Re: [DML] Delorean Clock - modification

[CIAsleeper22@xxxx]

Hey everybody-

I thought this would be a good opportunity to mention this...

When I first bought my DeLorean, I purchased it sight unseen from California. 
When it arrived a week later, I got in and started up the car I had waited 
years to buy. I went down to shift it into first....and I saw the clock. It 
was a small tacky digital clock that looked as if it had been bought from the 
dollar store 10 years ago....This certainly was an eye soar in a beautiful 
car. I immediately took it off and threw it out. The original clock was still 
intact under the tack-on clock, but it had an electrical problem. This 
bothered me as well.

So the time came for a modification. I am a DeLorean "purist" of sorts, I 
really appreciate my DeLorean completely stock, yet functional at the same 
time, so I really had to debate with myself to do this modification...but in 
the end it came out great.

I purchased a used metal bezel, which surrounds the stick shift, the light 
dimmer, and the digital clock in the 81's. I removed the original metal 
piece and put away for future use, incase I ever decide to go back to the 
original stock configuration. Next, I enlarged the hole for the digital clock 
on the used piece I had just purchased. I then wrapped the black metal in 
soft black leather to give it a more luxurious look and feel to it, yet still 
have a stock look to it. Then, in the hole I had cut out where the digital 
clock was, I placed in a new clock. It is an analog clock, produced by 
Emporio Armani so it is really top of the line. The clock is made of silver, 
and has a graphite face with silver and glass arms. It looks very nice.

While this is not for everybody, it worked for me. Its different, and it 
gives the interior of the DeLorean more of a "Mercedes level" feel to it, 
while also making it feel a bit more modern.

On a side note, the original digital clock is still intact in the car and 
nothing has been done to it. I simply tucked it away beneath the metal, so 
incase I ever decide to go back to the original look, it can be done with 
ease.

If anyone would like to see pictures of what I have done I already have taken 
a few. Just email me privately at CIAsleeper22@xxxx and I will send out a 
mass email with the pictures as attatchments.

Hope this might be appreciated,

Justin
5172
Houston TX