Re: [DML] The PRV-6 to Northstar Transfer

[ComposerZelgadis@xxxxxxx]

Joe,

In my humble opinion, I believe you are being a bit too harsh.  Custom cars 
add personality.  A friend once said "repeat after me: it is MY car, and I will 
do whatever * I * want to it!"  To quote him further, "put in pink shag 
carpet if that's your thing."

Most DeLorean owners don't plan on buying the car, keeping her for a few 
years, and then selling her off.  Most (myself included) are planning on having 
this car until their dying day.  I don't care if by my modifying the car, it's 
value drops to 20 cents: if I like it, I enjoy driving it, and it's what I 
really, really want, then it's priceless to me.  And that's who that counts.

I had considered many, many custom DeLoreans (BLNAWAY, the Rotary DeLorean, 
just to name a few) before deciding on an original.  Not because I preferred 
the original over the custom, but because the price was right.  $25,000 for 
Jim's 20B is too steep for me right now.  But you can bet your boots on it, that 
if I had the money, I'd definitely go with that.

If you want to keep your car 100% original, then your best bet would be to 
not drive it in the first place.  At least, that's my take on it.  There are 
several consumable items the DeLorean used that are simply not available anymore, 
such as R-12, Goodyear NCTs, etc.  Now there's going to be a purist here 
who'll post a link to some dirty R-12, or one or two DeLorean vendors that are 
still selling NCTs.  That's all fine and dandy, but at some point, even the dirty 
R-12 will run out, and so will the tread on those NCTs.

Keeping this car 100% original simply isn't an option anymore, unless you 
want a garage queen.  Which is fine, there's nothing wrong with that.  Earlier 
you had said that "If you do the Frankenstein chop and rebuild you will just be 
reducing the value of your car, and then it will be a one off creation that is 
difficult to maintain."  The value to who, though?  To the owner?  Or to 
other people?  If you're constantly concerning yourself with the value of your car 
to other people, then you will never, ever be fully satisfied with her; only 
an illusion that you think you are.

Much like R-12 and NCTs, DeLoreans are going to run out at some point.  All 
we can do is hope and pray that it doesn't happen any sooner than need be.  
Just to state for the record, I'm not a fan of all mods.  I look at Curtis' car, 
and the Screaming Yellow D, and I think to myself "Damn, man... that's just 
not my thing."  But if the car brings joy to the owner, then it's value has 
increased 10 fold.

At least, that's just my take on it.

Regards,
William F.


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