[DML] My New Can of Spinach

["brandelorean" <brandelorean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone!

I figured I should share a recent positive experience I had amidst 
many tough ones.  As for the title, I consider my Delorean my new 
can of spinach (popeye reference) because of the way it makes me 
feel.  

As you guys know, I posted a little while back about my Delorean 
that needs some help since the original engine was blown.  Well the 
bank didn't care and therefore I had to hurry and get the VIN 
verified before they could issue the title etc.  Sadly, I couldn't 
convince the people to drive half a mile down the road to do it in 
my garage and therefore had to hire a couple guys with a truck and 
car trailer to tow it down there.  

And so the story begins.  Since there is no engine I had to cleverly 
construct a little invention out of nuts and bolts to properly 
secure the rear wheel rotors and wheels onto the car.  Once that was 
accomplished I tested it to make sure the vehicle would roll and 
thankfully it did, very smoothly.  Yet again, another obstacle.  
After spending two weeks trying to get the car rolling, I forget the 
keys 60 miles away and the front wheels are locked.  After much 
internal yelling and kicking myself, we managed to use a jack and 
push the front end around as necessary to get it onto the car 
trailer.  Needless to say, without an engine the Delorean is light 
enough for me to push by myself. 

Now this is where the fun starts.

The car is on the trailer and we begin our half mile trip down to 
the local Jiffy Lube.  I had to follow the trailer because there 
wasn't room in the truck.  I'd have to say this experience made all 
my craziness absolutely worth it.  As we traveled, I watched 
everyone and I mean absolutely EVERYONE staring at the car.  
Pointing, smiling, people walking and actually stopping to point.  
By the time we got to Jiffy Lube I nearly had a group of people 
standing around the car.  I know the Delorean is Stainless Steel but 
was a huge magnet installed in it too?  Anyways, I spoke to many 
onlookers and had a great time explaining the voyage of this car.  
One of the funniest sites I'd have to say I have ever seen is when a 
biker on a really nice Harley watched the car pass by him and then 
actually drove up next to it practically staring it down.  He was 
smiling and seemed to be having a good time simply looking at the 
car.

All in all, I just wanted to share my experience.  After 3 weeks of 
grinding rust and putting lots of love into this car, it was really 
nice to see it light up peoples faces.

At this point I'm thinking of buying a used Delorean engine till I 
can find the perfect engine to upgrade it with.  I'm still talking 
to the guy with the Lotus, but we'll see if he works something out :)
If anyone has a used engine they are willing to sell in the 
meantime, please send me an email.

Thanks for listening,

Brandon N.
Vin 3323








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