Re: [DMCForum] Re: eBay Deloghini

[doki_pen <doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx>]

No response?

Jon

--- doki_pen <doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "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
> 
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