RE: [doc] 16yr Old Owner in Belfast

["Mike Green" <mgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Um never mind.. I just checked the backlog. He's posted about 10x more messages than I have!

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> From: Mike Green [mailto:mgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 22 February 2005 13:46
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [doc] 16yr Old Owner in Belfast
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> Hey that's very cool
> 
> Is he on the list yet?
> 
> Mike
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shannon Yocom [mailto:ssdelorean@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 22 February 2005 13:22
> > To: DMC - DOC-UK post'n
> > Subject: [doc] 16yr Old Owner in Belfast
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> > 
> > Saw this little diddy in the Belfast Telegraph, thought you
> > all would be interested.
> > 
> > Shannon Y
> > 16506
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> > http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=613257
> > 
> > Driving back to the future
> > 
> > By Marie Foy
> > 21 February 2005
> > 
> > A Belfast teenager has joined a select group of people.
> > 
> > Thomas McAuley is one of only 50 people in Ireland to have a
> > fabulous De Lorean sports car.
> > 
> > He bought the dream classic over the internet when he was
> > just 16 years old and thinks he is the youngest-ever Irish owner.
> > 
> > The unique gullwinged car gained international fame when it
> > appeared in the in the Holywood blockbuster Back to the 
> > Future starring Michael J Fox.
> > 
> > Thomas, who is now 17 and studying for A-levels, paid £4,500
> > saved up from his part-time job for the machine.
> > 
> > Sadly, he won't be able to get insurance to drive his new
> > motor until he is 21 but, along with his brother Eamon, plans 
> > to spend the next few years restoring it to its former glory.
> > 
> > Thomas said: "It really started when I went to a few car
> > shows in the old De Lorean factory in Dunmurry were they were built.
> > 
> > "Then I saw Back to the Future a few years ago and decided I
> > wanted to try and get one.
> > 
> > "I even got a ride in one from another Belfast owner and that
> > gave me the inspiration to go for it."
> > 
> > And the Andersonstown Road teenager added: "It is an amazing
> > car. I couldn't believe it when I finally got it. But when I 
> > looked around it I wondered what I had got myself into.
> > 
> > "It had been left lying in a shed in Texas for the last 10
> > years with no maintenance whatsoever. It was in a right state."
> > 
> > Thomas bought the 1981 car by auction in April and it was
> > shipped to Belfast, arriving in June.
> > 
> > "I got it to fix it up. It has already had quite a bit of
> > work done to it but it needs thousands more spent on it.
> > 
> > "It is a great car but you have to be crazy to have one. It
> > is very expensive. I save a bit and then spend it on the car, 
> > but it is a labour of love."
> > 
> > Thomas, who hopes to study geography at university, said: "By
> > the time it is perfect I will be old enough to drive it."
> > 
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