[DML] Re: Front Damaged DeLorean / THE VIN MYSTERY

["DMC Joe" <DMCJOE@xxxx>]

Stan,
Here is the breakdown.

1981: 6539
1982: 1126
1983: 918
TOTAL 8583

DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>

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> From: Stian Birkeland <dmc_norway@xxxx>
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Re: Front Damaged DeLorean / THE VIN MYSTERY
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 1:40 PM
> 
> Hello Justin,
> 
> Just for the record - please post the VIN, interior color, and type of 
> transmission of the wrecked DeLorean to the DML list. Many people
(including 
> myself) have the hobby of trying to re-create the lost factory production

> records. Or: Do these records exist somewhere??? Anyone???
> 
> Another question: Where has the production number "8583 DeLoreans" come 
> from?
> 
> An old DeLorean World quote this number but has no reference. From my own

> records, there were certainly around 10,000 DeLoreans built if not more. 
> Maybe the 8583 production number was the exact production number when 
> DeLorean Motor Cars Ltd. went into receivership???
> 
> I've tracked DeLoreans, in both South Africa and Kuwait, that were sold
as 
> new import cars in 82. The Kuwait DeLoreans (some of them are now in
Sweden) 
> have VINs over 11500 up to around 11800... Of course these DeLoreans
could 
> be former KAPAC DeLoreans that was never titled then exported in late
82...
> 
> And - In Norway VIN 556 (5-speed manual & black interior) still exists!
This 
> is a pre-production car, since the guaranteed DeLoreans start at VIN 560.

> MAYBE this was a gift to one of the main suppliers (?). The Norwegian 
> Company DYNO INDUSTRIES made the DeLorean fuel tank!!!
> 
> Regards,
> Stian Birkeland
> Norwegian DeLorean Club
> NORWAY
> 
> VIN # NOT YET!
> 
> >From: Justin9593@xxxx
> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [DML] Front Damaged DeLorean
> >Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:55:14 EDT
> >
> >I found a DeLorean for sale with the front of the Car all the way to the
> >front wheels smashed in. The Car runs great and the interior is great. 

> >Does
> >anyone have any Idea How much it would cost to fix the Front of the
> >DeLorean????
> >Any opinion would be helpful
> >Thanks
> >Justin Kellogg
> >Vin# Not Yet
> >
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