Re: [DML] Re: DeLorean gets a Wankel Engine

[Jon Heese <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure that the car featured in this article and the car you mention 
are one and the same.  Jim Strickland was the name of the guy 
responsible, and he lived in South Florida somewhere, don't remember 
exactly where.  Jim was very active on the DMCForum Yahoo Group back in 
2004 and 2005.

I have email records confirming that he had this car in its finished 
form in early 2004, but I'm pretty sure that he'd had it quite a bit 
before then too, possibly as early as 2002.

Was the car you saw at The Jag Shop painted black?  If so, it was 
definitely the same car.

According to my records, Jim sold the rotary DeLorean sometime around 
July of 2004 to someone in Carrollton, TX.  I don't know where it's been 
since then.

Regards,
Jon Heese

Dan Harris wrote:
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "James Andrew Dille" 
> <shelbycobra@...> wrote:
>> Hey everyone, I found this on autoblog today and just thought I'd
>> share it.  Here is the site:
>>
>> http://www.trucks.autoblog.com/2007/05/20/delorean-finally-gets-the-
> engine-it-should-have-had-all-along/
>> James
>> 6408
>>
> 
> 
> The web site on the car claims that it is the first Mazda Rotary - 
> Delorean conversion, but that is not actually the case.  There used 
> to be one in South Florida that was occasionally in for service at 
> The Jag Shop back when they still regularly serviced Deloreans.  It's 
> been about 5 years since I last used them for service work, so the 
> car was around prior to that time frame.  If I recall correctly, it 
> was sold to someone out of the local area around the time I had Jag 
> Shop do my NOS engine install, which was just prior to the Memphis 
> DCS in June 2002.  I don't know who or where it went to, but perhaps 
> Dave Wynne at Jag Shop might remember something about the car if he 
> was asked?
> 
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