Old Memories...

[Marc A Levy <malevy@xxxx>]

The message that was just posted "Re: Christina's D" made me look up
this article (below) in the archives. 
(http://www.dmcnews.com/backissues/dml251.html)

Anyone have any new news on this car?? I think Brandon is still on the
list....


> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 97 17:22:15 PDT
> From: "Brandon S. Moody" 
> Subject: DML: Story !
> 
> Just thought I would share this little story with everyone. It has made be just 
> MAD at the world. But, it also has me very curious. 
> 
> I stopped by an elderly ladies home the other day in the DMC-12 to help her 
> fix her VCR. She has been a friend of the family for years. After I fixed it for 
> her, we walked out onto lawn and she noticed the Delorean. "nice car" she 
> said, I was suprised that she even noticed it. Then after she looked at it for a 
> few minutes, she said she knew where one was at. Now I didn't really believe 
> that the sweet little tri-focal lady knew the difference in one car and another, 
> but I set out that evening to find this other car. All I had was a map that I had 
> written down from her memory that was taking me into the deep hills of 
> Eastern Kentucky. But, I was curious to atleast find another DMC owner in 
> the area. Well, after about a 45 min drive, I came upon the house she had 
> described and sitting at the side of the garage was a Delorean. I went up to the 
> house, rang the doorbell, but No answer. I walked over to the car and saw one 
> of the most sad sights I had ever seen. There was atleast 4 inches of water in 
> the floor, the windows were open, the passenger door was ajar, and a big crack 
> in the windshield. The interior was brown from all the sun/water damage, 
> and I couldn't find One good part in the whole interior. There were 
> mushrooms growing inside and on the engine bay cover. the tires had 
> actually fell off the rims. Even some of the body panels were green in color 
> from moss growing on them. OK, I'm sure I have made everyone sick 
> enough now. So, I drove down the road to the next house and talked to the 
> man that lived there. He said it had been sitting in the same place for atleast 
> 11 years. Thats how long he had lived there. He said that everyone in the US 
> has been here asking about the car but the Old man will not even talk to them 
> about selling it, most of the time he will not even answer the door. 
> 
> So, I returned the next day with a friend to maybe try one more time. I figured 
> maybe if he saw that I was driving a DMC, he may come out of the house. 
> Well, he was at home and did come out to talk. He admired my car for a few 
> minutes, but would not even think about selling me his car. Well, There you 
> have it. My depressing weekend :-( 
> 
> Now, this is the strange thing. This car was kinda different than most DMC I 
> have looked at before. First, the side windows looked as if they opened left to 
> right. The center console didin't have any power window buttons, and the 
> engine cover was designed different and didn't have any loovers ? The hood 
> had a little more shape than my car which is just flat, and there were black 
> DMC-12 stickers on the rear fenders of the car. NOW, what kinda DMC was 
> this ? 
> 
> I"M CONFUSED.