Its a manual, but someone has made off with the gear knob...grrrr
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Its a manual, but someone has made off with the gear knob...grrrr
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Then it is 514 - VIN 535 was an Auto - after it caught fire at Dunmurry it must have been destroyed.
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Thanks for the information
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Thanks for the info Nick
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PJ Grady's site says that Pilot 14 (D14) and Pilot 15 (D15) were used for the 50,000 mile durability testing ... Is this correct then?
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So, in summary there were maybe five 50,000mile test cars?
Pilot 24 - RIA 7123 - Manual - Location Unknown - possibly crashed
VIN 514 - reg unknown - manual - On display at UFATM
VIN 535 - reg unknown - auto - destroyed in fire in 1981 (Per Nick S.)
Pilot 14 & 15 - regs unknown, autos, locations unknown (per Grady)
Seem right?
I have only ever seen (on-the-road) photos of RIA 7123. Anyone got any pictures of the others, or even better, two or more together?
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Originally Posted by Dangermouse
The 50K Mile Car List may need to be updated.
I have a number of photos (photos of photos) that I took of the 50K Mile Cars display in the DCS Museum at DCS 2008.
From at least a few photos, it appears appears that Pilot 24 - RIA 7123 - Manual - may be the car with the engine fire.
Attaching a couple photos of RIA 7123 in the lot, parked outside of the factory, including one photo of the engine area.
RIA7123-Pass.jpg
RIA7123-Engine.jpg
The original photos are part of the Matt Sommer Collection that was displayed at the DCS Museum at DCS 2008.
Last edited by Rich W; 09-05-2013 at 02:44 PM. Reason: type-o fix
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Nice pic!
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Well, according to the DMC Ltd. records that I saw at the DCS Museum at DCS 2008...
VIN...514 was driven 50K miles (in Northern Ireland) in 76 days, 10 hours, 44 minutes.
This was being done as quickly as possible (24/7), with VIN...514 having three drivers
rotating the driving duties, from January 25, 1981 through April 12, 1981.
The condition of the original DeLorean Motor Company Ltd. document is not in great shape, near the top of the paper,
but you can still see "The 1st. 50,000 miles in N. Ireland" on the first line of this paper, with the rest of the text on the
page in much better shape. The three drivers even signed the document at the bottom: Chris, David and Des? (maybe?)
Maybe it's Les (with a circle around the L). Sorry if you were the third driver and I got the third name wrong.
50K-Car-VIN514-drivers.JPG
The above original document is part of the Matt Sommer Collection that was displayed at the DCS Museum at DCS 2008.
Last edited by Rich W; 09-05-2013 at 05:02 PM. Reason: guessing on the third signature
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How lucky Matt Sommer is to own such an historic document.
I wonder how he was able to find it? When the factory closed?
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