In a bit of defence of the cars.... I was also there as well and I think you've over cooked your descriptions. 1. There was actually 4 Deloreans at the show. 2. The Back to the future Car is by far not in bad repair and is a fine example of the car 3. One the cars had a broken rear screen due to a small accident at the show and the new screen was put in on Sunday (AT THE SHOW ON SITE) 4 Another of the cars had just come out of a museum and has probable the best frame and underside I have ever seen,200ish mile and very tidy. The final car was a "Restoration in Progress" car that if you had seen it when it first came over from US you would know the vast improvement that ahs taken place with that car.... You clearly do not fine cars when you see them, An thinking they will be better just because they are coming from The US you might be very surprised...... These cars are 22 years old show me a 22 year old ford with no dings or general ware and tear!!!!! getting of my soap box now cause its totally out of character for me........ Cheers Paul #6463 www.dmc12.tk ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 13 November 2003 18:12 Subject: [DML] Re: NEC show this weekend past Like any other car make you will find Deloreans in all sorts of condition. After many years some are in disrepair from age and incompetant mechanics who use "wrong" parts. Others are just neglected and stored outside. When a "new' owner gets one they generally try to improve the condition. Many times they find they are "getting in over their head" in time and expense so they stop. Here in the US you see the whole gamut from pristine trailer queens to the ones that you wonder why they are still running. It gets expensive to get and keep one in really nice shape. With enough patience and money you can make even the worst looking one very nice but it is ALWAYS faster and cheaper to buy the best one you can and then fix it up. Of course it helps if you are handy and can do much of the labor yourself but not every owner can do that. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "grimsby_paul" <grimsby_paul@xxxx> wrote: > I went to the show in Birmingham this past weekend to see my first > DeLorean in person - while it was a thrill to see 3 of them in one > place, I was a little disappointed in their presentation. One had a > shattered back window, all the cars had dents and dings all over > them, and tatty interiors. Not outstanding examples of the marque by > any stretch of the imagination! Is that all that we've got here? I > spoke with one youngish person selling parts from the "boot" of a > DeLorean there and was led to believe that these were fine examples > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/