In my experience, it's been that most people who ask those kinds of questions simply didn't know the DeLorean was a real car.Originally Posted by DeLorean03
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In my experience, it's been that most people who ask those kinds of questions simply didn't know the DeLorean was a real car.
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I wonder how much entertainment you could garner by telling them about how difficult the sheets of stainless (that came with the 'kit') were to shape - "took me 6 months just to do the fenders"
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No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say "carburetor"
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I got my first "is that a kit car?" comment yesterday by 3 policeman that stopped me going through an NYC toll booth to take pictures. They said the exact same thing, "I didn't realize it was a real car". They were cool though and learned something new.
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I never had kit-car comments. Lots of flux capacitor and aluminium, but no kit-car.
People are different here.
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Speaking of Kit car comments...had a guy ask me at an auto parts store once(he was with a small group so he wanted to look smart) "Hey is that a Chevy or Ford chassis"? I was confused as I didn't put it together at first and I replied it's a DeLorean. He asked again, Chevy or Ford so I just said "Lotus" and left him even more puzzled.
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Could you technically build a "kit car" DeLorean if you bought each individual part from DMCH, assembled it and (not having a VIN) take it to your local DMV and register it as a kit car?
Does it have a flux capacitor?
Does it run on 1.21 Giggawatts?
Have you been chased by terrorist?
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I had my first kit car comment today.
Stopped to fill the tank, get some beer and ended up outside chatting with a very nice Knowledgeable car enthusiast.
Another guy walks by, looks and asks, "Is that a Real one or the kit version?" I replied that it's indeed Real, and that I'd never heard of a kit version of one Ever being offered.
He proceeds to tell me a story about a kit DeLorean that he saw back in the early 80's that had a Volkswagen engine and was a piece of Crap, (as far as he was concerned). ???
Long story short, He took another look at my grill (and a Peek inside), and say's, "OK, I believe yours is a Real one, not the kit." Then left.
Knowledgeable car guy just Shakes his head, and we go back to talking.
I've only had mine a week now but, What did I just get myself into???
George
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The appropriate response to that is "Imagine my relief"
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Deloreans seem to bring out the craziest people sometimes. I have had people say "yours must be of one of the few left, because most of the were destroyed in BTTF".I had my first kit car comment today.
Stopped to fill the tank, get some beer and ended up outside chatting with a very nice Knowledgeable car enthusiast.
Another guy walks by, looks and asks, "Is that a Real one or the kit version?" I replied that it's indeed Real, and that I'd never heard of a kit version of one Ever being offered.
He proceeds to tell me a story about a kit DeLorean that he saw back in the early 80's that had a Volkswagen engine and was a piece of Crap, (as far as he was concerned). ???
Long story short, He took another look at my grill (and a Peek inside), and say's, "OK, I believe yours is a Real one, not the kit." Then left.
Knowledgeable car guy just Shakes his head, and we go back to talking.
I've only had mine a week now but, What did I just get myself into???
George
BTW, I Love my new car!I have heard the "kit car" comments a few times. People just don't pay attention to cars much.
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The problem with that is that DMCH doesn't have every part. LFF's, brake calipers, frames, and a bunch of others I'm sure I'm missing. No vendor does; the "missing" parts only come from parted-out D's or for some (such as brake calipers), from completely different kinds of cars.
That being said, if you sourced all the missing parts yourself, then I suppose you could, but... why?
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