Kukem
07-20-2014, 06:57 PM
After years of lurking the forum and looking at probably over 8 cars, I finally found a DeLorean and purchased it on Thursday. VIN 11056 is an '82 grey 5 speed and was in Virginia. On Thursday my friend and I flew down and after a thorough inspection of the car, I decided to finally take the plunge! My friend and I drove the roughly 850 miles back to Maine Thursday into Friday and the car performed like a champ! It is in rock solid shape, mechanically. Electrically, I need to sort a few things out. Friday we crossed into Canada and Saturday it was registered and plated and is now an official Canadian car!
The car is in great condition with the frame only having a bit of minor surface rust near the fuel tank plate. The stainless has a couple pen tip sized dents in it and a few small scratches. It also looks like there are faded marks running along the side as if there were pin stripes on it at some point. The T-panel is a bit bowed in the middle, but not very badly, the panels are aligned all pretty well. The passenger side door looks a bit torqued as if the torsion bar is a bit too tight as it raises fast and bumps when it is let go. The driver side is fine. The engine bay is in great shape. The AC has already been converted to R134a. Car also has the stainless clutch line and the upgraded headlights.
The interior appears to be all original. The binnacle is unfortunately cracked. The dash lights don't seem to work and neither do the interior dome and rear interior lights. The fuel sender is also not working. We did find, however, that on our way home we were getting 25mpg so we were pleased with that after measuring the miles and how many gallons we were putting in it. God, gas is cheap in the States compared to home...
Yesterday I spent the day making the rounds to family and friends who wanted to see the car. I also had the day to look over and inspect the DeLorean and noticed I have a few things that need attention before my Provincial inspection. My brake light on the passenger side does not work and both reverse lights are not working. I spent this morning troubleshooting the easy fixes such as: checked the fuses (fine) and pulled the boards to check the light bulbs (also fine). I did notice that the passenger side board signal light socket was damaged but still works. I cleaned all the contacts and checked the wires and they all seemed in great shape. I even switched the boards from side to side and noticed that the passenger side board worked the same in the driver side position. The reverse lights did not change on either side. Not sure where the tail lights ground, that's my next step. I am going to check the wire on the transmission for the reverse lights next, but I am thinking I may need new tail light boards. Any other suggestions?
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The car is in great condition with the frame only having a bit of minor surface rust near the fuel tank plate. The stainless has a couple pen tip sized dents in it and a few small scratches. It also looks like there are faded marks running along the side as if there were pin stripes on it at some point. The T-panel is a bit bowed in the middle, but not very badly, the panels are aligned all pretty well. The passenger side door looks a bit torqued as if the torsion bar is a bit too tight as it raises fast and bumps when it is let go. The driver side is fine. The engine bay is in great shape. The AC has already been converted to R134a. Car also has the stainless clutch line and the upgraded headlights.
The interior appears to be all original. The binnacle is unfortunately cracked. The dash lights don't seem to work and neither do the interior dome and rear interior lights. The fuel sender is also not working. We did find, however, that on our way home we were getting 25mpg so we were pleased with that after measuring the miles and how many gallons we were putting in it. God, gas is cheap in the States compared to home...
Yesterday I spent the day making the rounds to family and friends who wanted to see the car. I also had the day to look over and inspect the DeLorean and noticed I have a few things that need attention before my Provincial inspection. My brake light on the passenger side does not work and both reverse lights are not working. I spent this morning troubleshooting the easy fixes such as: checked the fuses (fine) and pulled the boards to check the light bulbs (also fine). I did notice that the passenger side board signal light socket was damaged but still works. I cleaned all the contacts and checked the wires and they all seemed in great shape. I even switched the boards from side to side and noticed that the passenger side board worked the same in the driver side position. The reverse lights did not change on either side. Not sure where the tail lights ground, that's my next step. I am going to check the wire on the transmission for the reverse lights next, but I am thinking I may need new tail light boards. Any other suggestions?
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