A silver opportunity missed....VIN 6507!

Recently VIN 6507 surfaced on Ebay Motors as a "Delorean project" with a seemingly low $7000 But-it-now price. A richer, more eager version of me would have gladly clicked that button to make the purchase......and worried about the details later.

But what would $7000 have gotten me exactly? A clear title for a November, 1981 build DeLorean located in Virginia. No accidents associated with the car......that's always good news. An original mileage of 16,xxx.......not bad. 

But you knew at $7000 there WOULD be bad.....

Like an engine that hadn't been started in 4+ years....

An interior that was thoroughly trashed....and oh by the way....in complete disarray and only partially assembled. (But a promise that all the parts were there to go with the car...)

And look at that....epoxy peeling off a rusting frame. 

Oh yeah, and it was painted.....of all colors.......SILVER!?!? (WTF?)  

So like I said.....a richer, more eager version of me would have clicked the button, paid my $7000.....and gladly applied for a vanity license plate reading "MONY PIT". Yes I realize the $30-$40,000+ a guy could easily spend on such an example.....but I am of the mind that it is beautiful and poetic to resurrect something neglected and abandoned by others. And it would have made the perfect donor car for the custom DeLorean of my dreams.

And it appears to have been the jewel of another eye as well. Somebody else clicked the "Buy-it-now" button and made this project their own. Good luck to you!

Bring it back!

I have decided to bring back my "DeLorean Dream" blog as publication of the book nears. I had a similar blog that I had started back in 2009, and that blog is what my forthcoming book was inspired by. 

Near the end of the life-cycle of that blog, I had made the mistake of using it to promote things completely unrelated to my pursuit of living the "DeLorean Dream". But with the advent of the book going into publication in a few weeks....I have decided now is a good time to bring this blog back.

This blog will serve as an extension of the book after it's publication, and will provide me with an outlet to continue writing about DeLorean related things.....along the way to some day purchasing my very own DeLorean. 

I hope to make this blog a fun environment for DeLorean enthusiasts, and fans of my book, to keep in touch with me and my progress. 

Welcome!