What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[opethmike]

Installed a properly sized alternator belt

[jawn101]

New plates arrive in the mail today. The MN plate came off, CA one went on. In MN I was able to get vanity historic/collector plates, here you get what you get.

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How the shit did you get a historic plate in CA? I've never even SEEN one of those before. What restrictions does it place on you??

Edit: Ah well. Doesn't get me out of smog

[DavidProehl]

How the shit did you get a historic plate in CA? I've never even SEEN one of those before. What restrictions does it place on you??

Edit: Ah well. Doesn't get me out of smog

It was super easy, just filled out the form. The requirement is that the car needs to be 25 years old or more and "be of historical significance." My application was sent to the office in Sacramento for review so someone could make a judgement call about a DeLorean being historically significant. I've read on other forums for other old cars that these can be hard to get if you end up talking to the wrong guy on the wrong day.

The restriction is that I am only allowed to drive it to car shows and for club events. Since I only drive on weekends, and most of what I use the car for are club events I didn't see it as a problem. Also, it depends on how you define "car show" or "club event", could be pretty broad. Of course at the end of the day it is the cop that pulls you over that decides that.

[dmc6960]

Minnesota collector plates are still better.

I'm currently working on cleaning up and painting the 3 windshield trim pieces.

[DavidProehl]

Minnesota collector plates are still better.

I'm currently working on cleaning up and painting the 3 windshield trim pieces.

I'll give you that, if for no other reason than they let you do a vanity plate with them.

Very jealous of your new windshield. A modern windshield with UV tinting will go a long way in the summer to keeping the car cool.

[dmc6960]

Very jealous of your new windshield. A modern windshield with UV tinting will go a long way in the summer to keeping the car cool.

Ahem... UV AND IR. Anyone can now get a UV tinted windshield, as all of DMC's new repro's have a UV tint. For double the cost, add IR to that. I hope to also get the highest quality UV/IR window tint applied to the side windows before leaving for Orlando, and along with the cooled seats (which I will finally continue working on this weekend) I gonna be a damn cold cat driving to DCS.

[AdmiralSenn]

Asked for tips on destroying a broken tap on a tinker's/machinist's board, and got insane, futile, despairing laughter in response.

Began to despair of ever getting Christine on the road again.

[vwdmc16]

got my $300 of parts today, my car really needs a bath too.

[pezzonovante88]

-New trailing arm bolts installed (old ones were in fine condition, oh well)
-Front-end recall kit installed
-New fuel filter installed
-Fuel mixture re-adjusted (again)
-Cleaned and waxed accessible areas on the underbody while it was on the hoist

Took it for a drive. Had some yahoo on the highway yelling BTTF references through his window while taking a video with his phone (the passenger, not driver). He was giving thumbs up and I think he was just very excited to see a DeLorean. I pretended I couldn't hear him and just gave him a thumbs up. They then followed me for a little while.

[seventy4burban]

Made a 550 mile emergency parts run to DMC California. Damn 30 year old plastic radiators.....