to 
> parts
> > they've been a long time searching for?  Maybe one
> guy
> > needs a right front fender, maybe another could
> use
> > the right rear suspension?  Maybe someone needs a
> > frame?  It's good to have a balance out there of
> cars
> > being fixed up and cars being parted out. 
> > Realistically, as these parts become more and more
> > rare, where do you think the parts are going to
> come
> > from? Donor Vehicles!
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
> > 
> > --- therealdmcvegas <dmcvegas@xxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Why would you want to part the car out? Why not
> > > simply let someone 
> > > else who wants it, have it? It's certainly got
> great
> > > potential.
> > > 
> > > Money comes and goes. And the government is
> always
> > > printing new bills 
> > > up. So wouldn't it be even more valuable to keep
> > > another car on the 
> > > road, rather than part it out?
> > > 
> > > -Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob
> Moseley"
> > > <videobob@xxxx> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Figure this, a front left fender will get a
> good
> > > $1500+, and a 
> > > decent flap 
> > > > hood will sell for at least $2000, so you can
> > > recover your money on 
> > > those 
> > > > two parts alone.
> > > > Then you have a right fender without the hole
> and
> > > I would say thats 
> > > a $500 
> > > > at least....
> > > > Then you have the louvers, that whale tail,
> rims,
> > > any salvagable 
> > > interior 
> > > > peices that can be recovered, suspension
> parts,
> > > etc...
> > > > - VB
> > > > 
> > > > >From: doki_pen <doki_pen@xxxx>
> > > > >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >Subject: Re: [DMCForum] eBay Deloghini
> > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:22:15 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > >
> > > > >Oh man, I didn't even see that, aren't those
> > > things
> > > > >rare as Hen's teeth?
> > > > >
> > > > >Jon
> > > > >
> > > > >--- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > The metal looks good, I would part it out
> -
> > > but I
> > > > > > would KEEP that flap hood
> > > > > > for myself!
> > > > > > -VB
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >From: doki_pen <doki_pen@xxxx>
> > > > > > >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > >To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > >Subject: Re: [DMCForum] eBay Deloghini
> > > > > > >Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:33:55 -0700
> (PDT)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I agree, that whale tail, blacked out
> > > portion,  and
> > > > > > >the intakes on the sides gives it a
> longer,
> > > > > > stretched
> > > > > > >out, and more dramatic look.  I gotta say
> > > though, I
> > > > > > >don't like the monochrome bumpers.  I
> think
> > > the
> > > > > > >deloream needs the black to break up all
> the
> > > silver
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > >the front and the back.  Also I believe
> the
> > > black
> > > > > > >bumpers add to the stretched out look. 
> > > Without
> > > > > > them
> > > > > > >the car looks kinda "snubnose" if anyone
> can
> > > follow
> > > > > > >me.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Are those intakes on the sides painted to
> > > look like
> > > > > > >intakes? Or are they actually shaped out
> of
> > > the
> > > > > > metal?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >If I were to buy this car it would be to
> > > remove the
> > > > > > >tail for use on my car and then just
> resell
> > > the
> > > > > > thing
> > > > > > >again for the same price i bought it for.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Jon
> > > > > > >#3215
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >--- Videobob Moseley <videobob@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Call me nutty, but I like where they
> were
> > > going
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > this design:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> 
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