Re: [doc] Sad I couldn't make it to the NEC...

["mgutkowski@xxxx" <webmaster@xxxx>]

Well, would you have ever got interested in the car had it not been for the
gullwing doors and stainless steel skin? I know the makers of BTTF wouldn't
have. Without these things, the car's pretty unremarkable from a purely
mechanical standpoint. Without them it'd be an underpowered Esprit with
poorer hadling but more luggage space*.

I feel I've been dug at here for modifying the car. The ONLY modifications
I've made are to put better/modern speakers in the rear which required
drilling two holed in the metal bracket (but unlike just about everyone
else, I've made the effort to mount them in the intended space with the
original fixing hardware!). Everything else, like the remote
starter/alarm/central locking came from necessity and can be pulled out
with ease. I bought Houston's DIN stereo bracket so I could avoid cutting
the dash (and my Craig was stuffed). The Neons are not permanent either and
are only an inexpensive bit of fun (and don't knock it till you've tried
it! I took the michael out of James for his.... until I saw them. NB Neons
sourced in the US are considerably better than the crappy ones you see
slung under Vauxhall Novas over here). I've also replaced my shock
abosrbers with PJ Grady's and it's made my car into a delightful motorway
cruiser with a really rewardingly smooth drive. Nothing wrong with my OEM
shocks and I still have them.

AND BEFORE YOU GO MOANING ABOUT MODIFYING YOUR DELOREAN STEVE, CONSIDER THE
"DRAINPIPE" EXHAUST TIPS ON YOURS :-P

Anyway, that's my rant out the way. Flame proof jacket installed....

Martin
* Not that this on its own makes a bad car - the esprit is pretty
exceptional

Original Message:
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From: Daniel Willis danielpwillis@xxxx
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:04:57 +0000
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [doc] Sad I couldn't make it to the NEC...


You gotta ask yourself these "What if" questions.. IF the Delorean stayed
in 
production it'd probably not have been used in BTTF... or maybe it's 
successor would have been.
I very much doubt I'd own one if it weren't for that film.... and you gotta 
admit that it's history - not the doors - is why a lot of us like them. 
They're rare, unusual and most of all - unique. If they made 10 million.. 
well, it'd be a Ford Mondeo!

And who else can say "Drive Stainless!" eh?

Mine is stock too.. and staying that way.

Dan
Vin#5284 - Hana






>From: Stephen Strelczak <STEPHEN.STRELCZAK@xxxx>
>Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [doc] Sad I couldn't make it to the NEC...
>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:47:23 -0000
>
>Dear All,
>
>
>
> It sounds like the weekend was an excellent event, so I'm sad 
>I
>wasn't able to make it. I was doing airport runs with various relatives,
>both Saturday and Sunday, so not a chance for me to get to Birmingham. Like
>others with their cars, I hope that Lola will be able to feature at next
>years event, with her new interior, re-brushed panels and sparkling 
>polished
>alloy wheels, after all, every show needs a RHD! :-) I'm happy to hear that
>so many young things are getting into the Delorean world, like me of 
>course,
>the club really benefits from it I think. Not that I'm into the Neon strip
>lighting thing, and huge ICE, but everyone to their own on those accounts.
>The car can only live on through us young ones. I just hope it lives on
>without too many modifications, I always like to feel I'm driving an
>unchanged classic, even if it is a little flawed in its raw state:-)
>Personally I market the car as much as possible, taking friends of friends
>for drives, in the hope that one of them will one day try to import a US
>car.

>
> I remember Martin once asked the question to Rich and I "would
>you have bought the delorean if it wasn't stainless steel, and had gullwing
>doors?" It just occurred to me this morning what a daft question it was. I
>thought of a better one, perhaps more revealing about D owners in general.:
>
>
>
> If the Delorean had continued in production, up until the
>present day, independently, or as an acquired subsidiary, would you have
>bought one?"
>
>
>
> Stephen
>
>

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