Re: [DML] DMC Joe Lives??

["soma576" <Soma576@xxxxxxx>]

I never met DMC Joe in person, but I was around when he was a frequent fixture on the DMCnews list.  Personally, he gave me a LOT of free advice and I paid him back by buying parts from him from time to time.  I don't think he had any parts that were really special or at a great price, since he got most everything from Grady, but he was a likable guy and pretty much ALWAYS available to answer a question when you called.  I think his son helped him at the shop.  He was the kind of guy who once called me on a Sunday and said he was thinking about my cold start problem (or something like that) and he thought of an idea for me to try and wanted to tell me right away.  That was pretty cool.

It's obvious some other owners had an opposite experience in later years, but I just wanted to say that he played a big role and making me a proud owner and learning to sift through the typical DeLorean problems.  It would be great if he could tie up the loose ends and come back to the community (though now-a-days there are many more vendors and shops than there were even in the early 2000's!!).

Andy
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--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael Substelny" <msubstel@...> wrote:
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> About 7-8 years ago DMC Joe did a Tech session here in northern Ohio.
> It was excellent and entertaining.  He did a few minutes worth of work
> on several cars and I believe that all that work was top quality.
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> Perhaps his business took a turn for the worse some time later --- I
> don't know.  But I do know that at some point he was a good mechanic who
> ran a highly entertaining tech session.
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> -          Mike Substelny
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> From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of cbl1739
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:09 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DML] DMC Joe Lives??
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> [Moderator's note: As a nearly decade-long owner, I had the pleasure of
> receiving great technical advice and buying parts from DMC Joe, who
> is/was a tech expert since practically the very beginning (see the
> DeLorean Gold Portfolio to read an article about him which offers some
> history). DMCNews also benefitted greatly from his expertise until he
> apparently got out of the DeLorean business some five or six years ago,
> AFAIK. There have been rumors about some financial and other problems
> towards the end, so unless DMC Joe wants to defend himself, this might
> not be the proper venue to trash-talk him, especially third-hand. Thanks
> - Andy, the Moderator of the Week]
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> FYI...For the people who were not here during the DMCJOE vendor era...He
> was a Guy who used to give GREAT ADVICE and was very helpful and people
> on this forum used to think of him as a expert or sorts on this forum
> about the repair and service for Deloreans and used to give service and
> repair to fellow delorean owners cars at certain times of the year at
> their residences...and also had a shop for repairs and service...BUT was
> later Discovered to be RIPPING OFF fellow delorean owners on both the
> repair costs and the quality of the service and repairs were deemed very
> questionable and of poor standards...bottom line...he
> disappeared/stopped doing repairs and services/closed shop and also
> giving advice on this forum.. after some major accusations surfaced
> about his questionable honesty about his DMC Business...and has not been
> heard from for many many years...and was assumed to have disappeared in
> shame....
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> Claude
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> Bric 
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