Re: Riverside Resort Laughlin Car Museum

["Robert Rooney" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

Las time I spoke with the lady who was in charge of the Museum down 
in Laughlin she said that she had 2 cars there (guess the other one 
must have been moved out). If it's the car I'm thinking of, I might 
be able to tell you a little about it. I remember that it was an 
early VIN. Alot of very early cars that left the factory didn't come 
with front emblems mounted. I have pictures somewhere of the VIN 
plate and the binnacle from the inside. I know that the car was owned 
by a couple by the name of Ruby who lived in Idaho. Originally the 
asking price was $20K, but was later on dropped to $18K I believe. A 
while later the car was sold. Though I don't know who the car was 
sold to, I do know that they decided to let it stay at the museum. 
What makes the car unique was that only half of the car is painted. 
Below the belt line the car is painted purple, and above it's bare 
stainless. The car is a perfect example of how NOT to treat a 
DeLorean. The rubber on the door seals is rotten, and the leather 
inside is dried out. Even though the car is in a museum, it has not 
been taken good care of. Anywho, to answer you question, yes they 
could replace the emblem to make the car look "proper", but it would 
probably ruin the car's personal history.

-Robert
vin 6585 (The DeLorean from hell, but slowly coming back).



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Gabe" <thecreech@xxxx> wrote:
> Recently, I visited the Riverside Resort in Laughlin, Nevada which 
of course
> has a car museum including a delorean. The strange thing about it 
was it was
> missing its DMC ebmlem on the grille. I was wondering if possibly 
the owner
> of the car is on this list(It said it was owned by a couple from 
california)
> and they could see about replacing the emblem? They probably own 
lots of
> cars and don't have anything special with the delorean so they 
probably
> aren't on the list. The car looked completely naked without it and 
I thought
> it was a sad thing to have one missing its emblem in a Museum. 
Anyone else
> seen this car?