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I have the excellent book by James Espey on buying a used D.
I've summarized all the salient points and am in the process of creating a spreadsheet that will help me when I look over potential purchases (in the UK/USA)
Is there anybody near to me with a D that I could touch base with and look over their car so I can "acclimatize" myself to looking over a D?
Cheers
Vin 11789 (probably #50 of the Middle East batch of 50)
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I would suggest giving Ben Matthews a contact he's probably the closest to you.
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Thanks for that Chris.
I have Pm'ed you SpudMurphy.
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Cheers guys. Thanks for hooking me up.
Kevin
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Kevin came down yesterday to view the car and take him for a spin.
He is now very keen to get a D in the not too distant future!
He may add images to a facebook page, I have given him permission to do so.
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(06 Sep 2016, 18:29)TheOriginalMrP Wrote: Kevin came down yesterday to view the car and take him for a spin.
He is now very keen to get a D in the not too distant future!
He may add images to a facebook page, I have given him permission to do so.
I really need to visit this page more often! i tend to post a lot on facebook.
I have owned vin 11789 since January - it was the last one of a batch of 50 that were exported to the UAE - mine went to Dubai and was brought back into the UK. It was originally sprayed red but a previous owner stripped it - alas it has never been driven for many years!
The good things about it? - Low mileage, chassis in great shape, didn't have any fuel tank in it (a new one came with the car), no water left in the car - I now have new rad, fans, water pipe work, water pump to go in - then I aim to fire the beast up. It's slow going as I don't retire for another year. oh there's also "the bad" but it'll get there.
I wish that a Delorean expert lived close by! still - I managed to install the passenger door torsion bar using the "one man installation process" requiring no jigs!
Hope to "chat" with you guys soon.
Kevin
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Face book.....Ive heard of that..
....Keep up the good work with the car, don't forget to hoover the sand out of it!
Let me know if you want the bonnet.
Chris Parnham
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Quote:I managed to install the passenger door torsion bar using the "one man installation process" requiring no jigs!
I did see that on Facebook, well done on that one!
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Cheers Chris - I replied on the "other" thread.
Oh yes there is quite a lot of sand in there!
I would thoroughly recommend the "one man method" - but still protect the rear screen - I'm glad that I did protect it!
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