In a message dated 9/19/00 6:18:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ratfink@xxxx writes: << I told him it was an 81. He must have see the door sill plate and the manufacture date of Oct 81, and said it should be an 82. He said that anything after Sept was considered an 82. Anybody have any insight? >> You didn't mention your vin. If the last 5 digits are 10000 or higher it's an '82. I forget the month DeLorerans "rolled over" into the new "model year," such as it was. And Oct '81 wouldn't be an '83. See your auto registration. It should be correct. -Wayne vin 11174 (Feb. '82 build... definitely an '82!)