Re: Sequential VIN Delorean reunions

["David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Don't make a big deal out of the coincidence of consecutive vin #'s. 
The cars as built were not always built serially although the numbers 
were assigned serially. The creation of a vin # occured in an office 
but the building of a car occurs in the factory, not always in the 
same order. The factory probably never cared since the individual cars 
were not built to order and the choice of options was limited. It does 
seem weird sometimes though. A close examination of vin #'s and build 
dates shows some low vin cars with later build dates, the build date 
is when the car was actually built not always in the correct range of 
vin #'s and build dates. Also some cars were damaged in shipping so 
earlier cars with early dates may have been sold later due to the time 
to repair. It seems vins were scattered, being shipped in no 
particular order to the East coast and the West coast. This is where 
Knut's chronology analysis is very important, trying to make sense out 
of the production chaos when there are no producution records 
available. His analysis can only be as good as the data we can provide 
him so I recommend ALL owners register on the DoD with your vin # and 
build date and options. Who knows, you may find a consecutive vin # to 
your car!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757
No known siblings, only distant relatives!



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "d_rex_2002 <rich@xxxx>" <rich@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Matt and List,
> 
> As you guys may already know from reading Delorean Car Show magazine
> that there was a reunion of sorts at the Evansville, IN show in 2002
> with Todd's VIN...6681 (automatic) and my VIN...6683 (5-speed). It
> was great to have such similar VIN cars at the same show.
> 
> However, I have come across an even closer match and more incredible
> coincidence, which just happens to involve the D Rex.
> 
> Several years ago, I had the opportunity to pick up a D project in
> nearby Oak Lawn, IL. Well, turns out I missed out by a few hours.
> Fast forward about 4 years. I find and purchase the Delorean 4x4
> in Texas and ship it up to Illinois, UP-graded it to the D Rex and
> and take it to World of Wheels. At the show, a guy comes up to me
> and starts talking about a Delorean he owns and has been restoring
> for several years. Turns out he bought the project car in Oak Lawn
> several years earlier, but that was only part of the coincidence.
> 
> Sometime after the WOW show, I realized the owner of that project D,
> Andrew, was posting to the DML with a very familiar looking VIN.
> The D Rex is VIN...4193 and Andrew's car is VIN...4194. After the
> cars spent most of their life over 1,000 miles apart, both of these
> cars are now reside only about an hour away from each other. Andrew