[DML] Re: Owners check list, not for the car, but you!

[Steve Brodsky <impact.auto@xxxx>]

WOW - a Delorean owner since 1980. Seriously - though - VISION?? JZD?? Malcom Bricklin??? You
can say that in the same context of the Wright Bros and Henry Ford?? Good grief. What vision??
Make millions of dollars? If that's so, add me to the list. Malcom Bricklin, the man who also
brought us the Yugo, was not any type of societal visionary - just a lousy businessman with a
flair for marketing. As far as JZD, - well he just screwed up.

Neither cars are junk cars but neither are they timeless classics. If so they would be worth
considerably more and people wouldn't clogging up this net with discussions about putting
Northstar engines or 350's into them.

Here's a final thought for you - if the Delorean is such a "mechanical wonder" why do you
compare it to a "mid 80's Lotus Esprit" (same for Bricklin) - shouldn't the standard be the
Bricklin and/or Delorean.

Steve #10688

> Claude writes
>
> As a Bricklin and Delorean owner since 1980 I had to respond to Steves
> Remarks on The Bricklin,First off, acrylic in itself is too weak to be a body
> panel,The Bricklin is a fiberglassed car with acrylic bonded to the
> fiberglass,like the colored fiberglass bathtubs,Second ,The design on both
> the B and the D were designed for their time period and they both are still
> timeless,for a seventies car(Bricklin)it handled its own against the same
> year corvettes as far as fiberglass stress cracks go,a Bricklin taken care of
> is no worse than a Corvette,and as far as painting a Delorean or a
> Bricklin,they both can be painted if you know what you are doing,also if
> people like JZD,or Malcom Bricklin,or Mr.Ford,or Wright brothers,or any other
> person with visions,if they did not act upon their dreams,chances are you
> would not have what you have today.Come on Steve if both cars are as bad as
> you say,why have you hung on to them as long as you have,The suspension on
> the Delorean,is just as good as a mid 80's Lotus Esprit,and the"bugs" on the
> D,that is what this List is all about,to help each other when we have
> problems with our Deloreans as they age.
>
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