Another interesting tail! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnie Brandon" <Arnie@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: [DML] DeLorean One > Dear Group, > I have withheld this story long enough but I feel it must be told. > I first met Ed & Millie Bernstein in January of 1983 to talk about forming a > DeLorean club or clubs. I was instrumental in forming the Pacific Northwest > DeLorean Club (PNDC) which started on February 26, 1983. Ed and company > formed the DOA soon after. I met again, later, with Ed and he wanted the > PNDC to become a chapter of DOA. Our membership voted this down and chose > to remain independent. I have been to Ed's shops, old & new, with my wife & > my DeLorean. We purchased some items while there. I always considered Ed > and Millie as "friends" and until now was member #797 of DOA having joined > (I think) in later 1983. I know the Truscotts and other past DOA officers. > The above serves only to establish my connection with the > Bernstein's/DeLorean One/DOA. > Fast forward to April, 2000. I need to have a brake master cylinder > overhauled. I take my old cylinder plus a rebuild kit from my parts > inventory to a machine shop recommended to me, Seattle Brake and Clutch. > Doug, manager, tells me that they can rebuild any cylinder so a few days > later I took to them an old and leaking clutch master and slave, with > instructions to "fix these". Seattle Brake & Clutch had problems finding > the proper parts for these cylinders and ON THEIR VERY OWN cruised the WEB > and all by themselves found DeLorean One. Again, on their own with no > information from me, Doug calls DeLorean One and is told "yes we have the > repair kits but we need a VIN number to be certain" Doug then called me to > obtain said number. I didn't say a word but suspected what was happening. > I gave Doug my VIN #6292. He again called Ed (by this time Doug knew he was > talking to an Ed) and tried to order needed parts. Upon giving Ed my Vin > number and waiting for quite a few seconds, Ed came back and told Doug > "sorry, we have no parts for that car" AND HUNG UP THE PHONE!!! Does this > mean that if I ever sell my car that the new owner can never purchase parts > from DeLorean One? Because I have purchased most of my needed parts from > Specialty Automotive in Olympia, WA., does this mean that even given the > fact that I know Ed & Millie that I can never purchase parts from them? > While I have been a member of this list and the DeLorean community for many > years, I have read many accounts with regard to Ole Ed. I never partook in > Ed bashing, remember, I considered them friends and thought that the > DeLorean community needed DeLorean One and any and all shops and/or > suppliers. I have now dropped my membership from Ed's club and as many > other people do, consider Ed to be a complete a--, who does not deserve to > even use the name DeLorean connected with his endeavor. Count me now as a > member of the Ed Bernstein bashing team. I will do all I can to steer > people away from DeLorean One and his DOA, the same DOA that has never > published a club treasury balance sheet. Do they too have something to > hide? > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx >