Straight drive or automatic? Automatic transmissions do not age well sitting idle. How are you at flushing and replacing fluids? Accumulated moisture from the atmosphere is enemy #1. >From my experience: if you end up with this fine specimen, your first purchase should be a COMPLETE fuel pickup system from the filter forward. Don't pay too much. As the eBay thread shows, nice examples are available at very attractive prices. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Paul <vrt10whips@xxxx>" <vrt10whips@xxxx> wrote: > Hey list, > > A buddy of mine was checking out his friends new house thats about an > hour away, in a very small town. On his way there passing through > another small town, he saw a delorean sitting in front of a small > shop there with a for sale sign in the back. > > I took a trip out there today to check it out, The shops closed mon- > wed. I took a look at it, and the license plate was from april of > 1996. It looks like it has been sitting there for that long as > well. From what I can see from the interior the binacle is cracked, > as well as the leather seats being cracked and worn. The passenger > window looks to be off track being that it is open about half an inch > and tilted, and being that it snowed this past week, I noticed snow > in the interior below the window(not a good sign). Im guessing it > would need the usual for a car that has been sitting for a while. > > Other than that from what I can see the body panels look to be in > good shape, the fascias need repainting. > > Ill get a chance to look at the engine when I go back thursday. > > Anybody have any Idea what a good price would be for a delorean like > this. I an expecting to have to do some work to it to probobly get > it running. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Paul Nolan > MidWestWhips