Dear All,
as many of you will have heard, I'm the proud owner of Daves third Delorean, PSO 69W. For those that don't know the car that well, it is a November 81' car, manual, grey interior, and is aright hander. To say that I am pleased with the car would be the understatement of the century, I am over the bloody moon:)
Being one of Daves cars, it was in beautiful condition outside, and inside, and has relatively few glitches that can't be fixed with little hassle. My list of present problems to fix includes....
1)Heating/Defrosting/Airconditioning system (When turned on to demist the car, the blowerblows like crazy, but no air comes out anywhere, not from any of the vents...doesn't matter what setting you put the system on, no air ever comes outthe vents, but the fan is going like crazy..this is mystifying me right now...any ideas?)
2)Steering needs to be centered, as at present you have two and a half locks to the left,and one to the right!! Is this common with right hander conversions?
3)Handbrake cable needs replacing, as at present, the handbrake does not work at all.
4)Brakes needto be cleaned down, and tightened up, as they are very fluffy at present.
5)Back right brake light not working.
6)Headlights too weak on low beam, I currently drive with full beam on at night, at all times, even on full beam I don't get too many pissed off drivers. How much would Xenon lights cost for the Delorean, are any available?
7)Left side door needs to be tightened by a notch or two, as it droops below the right side by about 40cm.
8)Dave disconected the interior lights, and the door lights, and I'm not sure which cables I should be reconnecting, so have left it so far, until I chatted to Dave, but if anyone else knows which cables need to be connected to where, would be appreciated. I wondered if this disconnected cable could be the reason for the non existantant heater functionality.
9)And last butnot least, where is the bonnet release? I have been using the emergency bonnet release cable up until this point. I'm sure that it is somewhere very obvious, but please could someone let me know.
10) Once this is all finished, and I've given the car a final polish down, and dressing, it will be, for want of a better word, Perfect:)
So there you go. PSO 69W. A beautiful car, that was worth every penny I paid. I'd just like to thank a number of people for getting me to this stage. Martin, cheersfor all the help and advice, and there was a huge amount too. Thanks to Dave for being so patient while I was sorting out funds and insurance for PSO, and cheers to everybody else on DOC-uk for the advice and help they offered me over the past three months. Finally, Chris, the cheque and order formfor the newsletter was sent before Christmas, and I'm a little worried it hasn't got to you by now. I'll cancel that cheque and resend a new one to you this week, saves waiting any longer.
As for the coming year, I'm looking forward to some Delorean trips around the South of England, and hopefully many opportunities to show off my fantastic car. Can you believe I was going to buy a BMW 325 Coupe before, how boring that wouldhave been in comparison, and how much would I have lost in depreciation?? Doesn't bare thinking about.
If anyone has any ideas about my list of 10) problems to fix, please email me with any information you have. Once again huge thankyous to everyone, and I look forward to meeting up with our cars soon,
regards,
Stephen Strelczak
Delorean PSO 69W.
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx]
Sent: 27 December 2001 12:31
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [doc] PSO Sold
I think Stephen was slack not joining at the show - but he did help dismantle the stand :-) I'm really looking forward to PSO
living an hour down the M4 - Stephen and I have already made tentative plans for some days out in our D's!
I just gave mine a wash. It got a bit grubby on the way down from Reading for Christmas. I'm mothballing it for a while a)
until the roads improve and b) before i can check the trailing arm bolts. The pass side one has me a bit worried!
I've scored big-time at work - without going into it at length, I can keep the DeLorean in our "warehouse" which is heatedand
lit. If I can get weekend access to it, I can take my time and dismantle all the bits that need attention. Fascias, seats,
dashboard, binnacle.......
Have a good New Year!
Martin
Chris Parnham wrote:
> I'm glad your only joking! Unless you want to send me a few books of
> stamps and a pack or two of paper, and a packs of envelopes, and a new toner
> cartridge for my laser printer (?70 every 6 months)....etc. etc.
> Just Joking because I already pay for them out of my own pocket!
>
> BTW Martin, I will send your pair of front springs as soon as I'm back to
> work.
>
> Notes for your diaries,
>
> Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of July.....Super carWeekend....our big rally
> and cruse in company. Details later, I am negotiating prices ( down)! For
> our special evening out, on the Saturday, prior to Super Car Sunday.
>
> A big thanks to the members Who have renewed their subs, a reminder to the
> rest of you!
>
> Complements of the season,
>
> Arkwright.
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