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    Quote Originally Posted by MCMDMC View Post
    VIN 20102, which would be third from the last car built. Here are images of the cave writings I found.

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    That's really cool ! The cave drawings on my car just say the vin number in marker under the headliner area on each door.
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    I especially like the "Delorean Safety Vehicle" picture where the grill had DSV on it. That emblem would be so collectible. If anyone has one it would be James Espey, Steve Wynne or Nick Sutton.
    Lou and "Boo"- The man you love to hate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MCMDMC View Post
    VIN 20102, which would be third from the last car built. Here are images of the cave writings I found.

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    What an amazing find!

    With your VIN being so close to the final production VIN I'm not surprised that certain things were assembled on your car later than the actual "last" VIN. From what I've read the final handful (100 or so?) cars were those that were left on line after the final plant shutdown and completed by a few remaining managers. There would be no reason for them to actually finish out the final cars in sequence according to the VIN, so who knows what car was the last to be physically built.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark D View Post
    With your VIN being so close to the final production VIN I'm not surprised that certain things were assembled on your car later than the actual "last" VIN. From what I've read the final handful (100 or so?) cars were those that were left on line after the final plant shutdown and completed by a few remaining managers. There would be no reason for them to actually finish out the final cars in sequence according to the VIN, so who knows what car was the last to be physically built.
    Exactly- the 20000 series cars were all completed after the factory had closed- KAPAC was essentially finishing the assorted cars left in the factory which were in varying states of assembly. It's also worth noting 20104 was the last VIN assigned to a DeLorean built in Northern Ireland- 20105 was assembled in America at a later date from the spare 24k gold panels. 20104 was most likely the last DeLorean whose build was started at the factory- but who knows which car was truly the last one to roll out completed there. Throughout the production run various cars were pulled aside for quality control reasons and completed at later dates, yet their earlier VINs were often (but not always) retained. The fact that 20102 had the last rear fascia fitted to it means it likely had some sort of ornery issue which needed to be addressed. Who knows, this could have caused it to be rolled out the door after 20104.
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    Found where this photo was taken on google maps:



    https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5973...2!8i6656?hl=en

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark D View Post
    Found where this photo was taken on google maps:



    https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5973...2!8i6656?hl=en


    That's pretty cool!!

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    Probably a ridiculous observation but I have to ask: In the old photo with the transporter... does it say "Toilets" on the sign on the left? Some sort of underground bathroom in the middle of the street? In the Today photo I see no sign off it ever having been there. I am sure there is an explanation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Henrik View Post
    Probably a ridiculous observation but I have to ask: In the old photo with the transporter... does it say "Toilets" on the sign on the left? Some sort of underground bathroom in the middle of the street? In the Today photo I see no sign off it ever having been there. I am sure there is an explanation.
    Here is the explanation:

    https://www.geograph.ie/photo/779638

    The toilet has been filled in. If you turn left in the Google Street View, you see the City Hall.
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    Always a filled fuel tank.

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