VIN 11408, getting it back on the road!

[Josh]

keep looking at your assembled frame image and how you toured it.
Just love it! I think I'll keep my frame like that for a couple of weeks juts to look at. Shiny and all. A shame it gets hidden and dirty under the body.

Haha me too! Have you decided how you are treating your frame?

[ALEXAKOS]

It's sandblasted now so I need to do the repairing first.
I'll probably epoxy paint it. Can't find a serious shop here that would fit it in for any other method.

[Josh]

It's sandblasted now so I need to do the repairing first.
I'll probably epoxy paint it. Can't find a serious shop here that would fit it in for any other method.

Cool, I will be very interested to see how it comes out!

[valdez]

Saw Josh's car in person. The guy is really going all out. It's going to be a sweet ride when done.

[Josh]

Thanks Ryan!

[Josh]

Sorry for the duration between updates, I kind of got lazy. Well here it is, lots have happened with the car. Ill go through it picture by picture.

Hooked up the coolant lines, brake lines, clutch line and steering as well as all the body mounting bolts to complete the body joining



Got my exhaust installed. DMCH early stage 1 (steel ceramic coated)



Soldered new headlight connectors (old ones had cracked solder joints) and refurbished the impact absorbers



Fixed the eyebrows before the fascias went off to paint



Started the wiring process. Broke up the stock harness. I am currently drawing up the wiring schematic for MS. All the MS related electronics will be mounted in the ecu tray behind the driver's seat. I will be using a 22 pin bulkhead connector to pass the wires through the firewall on the bulkhead panel. Basically designing the entire MS setup to be soldered and mounted to the tray outside of the car and take about a hour to install, wiring and all.



Rebuilt the axles. All finished parts are powdercoated for a durable finish.



Installed the alternator correctly for the 3.0. This utilities the stock delorean alternator mount with 9mm machined off the rear. A spacer (bushing in my case) is then added in front of the bracket.



Modified the 3.0 water pump to eliminate that god awful, impossible, piece of junk connection for the heater pipe.



Got the fascias back from paint and installed the rear. Also received my LFF and RRQ (800km round roadtrip). Starting to look like a car again!



And the front



Started the door adjustment process. I am very much learning as I go along with this car. Obtaining information about things can be like pulling teeth sometimes so I take the long way to do things. I realized there was to and fro adjustment in the doors, but the hinges were siliconed in place and the bolts and nuts rusted. So I removed each door (that I had installed a few months prior), all the hinges, and re-tapped all the holes and replaced the studs. The hinges are now capable of two a fro movement. I got the drivers side door closing somewhat OK and the passenger side is way off. I have adjusted everything: strikers, striker cages, hinges to and fro, hinges in and out, and moved around the shim stacks. However something was still wrong and it was brought to my attention my windshield may be at fault, I did some measurements and the front of the roof is sagging, as the sealant around the windshield has failed. I will now be removing the windshield (crossing my fingers it comes out in one piece), jacking up the roof, adjusting the doors to a proper fit, then re installing the windshield. Big process, but my doors should close beautifully afterwards. The passenger side door will not even close at all. It seems to be one thing after another with this car, anything that could go wrong has. If this car was in anyone else's hands I would be confident in saying it would be parted out with the small amount of usable parts it had. My car is a perfect example why you need to educate yourself about these cars before buying, and to not buy sight unseen. My car was way, way more work than originally planned and I grossly overpaid. However, nothing I can do about it now and I have an extremely comprehensive restoration.



Finally, I rolled the car outside last weekend to see that SS shine. Had quite a few people stop buy and take pictures already, lol. The car is very dirty, I will be giving it a through scrub down in the spring. For now ill continue turning wrenches...





My Dad and I. (trying to be a funny guy giving me the bunny ears!)

[Chris Burns]

Sorry for the duration between updates, I kind of got lazy. Well here it is, lots have happened with the car. Ill go through it picture by picture.

Hooked up the coolant lines, brake lines, clutch line and steering as well as all the body mounting bolts to complete the body joining



Got my exhaust installed. DMCH early stage 1 (steel ceramic coated)



Soldered new headlight connectors (old ones had cracked solder joints) and refurbished the impact absorbers



Fixed the eyebrows before the fascias went off to paint



Started the wiring process. Broke up the stock harness. I am currently drawing up the wiring schematic for MS. All the MS related electronics will be mounted in the ecu tray behind the driver's seat. I will be using a 22 pin bulkhead connector to pass the wires through the firewall on the bulkhead panel. Basically designing the entire MS setup to be soldered and mounted to the tray outside of the car and take about a hour to install, wiring and all.



Rebuilt the axles. All finished parts are powdercoated for a durable finish.



Installed the alternator correctly for the 3.0. This utilities the stock delorean alternator mount with 9mm machined off the rear. A spacer (bushing in my case) is then added in front of the bracket.



Modified the 3.0 water pump to eliminate that god awful, impossible, piece of junk connection for the heater pipe.



Got the fascias back from paint and installed the rear. Also received my LFF and RRQ (800km round roadtrip). Starting to look like a car again!



And the front



Started the door adjustment process. I am very much learning as I go along with this car. Obtaining information about things can be like pulling teeth sometimes so I take the long way to do things. I realized there was to and fro adjustment in the doors, but the hinges were siliconed in place and the bolts and nuts rusted. So I removed each door (that I had installed a few months prior), all the hinges, and re-tapped all the holes and replaced the studs. The hinges are now capable of two a fro movement. I got the drivers side door closing somewhat OK and the passenger side is way off. I have adjusted everything: strikers, striker cages, hinges to and fro, hinges in and out, and moved around the shim stacks. However something was still wrong and it was brought to my attention my windshield may be at fault, I did some measurements and the front of the roof is sagging, as the sealant around the windshield has failed. I will now be removing the windshield (crossing my fingers it comes out in one piece), jacking up the roof, adjusting the doors to a proper fit, then re installing the windshield. Big process, but my doors should close beautifully afterwards. The passenger side door will not even close at all. It seems to be one thing after another with this car, anything that could go wrong has. If this car was in anyone else's hands I would be confident in saying it would be parted out with the small amount of usable parts it had. My car is a perfect example why you need to educate yourself about these cars before buying, and to not buy sight unseen. My car was way, way more work than originally planned and I grossly overpaid. However, nothing I can do about it now and I have an extremely comprehensive restoration.



Finally, I rolled the car outside last weekend to see that SS shine. Had quite a few people stop buy and take pictures already, lol. The car is very dirty, I will be giving it a through scrub down in the spring. For now ill continue turning wrenches...





My Dad and I. (trying to be a funny guy giving me the bunny ears!)

That car has come a LONG way!! Thank you for giving it a new chance at life.

[ALEXAKOS]

Proud moments Josh! Major kudos are in order. I beg you dad is real proud too!
Now enjoy that Beauty as a real child of yours


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[Kenny_Z]

Those aren't bunny ears, those are gullwings.

That car looks amazing. The amount of work you've put into her is just mind blowing.

[DeLorean03]

Very impressive, Josh. Dang impressive to say the least !