[DML] Re: [DMLWhats a Delorean Worth?

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My guess is that all the stuff you have added, in particular the EFI 
conversion, is scaring off anyone who is unfamiliar with the car, or 
looks at the modifications as something that would be a maintenance 
nightmare. My guess is that if someone took that into a DMC shop for 
repairs, even they would not touch it. The advertising medium you 
have chosen is not attracting people like list-members who have more 
than passing familiarity with the DeLorean. 

With most cars, modifications either have no impact or even detract 
from the price for this reason. I hate to say it but you'd be better 
off returning the car to stock and selling off the modifications 
(seats, EFI etc) separately to people who already own the cars and 
understand the value of your engineering work. I see this happen in 
the BMW circles all the time. 

Or wait until someone with some experience with the car and 
understands what you have done comes along. 

IMO that car, in clean, stock shape, would bring 15-18k. What could 
you get for the mods separately? 

Dave Sweingle

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jwit6@xxxx wrote:
> 6147 has been advertised in Collector Car Trader for about 2 months 
now for $18,000 or B/O.
> I got a call about 2 weeks ago from a gentleman in Dallas who said 
he wanted it. We were working out the shipping when his wife stepped 
in and told him he couldn't have it. Actually she didn't like the way 
it looked.
> 
> Well it got me to thinking... what's the car really worth?
> 
> So here's a little experiment at my expense.
> If anyone on the list wants it they can have the car for $12,000.
> 
> Here's the URL for the add.
> http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/8/2/71744982.htm
> 
> Whats this DeLorean worth to those that know them well?
> Even if you don't want to buy it, what do you think it's worth on 
todays market?
> 
> Jim
> 6147




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