DeLorean Owner's Directory
Greetings,
The most recent version (#4) of the new DeLorean Owner’s Directory (DOD) has been published, and can now be downloaded at any time by members in good standing from the Texas Club Website at www.txdmc.org. From the Texas Club home page, select “DOD” from the top navigation. Then follow the directions for downloading the directory.
This is the second publishing for 2012. The directory now boasts 1100 active members. The next publication is expected in April 2013.
SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The DOD, the DeLorean Registry, and the DeLorean Production Chronology are three different initiatives, each maintained by the Texas Club, but each with different goals in mind.
The DeLorean Production Chronology is an attempt to list every DeLorean automobile manufactured, and record its original factory configuration/build information. Interior and transmission information, as well as frame and engine numbers are included in this collection. Information is collected from original factory documents, VIN plates and other reliable sources. The Chronology currently has 8577 entries. This data is maintained by Shannon Birdwell.
The DeLorean Registry is an attempt to maintain certain latest information about the cars only. This includes last known locations, significant modification and conversion information, such as gold cars, painted, engine swaps (including electric), RHD, BTTF, wrecks, etc. Information is collected from the Production Chronology, current owner submissions, the numerous club web sites around the world, and notable news from various DeLorean sources, such as dmctalk.org. The registry currently contains 1170 VIN plate photos, as well as some other specialty photos of some cars. Vehicle information can be viewed by location (by country or by US state), and by specific configuration. This information is maintained by Shannon Birdwell and myself.
The DeLorean Owner’s Directory a collection of information about cars and their owners, and is collected and maintained solely from car owners themselves on a 100% volunteer basis. Types of data contributed include car/owner location, owner phone or email, number of cars, and contact preferences. Owner information submitted to the DOD is not modified in any way. In addition to the 1100 active members, there are an additional 302 inactive members, making the total 1402. The directory is never released to anyone but current members in good standing.
The Texas DeLorean Club receives no compensation or gifts for these efforts. These three information initiatives are provided free of charge as a service to the DeLorean community.
I hope this information is helpful, and I hope you’ll enjoy this latest publication of the new DeLorean Owner’s Directory.
Thomas Kidd
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December 2014 DOD Published
It goes without saying that each iteration of the DOD is a little more accurate than the previous, so I sound like a broken record when I mention each time that this latest version is the most accurate one of all. However, this time it is truly different (much more accurate).
In November, I started an email campaign to contact every member of the DOD for which there was an email address, and ask that they update their information. I contacted both Active and Inactive members, except for people that I already knew were still active in the DeLorean community (many are here on DMCTalk).
A large number of emails were returned undeliverable. For entries whose email’s were returned undeliverable, and were already Inactive, I deleted from the list. For Active entries whose email bounced back, I simply moved them from Active to Inactive, and retained their information.
For all those who did respond to my email and updated your information, thank you very much! Unfortunately, there are still hundreds who are still listed as Active, and whose email did NOT bounce back, and yet still have not responded (at least with a return email).
So, the net results for this publication are a loss of approximately 275 entries, with the resulting counts after the campaign being; Active: 851 and Inactive: 306. While a net loss isn’t what I was after, I feel that a smaller, more accurate DOD is better than a larger one full of inaccuracies.
I am still looking for the best way to make the DOD a little more open, while not compromising the trust people have in that their data is not released to the general public. I certainly welcome sincere suggestions.
With that said, members can now download the December 2014 version of the DOD at any time, and I hope you’ll enjoy such entertaining bedtime reading.
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Thomas Kidd
Keeper of the new DeLorean Owners Directory.
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