Please help
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Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 2,405
My VIN: 01049
Please help
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-Mike
My engine twists my frame.
1981 DeLorean, Carb LS4 swap completed
1999 Corvette, cam/headers/intake manifold, 400 rwhp
2005 Elise, stock
2016 Chevy Cruze
Location: Somewhere in the Ford Galaxy
Posts: 123
My VIN: 1561
LS swap time
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 2,405
My VIN: 01049
Location: Syracuse, NY area
Posts: 1,026
My VIN: 10287
Club(s): (DMA)
Nothing a tube of JB Weld can't cure
Nick A.
1988 BMW 325is
1982 DeLorean DMC-12
1989 Jaguar XJ6
Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 8,581
My VIN: 10757 1st place Concourse 1998
A unique thing about Deloreans, the motor is not number matched to the car. That means you can swap the motor and no one can ever tell it is not the original. This may be the time to install a Stage II motor from DMCH.
David Teitelbaum
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 2,405
My VIN: 01049
-Mike
My engine twists my frame.
1981 DeLorean, Carb LS4 swap completed
1999 Corvette, cam/headers/intake manifold, 400 rwhp
2005 Elise, stock
2016 Chevy Cruze
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,440
My VIN: 11408
Club(s): (DMWC) (TXDMC) (DCUK) (DOI)
that is pretty good for a David T post.
Supercharged 5.3L LS4 + Porsche 6spd
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I am not affiliated with Delorean Midwest in anyway.
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 2,405
My VIN: 01049
Location: Austin MN
Posts: 583
My VIN: 03500
This isn't exactly true. The engines and transmissions were documented. How accurate are the documents I don't know I really never bothered to check. But it seems that this numbers matching thing doesn't affect the Delorean.
I'm referring too the documents you can order from DMCH.
Dave B.
Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 8,581
My VIN: 10757 1st place Concourse 1998
DMCH had a card file on some of the early Deloreans. In some cases they had engine #'s, frame #'s, key codes, and vins. There is not much documentation that can tie things together. On most cars of the era (not Deloreans) part of the vin is stamped into the motor or the motor s/n is stamped on a data plate somewhere on the car. It was also "standard practice" to stamp the VIN number in a hidden place so if the car was stolen and the vin plates tampered with, they could find the hidden vin to identify the car. Again, not Deloreans. The only places you will find a vin # is the body plate in the driver's door jamb and the dash vin plate. Those numbers and the one on your Title and registration should ALL be exactly the same. In Delorean World there is no such thing as a "matching numbers" car.
David Teitelbaum