Michael
08-13-2012, 10:42 PM
After having everyone ask me if my car was the one at a local Hyundai Dealership and as I was driving by, curiosity got the best of me and I stopped in for a peek. First here is the ad with pics:
http://www.friendshiphyundaijc.com/used/Delorean/1981-Delorean-1-f5046bd90a0a0065016624293df8a4d8.htm
Not bad looking right? In person, not so much. She looked pretty sad. The first thing I noticed is how dingy the stainless looked, dull and full of scratches and cross graining. The seats were cracked and seams splitting. The binnicle cracked, lots of rubber trim falling off and old tan rubber adhesive showing on just about every rubber/fiberglass seam from previous fixes. The interior had a lot of caked on crud and dried sludge in the cracks. None of the interior lights or door lights worked, and some were barely staying in place(window switches were also just sitting in place) I thought for a minute maybe this isn't the same car in the pics but quickly dismissed it. The stainless had a few dents in it, the front fascia was a mess(bad paint job and warped) All black trim was dull gray from age and no care, the black fiberglass was "spraybombed" with limited masking. Stainless was dented in several places, someone tried to grain a place in the hood and made a clean spot. Engine looked like a 30k mile all original engine should I guess...still running original header tank. Frame, although dirty, looked rust free and all coating still looked intact.
All in all, it looked like you would expect a 30k mile Delorean that had sat the last 1-2 years outside should look...not horrible, but needing lots of TLC and $. They said it started and ran good. Maybe(so they think I;m serious) I will take 5609 up there and see if I can get a test drive.
It just kind of suprised me how sad this car looked in person when the pictures of it looked so good. If I do go back I will take more pics, but for now this is all I got...and something occured to me, this is the only pic I have of me with a Delorean and it's not even my car!
http://www.friendshiphyundaijc.com/used/Delorean/1981-Delorean-1-f5046bd90a0a0065016624293df8a4d8.htm
Not bad looking right? In person, not so much. She looked pretty sad. The first thing I noticed is how dingy the stainless looked, dull and full of scratches and cross graining. The seats were cracked and seams splitting. The binnicle cracked, lots of rubber trim falling off and old tan rubber adhesive showing on just about every rubber/fiberglass seam from previous fixes. The interior had a lot of caked on crud and dried sludge in the cracks. None of the interior lights or door lights worked, and some were barely staying in place(window switches were also just sitting in place) I thought for a minute maybe this isn't the same car in the pics but quickly dismissed it. The stainless had a few dents in it, the front fascia was a mess(bad paint job and warped) All black trim was dull gray from age and no care, the black fiberglass was "spraybombed" with limited masking. Stainless was dented in several places, someone tried to grain a place in the hood and made a clean spot. Engine looked like a 30k mile all original engine should I guess...still running original header tank. Frame, although dirty, looked rust free and all coating still looked intact.
All in all, it looked like you would expect a 30k mile Delorean that had sat the last 1-2 years outside should look...not horrible, but needing lots of TLC and $. They said it started and ran good. Maybe(so they think I;m serious) I will take 5609 up there and see if I can get a test drive.
It just kind of suprised me how sad this car looked in person when the pictures of it looked so good. If I do go back I will take more pics, but for now this is all I got...and something occured to me, this is the only pic I have of me with a Delorean and it's not even my car!