Re: [DML] Re: Delorean Windshield anyone have a spare

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Hi Jan

That's really interesting - ( I did say apparently :-) There must be a car that has been
in relatively recent production with the same windscreen. Here's the story:

When we brought #1458 and #2727 over last year (in fact we legally became the cars'
owners on September 10th when payment was cleared through HSBC Bank in New York...) we
knew #2727 would need a new windscreen

As always, I approached Dave Howarth, and he had (and has) a stock of windscreens. He
gave me two prices: one for a DMC Branded windscreen and one for an OEM windscreen. As
the OEM one was three quarters of the price, Rich decided to go with that one.
Fortunately I was in Manchester for work and was able to stop by Dave's and pick it up.

We got a local bloke to come and fit it while the car was in "hospital" at the Diesel
Centre. The guy who did the fitting noticed the manufacturers label on the glass and said
"that's one of our codes!" (presumably meaning his parent company - it wasn't a big chain
or anything).

He made a quick phone call and came back saying "bronze or green tint?" Apparently both
are still available off the shelf, and the price he quoted was cheaper still than Dave's.

It'd be really REALLY wierd for a supplier to actually have DeLorean windscreens over
here if they are specific to the car - they must match something else.

Martin
#1458

Jan van de Wouw wrote:

> > It cross references to a Lotus Esprit apparently.
>
> NO it does NOT!