Re: Delorean debate

[Rich Deede----TOOL FAN <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

So it could dust any Rocco on the road could it?  Thats great, but it
still doesn't change the fact that it was poorly designed, grossly
overweight, underacieving handler that failed after how many were
produced?  It could never be the car that the scirocco is?  My .02

Rich
1987 scirocco 16v(thank god it's no Delorean)

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, GIMPYvwMtb wrote:

> Hmm Buick . . Well now John, Z. Delorean once worked for GMC and Thats about
> all that that any amercan car firm had to do with the DMC-12. . . Unless we
> want to get in to a whole consperacy theory descusion. . .
> 
> As for Body Design . . . Ital Design did design the body and sold the rough
> Idea to many frims One of which was VW later on and Just like Delorean Motor
> Corp , VW's in house design team did a few tweaks of there own to the body to
> suit their purpose. . . Ending up with the Mark two . . . Now your proabably
> asking where the hell am I coming up with all this . . . well as a a former
> owner and current memeber of the Delorean owners assoc. I've done a lot of
> reasearch on Mr. Delorean, Ital Design, and both the Scirocco and Delorean
> car, as well as on the Lotus company and the esprit model. . . I need
> something to do senior year of high school . . I think I picked some
> intresting topics to do research on . . 
> 
> Now stand the two Buggers together and the look so much a like its like they
> through a delorean in a washing machine and shrunk it the look so much  alilke
> through out. . . but the DMC-12 had cooler doors. . .Which unlike romurs
> didn't break and where designed well enough to park next to the bigest asshole
> in a mall parking garage. . . even though the window slits did suck. . . And
> the engine was moved to the aft of the car , and rear wheel , oh yeah and the
> weird lotus designed chassis and suspension work . . . and the Delorean didn't
> really have sharp spots it was a very smooth car in apearance and overall
> driving and performance. . . 
> 
> I was totaly amazed what I could do in that car . . . The thing would dust any
> Rocco on the road. . well maybe not the EIP turbo VR6 that is in the works. .
> .anyone hear anything about that thing. . ?  The great thing about the DMC-12
> is that you can fit anything into the rear of that car. . I've seen corvet
> V8's stuffed in that bay to Ferrari enegines to twin turbo stockers that would
> just destroy anyone who tried . . . so if anyone is ever thinking of getting a
> even weirder car then there Rocco drop me a line and I'll put you in contact
> with someone in your area. . .
> 
> Later. . . .
>  ~Danny~
> 
> P.S. if there are anymore question on the DMC 12 feel free to ask I'll do my
> best to answer and if I don't have the answer I'll get it for you as soon as I
> can. . .
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