Anyone know the history of this photo, that I came across on the interwebs.
Obviously it was originally posted by DMCH..
Fashion looks 80s and transporters look American, which is why I'm thinking a QAC
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Anyone know the history of this photo, that I came across on the interwebs.
Obviously it was originally posted by DMCH..
Fashion looks 80s and transporters look American, which is why I'm thinking a QAC
Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
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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"
Are we sure that's at a QAC? All the cars appear to be very early production. I thought the QAC's showed up a little bit later in '81? I wonder if instead this might be some sort of first shipment of cars to arrive at either Wilmington or Long Beach?
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Hence the question mark....
The cars are all missing their polystyrene shipping bumpers, though.
Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans
http://www.will-to-live.org
No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say "carburetor"
Good point. Did the bumpers make it all the way to dealers lots? Or were they removed at the delivery ports of Wilmington & Long Beach? The only pics/vids I've seen of the cars with the bumpers in place were 1) on car carriers in Northern Ireland 2) on the cargo ships. I can't say I've ever seen pics of DeLoreans on American soil clad in the bumpers.
And when it comes to the QACs, I assume later cars were delivered straight to them. But were earlier cars shipped to the QACs from dealer lots/individual owners? Or were their problems fixed at the dealers?
This pic is definitely interesting. The amount of people in it means it was some sort of momentus occasion. Perhaps it was the first delivery of cars to arrive at/depart from one of the QACs? The only thing to make me question this is how early the cars are in this picture. Sorry to nerd out, these sort of little mysteries in the DeLorean saga interest me endlessly.
My guess (and this is a guess only) is that this was the first batch of cars leaving the QAC's after they were rebuilt to fix all the multiple issues the cars had. That would explain the lack of foam taped to the bumpers. The cars all look to be very early with dark wheels so that would seem to make sense.
I would also assume that later on in production the foam chunks were removed before after they were received in at the dock/QAC and before the cars shipped off to dealers.
What are the addresses of the QACs? With those high-tension power lines and direction of shadows it should be relatively easy to determine if it was one of them via aerial images.
Jim Reeve
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Thats good thinking! I'd be interested to know where the QAC's were anyway
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Care to date it approximately Rich?
Which month in 1981?
Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans
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