[DML] Re: Opinions on this car?

["istewart88" <istewart88@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I'll be sure to check all those out. I'm probably going to be printing out yours and 
a couple other messages, as well as some stuff from the DMCNews website, to take with 
me when I go to look at the car on Sunday. The reason I place significance on the CA plate 
is that it's a blue/yellow CA plate of early-80's vintage, so it's possible that the car's been 
here all its life. But then, there was a pretty bad flood here in the area in 1997 (not to 
mention one near Sacramento just last year) so that doesn't rule out flood car. I'm hoping 
the guy will be straightforward with me about the salvage title, so we'll see. Salvage titles 
can come up for strange reasons too; apparently that '74 Bus I mentioned was just 
abandoned on the street, so after a certain amount of time the local authorities hauled it 
off.

I probably won't end up getting this particular car anyway, since I'd rather not deal 
through eBay if the car's local, especially since the price may get driven way up. The 
biggest reason I wanna talk to this guy is, as I've mentioned before, this is the third DMC 
he's posted in the past couple weeks. Perhaps he's got something that would take a little 
more work but cost less up front. (Of course, if it's less expensive, I probably don't want it, 
but that's a whole 'nother can of worms you guys have probably opened many times 
before with other n00bs like me...)

Ian

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Just because it has a CA plate doesn't rule out that it is not flood
> car. Get the history and find out WHY it is a salvage title. It isn't
> obvious from it's description and the lack of serious damage. Cars get
> a salvage title when an insurance company decides it will cost more to
> fix it than it is worth. Things to look for:
> Odors or smells in the passenger compartment
> Moisture on the inside of the glass and/or mold
> Watermarks or stains
> Rusty hardware inside the passenger compartment
> Loose epoxy on the frame and/or large areas of heavy rust or missing
> metal in the front crumple zone or the engine mounting area
> Bent parts underneath the car like the frame, control arms, brackets, etc.
> Your best bet is to get someone who has some familiarity with a
> Delorean and get it up on a lift. The real money is spent underneath
> the shiny Stainless Steel body panels. Not all that long ago there
> were a lot of new cars flooded in the South. TV news shows warned
> people in the Northeast that New Car Dealers cleaned these cars up and
> shipped them to other dealers in the Northeast where flood cars were
> not expected. On modern cars when they are flooded past the rockers
> they are automatically totaled. With all of the wiring and connectors
> and computers once they get wet they are never right again. Do your
> homework and you will find out either this car is a bargain with some
> problems or maybe you will want to pass on this one. Just because it
> is close to you don't overpay for it. There are plenty of Deloreans,
> keep looking and you will find the "right" one.
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757









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