Re: 1697 update and pics

["Kevin Rawlings" <kdrawlings@xxxx>]

Those are some really sad pictures, James. Pretty painful to look 
at. But one thing you do notice in them is how well the front end 
crumpled, saving everything behind the hood almost completely intact, 
with only a little bit of bending. You can still open the doors, 
which is more than can be said for a lot of other cars in that kind 
of accident. For a 40 mph crash, I think that's pretty good. John 
DeLorean did build a good, safe car.

Kevin Rawlings



-- In dmcnews@xxxx, "James LaLonde" <deloreandmcxii@xxxx> wrote:
> Well bad news...
> upon closer inspection it looks like the damage was substantial 
> enough to perhaps total the car. No word from Metlife yet... but I 
> think they'll scrap her. I will be keeping the salvage regardless. 
> 
> From there my two choices are A) look into repairing her or B) buy 
> another DeLorean, and restore it from 1697's parts, and then part-
out 
> the rest of 1697. Perhaps there's a way that I can sell 1697's vin 
> plates or frame or engine or whathaveyou..... basically sell her in 
> enough of one piece to keep the vin alive...
> but unfortunatly that may not come to fruitation. She may be fully 
> dead.
> Be you own judge, fellas;
> 
> http://www.rock-n-horse.com/1697/
> 
> The windshield was, in fact, cracked on the passenger side.
> 
> sigh.....
> 
> James 1697