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[BladeBronson]

Hi gang. My name is Christian Williams and I owned #3452 between 2000 and 2005. I used my car as a daily driver, sunk a ton of money into it, but could never get it really right. Well, 10 years have passed and I'm looking to buy a DeLorean as a weekend car. I'll keep an eye on the For Sale board. Are there any other good places to look for DeLoreans aside from the mainstream used car channels? I'd really prefer to buy a car from someone who has taken great care of theirs, so if you think you might want to sell yours, please let me know.

Thanks for keeping the club running over the past 10 years.

[Mark D]

Hey Christian, hopefully DMC ownership will be more enjoyable and kinder to your wallet the second time around. :-)

There are a few cars for sale here on the board and you could also try DMCToday.com. I also occasionally classiccars.com aside from the other basic online car websites. They list cars from a variety of other specialty automotive websites.

http://classiccars.com/listings/find/1981/delorean/dmc-12

There's always ebay too, but your chances of finding an enthusiast owned car seem to be slightly less there.

You could also create a "Want to buy" post in the for sale section here with more details about the specific car you're looking for: List interior color, transmission, early/late VIN, hood style, Stage II engine, lowered suspension, or any other details that matter to you.

Good luck with your search! I bought my car in 2007 and spent around 6 months seriously looking before I found the right car. It was actually a listing here on DMCTalk that caught my attention.

[Domi]

Welcome back to the DeLorean World :thumbup:

[jawn101]

Welcome back to the club! We have a great and active community in Nor Cal - don't hesitate to reach out if you need someone to take a look at a car for you, or with you, or just want some friends to drive around with.

[BladeBronson]

I bought #10644 today! It's a really nicely cared for 1982 5 speed gray with a Stage II engine. I'll see you soon.

[Ras12]

I bought #10644 today! It's a really nicely cared for 1982 5 speed gray with a Stage II engine. I'll see you soon.

Congrats on your new baby!

Show us some photos of the "goods!"

[BladeBronson]

I'm awaiting delivery of my new DeLorean with a black side stripe. It's likely to arrive in California on October 21, 2015, as told by Back to the Future. :) As you might imagine, it's all that I'm thinking about these days. Just to tease me even more, while walking to work this morning I saw a DeLorean with a black side stripe drive down Van Ness in San Francisco!! Arghhh!!! :)

Here's mine being loaded in Pennsylvania:

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[Domi]

Looking good, what its VIN?

[BladeBronson]

It is #10644 and I found it right here on dmctalk. It pays to post a wanted ad, it would seem. It's an '82 (December '81 build), 5 speed, gray, and had a Stage II done in 2006. I'm the 3rd owner and the car comes with some interesting paperwork.

It has the original window sticker which is still adhered to the paper that it was printed on. In fact, the holes are still on the edges of the paper from when it was fed through the printer.

It was first sold in the 1983 Consolidated International auction and I'll have that original paperwork too.

[Domi]

Great! Can't wait to see more pictures :)

[BladeBronson]

Oh yeah! 2 days early!!

I can't say enough nice things about Nationwide Auto Shipping (http://nationwideautoshipping.com/). I really wanted to receive my DeLorean by October 21, but wasn't able to arrange an inspection of the car until October 10 in Philadelphia. Mark at Nationwide told me that I should fill out the order form and just mark it as "pending buyer inspection". He told me that they work 7 days a week and as soon as I decided on the car to call him and they'd get it on a carrier. When I checked out the car, everything looked good and I bought it. I called Mark and he told me that they'd get on it. When I hadn't heard anything by Monday, I called and learned that because it was Columbus Day, they weren't working and none of the transporters that they work with are working. I started to panic. I kept reinforcing that I really, really needed the car by the 21st. On Tuesday, a pickup was set for Wednesday (one week before the 21st). It seemed like there was still a chance since my original estimate had been 7-10 days. Wednesday morning, I received an email from the seller of the car saying that the driver was only a mile from his house when the pickup order was cancelled. @#$@#$@#$ I called Mark at Nationwide to find out what the heck was going on. It turned out that the transporter that was to make the pickup had to adjust their schedule and quoted delivery at 12 days. Because Mark knew that the timing was so important to me, he pulled the rug out from under them and scrambled to get another transporter. The car was picked up early Wednesday afternoon. I spent the weekend hoping that by some miracle, it would arrive by the 21st. I was blown away when the driver called me this morning and said that he'd be in San Leandro between 10:30 and 11:30.

So, Nationwide Auto Shipping really pulled this off!

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[Hand-Schaub]

congratulations! Will love to hear the story behind it!