RE: [DML] Delorean storage question

["Gus Schlachter" <gus@xxxx>]

Nate,

My car was essentially stored for 7-8 years but had many more miles on it.
The age, combined with storage, ruined most everything rubber (door seals,
motor mounts, belts) and particularly hoses in contact with fluid (coolant
hoses, hydraulic brake and clutch lines, master/slave cylinders, etc.). The
car was drivable, but these items were at the end of their useful life or
already failing. Seeing as how I wanted a daily driver, these things needed
replacement.

Such a low-milage car as the one you're looking at probably doesn't have all
the updates, either (window regulators, 'Zillas, etc). Remember the
Delorean rule of 20:

Cost of Vehicle + Cost of Repairs = $20,000

Generally speaking, the total cost of ownership of a Delorean is about
$20,000. If you pay less for the car you'll make it up in repairs. But it
depends on your intentions for the car, the amount of work you're
willing/able to do, and your willingness to compromise (i.e., "Those windows
are so small it doesn't matter if they don't work"). If you do need repairs
then you'll probably want to send it to a Delorean Specialist, but I don't
know where the closest one to you is. It seems like they're all near the
coasts...OK, I just looked it up in the Repair Shop Directory and there's
one in Michigan: ftp://dmcnews.com/pub/repair2.pdf

Or you can be like me and have the car lowered, get a new engine with an
extra 60HP, new seats, new tires, etc., which blows that $20k figure right
out of the water. Not that I'm complaining...


Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN# 4695






> -----Original Message-----
> From: nskalsky@xxxx [mailto:nskalsky@xxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:56 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Delorean storage question
>
>
> I'm still looking for the "right" delorean, right now I'm looking at a
> 1981' with the gas flap and sport stripes. it has 7,500miles. it has
> been in storage since 1992, heated facility. the owner is replacing
> the fuel pump and has ordered a fuel system kit. besides the fuel
> system, what else should I look at mechanicly that long term storage
> may have inflicked? he is asking for about 14,800, well within my
> budget but I'm wondering how much would I might be sinking into it to
> turn it into a summer, weekend car? Thanks in advance!!
>
> - Nate Skalsky, MI