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Delorean Campaign
I know some people will have negative opinions on this but here goes.
I am raising money to buy a DeLorean from North America, ship it to Northern Ireland and restore it. I'm documenting the whole thing through Facebook and Twitter. When the funding reaches enough to buy a DeLorean in need of help. I will be adding a youtube channel to the list.
https://www.facebook.com/saveadelorean/
https://www.gofundme.com/deloreanbelfast
https://twitter.com/saveadelorean
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You got that right.Originally Posted by DMCNIR
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Good luck on your project
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Saving a Delorean is a great idea.
Can I ask though, when you have completed the project and you have £25k of other people's money sunk into it, what are you planning to do with it?
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Keep in mind, the cost of restoring a DeLorean can get pretty spendy.
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I think it's great you'd like to restore DeLoreans and bring them back to Belfast but I'm afraid I just don't see this as a cause worthy of donations.
How does this help your local economy as stated on the Facebook page? Aren't you doing the work yourself or is the donation money going to pay a local shop? Your parts are going to be sourced from outside the country, too.
Junker and project deloreans are at an all time high cost. I bought my project DeLorean in 2009 for under $12k. I see cars in much worse shape being sold for $20k at the moment.
Why should North Americans donate to send cars overseas? I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm interested to know more about your intentions. For instance, you speak in plurals; are you going to sell the cars and re-invest? Do your investors expect a dividend of sorts?
Dave
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So what? He isn't paying for it.
I think this kind of crap is the lowest rung of entitlement and anyone who gives money so someone can buy a freaking dream car completely misses the idea of charity.
THIS IS NOT CHARITY. If you guys need truly worthy causes to donate to I will be happy to provide links.
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I'm not saying I disagree...
I am just saying that depending on how much they buy a car for and whats wrong with it, it could end up costing a lot more. If people are willing to support his cause, good for them. But I don't really see an end goal to get people to back it, other than he gets a DeLorean for nothing.
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Seems, given the general consensus that it usually costs 25K to make a "Daily Driver" regardless of its initial cost, the project would be in the hole by the transport cost plus cost to upgrade it to "Restored"...
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Who are you to say what is a worthy cause. Its just your opinion. Thankyou.
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