RE: [doc] Brought her home tonight

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

Martin,

I'm glad your enjoying driving your D, but do take care, We don't want to
learn that our esteemed webmaster has converted his car to look like Ian
Fosters "parts car"! 5000 revs indeed!

I am pretty sure that all you need to do is borrow a sample of "original"
painted bumper, take it to a proper spray shop/ paint supplier and they can
mix up a matching colour. Some firms even put it in a aerosol can for you.

I recently had my two front wings on my Jag ( V12 XJS convertible) stripped
down to the base metal ,primed, re-painted / lacquered etc. The colour match
was excellent, especially when you consider its a pearlecant/ metallic blue
(non-standard colour).

Don't leave your exhausts tips standing wet, or else you'll soon find out
why polished stainless steel is far superior to cheap chrome plate!

When I get the BTTF car, I plan to have the engine "gas flowed" and tuned
up, together with a custom Stainless exhaust manifold and silencer system,
then it will sound and go like the BTTF one!

BTW Martin, can you get your tyres squeaking when you pull away (2 up) Like
Dusty can do?

Arkwright.....What no comments about car sales from you boys?



-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx]
Sent: 21 March 2002 22:28
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [doc] Brought her home tonight


Well the nights are getting shorter, and the evenings longer. Tonight thanks
to the nice weather today, I brough my baby home
and had enough time to fit the el cheapo exhaust tips I bought in Halfords
today, and give her a wash, and a rub down with
meths. The exhaust tips are as simple as you can get - just the same shape
as the pipe but with a rounded end. 45mm diameter
and £5 each. I can't WAIT to get Mechanoids out of the way so James can help
me get the fascias painted. They really let the
car down. Does anyone have a match for the paint colour in Halfords range? I
have the early lighter shade. I did like the look
of the Renault "Xerus" colour which is kind of a dark metallic grey. As
James put it - if it doesn't look good you've spent a
couple of hours learning to spray paint, and wasted the price of a spray
can.

Although she's cosmetically still pretty poor - everything's where it should
be, the panels all fit nicely, and the number
plate still gets comments. I also thought I'd treat her to a tank of Super
Unleaded this evening - boy oh boy was the drive
home fun! Chris, you have some competition on your hands dear friend! When
Chris Hawes came down the other week with Stuart's
custom free-flow exhaust, he could only just keep up with me - and I was
sticking to under 4000rpm (only 3500 miles remember).
Well, with my stock coil, cat and silencer, I let her rip on the way home -
and what a rush! There's a distinct power band at
5000rpm where whe picks up and pulls beautifully - and what a racket behind
my head! I love my car.....

In other news: I've discovered a really helpful Volvo place where after much
farting around, we managed to source a brand new
water pump for Richard's car (#2727). They have them on the shelf, brand
new, for £42. The only downside is you need to buy
Darryl's bolt-on pulley www.delorean-parts.com. On the upside, you can get
money back on your old pump with pretty much all
the parts places (for the pulley). I also asked about the price of manifold
gaskets - and get this - £1.16 per side. I know
gaskets aren't the most pricey item anyway, but it made me laugh. The
company is Braydon Motor Company in London and the
website is http://www.volvocarparts.co.uk/ - ask for Bob, Mark or Pitesh.
For future reference the DeLorean engine was used in
the Volvo 260 NOT the 760.

Cheerio

Martin
#1458 (currently ticking and twanging away quietly outside as she cools
down)



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