Welcome, glad you found one over there. I think shipping a car is a big hassle. Sounds like you got a pretty good one to make that trip. I think most cars that people are driving regular could do it, but often times cars for sale have been sitting too much.
Thanks for all the input and advice. I am happy to share that I am now the proud owner of a late 81, manual with grey interior Delorean DMC-12!
Fantastic! This doesn't seem to be quite the driver car you wanted, but I understand that right now you take what you can get, so that's great. Given the
list of issues you've immediately spotted, I rather suspect there's a laundry list of other stuff you're going to find - that's just how it is on deferred
maintenance cars, which this looks like.
In any case, happy to give advice on any things you want to fix.
I spoke to seller after arriving home and he seems like a good guy and wants to make right by me, so he is refunding me some of the money I paid to get some of things fixed.