“Barn” Find of the Year ? + free engine swap

[Dangermouse]

Some/Many of you might have seen this on the Facebook, but I thought it was worth cross-posting here as FB posts have the life expectancy of a mayfly and this is worth keeping

A guy in Lake City FL posted that he had just picked up a “rough running” D for “under $2k, and posted several shots of a reasonable looking car parked by a house in southern Georgia.







I was interested as it is VIN 02739, only 4 from mine and one of the few +/- 5 VINs that I haven’t found yet. And it was still in the SE area (apparently sold new in Birmingham AL.

There was considerable doubt that the guy had paid $2k until he posted the engine bay.




Apparently the PO had hacked away at the fiberglass to shoe horn a “Caddy 500” engine – 8.1L V8 of indeterminable horsepower. Our V8 transplant heroes, Nick R and Josh, had to sit down out of surprise.



The new owner’s initial pan was to “shine it up a bit, drive it around and then flip it”, but 2 days later he had it listed for sale at $7,000.


Will be interesting to see what becomes of this one.

[Bitsyncmaster]

A guy in Lake City FL posted that he had just picked up a “rough running” D for “under $2k, and posted several shots of a reasonable looking car parked by a house in southern Georgia.

"rough running"

Must be pretty bad running without a carb on it.

[Mark D]

I doubt that thing was ever running at all with that engine. It looks more like it was mocked up into place to check fit and then the project was abandoned.

[Josh]

Everyone complains about the poor weight distribution of the the delorean.
Well here you have it, a mid engined delorean! Never mind that it is ~500 extra pounds overall and the frame significantly compromised haha.

I wonder what will happen with this one.

[mrpeterman]

At this point with a cut up tub I'm curious if you could wedge a small mid-engine setup, kinda like the Proto 1 transverse 4 cylinder. Maybe the next owner will have a wrecked NSX they could use as a donor

[Alex Brooks]

My god. I would part that out and sell Vin title to a Vender. if he paid 2K I'll offer 1250.

[DrJeff]

I'll take the hood (gas flap).

With the frame compromised, and the tub only maybe/possibly repairable, this isn't so much a candidate to an engine swap as parting out. Once you factor in a replacement frame, replacement tub, etc... not much left but body panels. At $2K, the price was right for a set of body panels on wheels.

[Dangermouse]

“Mechanically Sound”

[DrJeff]

Pic doing the swap of my grooved hood for the gas flap hood. Gas flap is going on the TesLorean. This will become the location of the electric charge port for the car, which means I don't have to have the hood open when charging the batteries.

A gas flap makes charging more convenient and without having to modify the exterior of the car to accommodate a charge port. Other options were behind the front grill (as DMCH did on their electric conversion) or in the license plate surround.

Many thanks to VideoBob.

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[Andrew]

Pic doing the swap of my grooved hood for the gas flap hood. Gas flap is going on the TesLorean. This will become the location of the electric charge port for the car, which means I don't have to have the hood open when charging the batteries.

A gas flap makes charging more convenient and without having to modify the exterior of the car to accommodate a charge port. Other options were behind the front grill (as DMCH did on their electric conversion) or in the license plate surround.

Many thanks to VideoBob.

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As a fan of the gas flap hood, I'm so happy to see that this hood is going to a good home!