Re: [DML] The Golden DeLorean

["erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxx>]

Do you guys remember hearing the story in Cleveland about how the 
gold delorean was driven from Maryland (not sure if this is the 
correct state, but somewhere around there) to Wisconsin and they 
even drove through a snow storm? Obvously they made it there 
safely, but can you imagine!? 

Erik



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Don Ekhoff <ekhoff@xxxx> wrote:
> Murray,
> I'm sure it was the same car. I was mistaken as it was the 
passanger 
> door (not driver) that had the inferior plating job. He would have 
> parted with the car for ~$60k. I tried to determine what it would 
take 
> to get the door redone but the risk turned me off. I have seen 
many cars 
> with their trim gold plated (older Caddy's) and they tend to not 
stand 
> up very well. The trim you see around that looks gold plated is 
really 
> TiN plated and MUCH more durable and attractive. I could just see 
> myself making myself sick trying to keep the gold up and risking 
going 
> thru it and having a little stainless start to show thru. I am 
very 
> happy with the solid stainless, thank you very much.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> Murray Fisher wrote:
> 
> >Hi Don, This is interesting.....sounds like the same guy I 
talked to and
> >wondering if the story was the same and if the price he asked for 
it was the
> >same....HE asked 75K. Of course NOW it is up to a quarter mil or 
more I
> >guess! It would be interesting to see a chronological history of 
the car's
> >owners and their stories as to reasons they purchased it and sold 
it and
> >when!!
> >Murray
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