Re: [DML] Delorean Parts prices Then and Now

["B Benson" <delornut@xxxx>]

Webster defines exotic as foreign or strange. I think the DeLorean qualifies
as both. Certainly it has no long racing heritage like some cars have but I
can guarantee that parked next to that $60,000 Shelby Mustang it will steal
all the attention. Actually the Shelby 500 wasn't a whole lot more than a
big engined Mustang that had a few after market items installed in Shelby's
shop. The '65/66 Mustangs were the true Shelby's. Perhaps it's because I've
worked for Ford long enough to have been there when the Shelby Mustangs were
marketed that I find it hard to consider the Mustang an exotic. In any event
IMHO the DeLorean offers more exotica for the buck than any other car out
there.

Bruce Benson


>But compared to the 1967 Shelby GT
> 500 (valued at over $60,000) or the right hand drive Rolls Royce (worth
who
> knows how much)I just don't consider the Delorean to be all that exotic.
> What about a Citroen? Or a Merkur? Are they exotics in this country?
>
> Please don't take this as a personal attack, all this has been building
for
> a while and I guess I'm just letting off some steam. I would be interested
> in anybody's feedback either off list or on.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Matthew D. Cooley
> DMC VIN 5524