Oyé ! Ca y'est, la belle arrive en Belgique à 6h demain matin !
Pour fêter ça, je vous propose un petit historique de VIN 10440 depuis 2004 et le 2nd propriétaire obtenu grâce à beaucoup de recherches
1er propriétaire Dr. Racek qui gardera la voiture jusqu'en 2002 soit pendant 20 ans.
2nd propriétaire : Sean, un mec vivant dans l'Arizona.
Il achete la voiture en 2002, kiffe la life, et en avril 2004 premier gros souci :
"Hey guys, having overheating problems with my D. It was overheating
one day while I was driving and I was trying to make it to a service
station when all this smoke plumed out of my engine compartment,
after pulling over, you could smell coolant everywhere and it was all
over the compartment. Now when I goto add more coolant it all pours
out. First you hear a drizzling sound as if it were leaking
somewhere, then it all pours out from beneith the water pump. Someone
said that it might be the hose behind the pump under the air
manifold. However, I don't know how to proceed to get to that hose.
Is there an "easy" way? I was able to remove the rear facia, and now
have a good angle at the pump, can I simply remove the pump without
unbolting the intake? Or am I in for a massive project? Thanks"
Le sujet entier ici :
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dmcn ... pics/40201
Mai 2004, un problème apparemment trop important pour ce jeune homme puisqu'il met en vente la voiture :
"Hey Guys,
Due to unfortunate luck. I am forced to sell my Delorean. It's an
early 82 Delorean with 56.6k orig miles on it. I originally bought
it in California and it was serviced and maintained by the dmc
center in garden grove, "call to verify". This is VIN#10440, and was
originally owned by Adam .. something. It has recently passed
emissions and has current tags. The car runs great, I use it as a
daily driver. It has a small coolant leak, and I *know* where it is,
but havent tightened the fastner of where its comming from. Matthew
Olans has personally seen this car, as well as Ryan who came and
fixed my car when I had accidentally disconnected some wiring. Only
thing that I can think of that it might need is a spark plug change.
But like I said, I drive it everyday, I love this car, but I need to
part with it because I need money. The panels are in excellent
shape, but the interior is alittle tore up. Whats important here
though is the car runs great! =)
Lemme know if you interested, I really would like to honesty get
about $13,000.00 OBO. I can email pictures, or you can just come by,
I live in Chandler, ARIZONA. Email me at monkey (at) armenia.com.
Thanks"
La voiture est rapidement achetée par Lauren, une jeune fille de l'Arizona également, mais qui semble avoir directement quelques soucis, sujet ici :
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dmcn ... pics/41315
"Lauren 12/05/2004
I am pleased to say that I'm one of you now -- the proud owner of
10440 - bought from Sean, ThinkStainless, today. It isn't without
problems, but none is insurmountable.
Its cooling problems have been addressed on list and I will indeed
see to them. But this led to a delightful adventure driving home
from Phoenix to Tucson. It wasn't even hot today (by our standards)
but the car overheated halfway down the freeway. When I stopped
at a service station in Casa Grande, one of those "BFE" towns in
rural AZ that even _I_ laugh at (I grew up in NY, btw) two blokes in a
brand new Austin Cooper reeled in after me and were beyond
thrilled to see a Delorean in person. Turned out they were on a
photo-journalism tour of automotive US sanctioned by BMW and
wanted to get photos of the car for their magazine story. So with
any luck, 10440 will be famous after their tour, albeit with its
engine cover in the air while it cooled down and sitting in a puddle
of coolant . It did overheat again a block from my house, so with
the help of a neighbor, my husband pushed it into the yard - but we
made it home!! I did manage to get it up to 90 for a while on the
freeway.
Sean -- I have a question for you ----- had you considered a bad
thermostat as a potential cooling problem?"
En juin 2004, elle découvre le souci de passage de la 1ere et seconde vitesse :
"Still trying to get 10440 roadworthy. John Hervey's box o' parts
arrived safe and sound today and hopefully will solve the
overheating issues. But there's also a problem with the shifting
mechanism. I can get into 3rd, 4th, 5th and Reverse just fine, but to
get into 1st or 2nd requires lifting up on the shifter. Not like lifting
to get it into R, but more like lifting the entire shift mechanism.
It's embarassing to have people stare at "that cool car" that can't
get going in gear!
Any clues? Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated."
Deux ans plus tard, cette Delorean était peut être un trop gros projet pour cette jeune demoiselle, et en juin 2006, elle décide de s'en séparer :
"After a lot of soul-seaching, I've decided to sell my D. It's a
great car for someone who wants a running project car. I've driven
it fairly regularly but it's time to pass it along to someone who
might actually finish restoring it. The car is in Arizona and has
about 58K miles. Will entertain offers in the $14K range.
..................LP
10440
WORK DONE
*replaced fuel pump, pump boot, baffle, support bracket, filter
*Toby TABs
*thermostat and otterstat
*new struts all around
*driver window rebonded to sash
*water pump
*replaced all cooling hoses and plumbing
*radiator recored with hi efficiency core
*SpecialT fan fix
* air bleeder for radiator
* new Optima red top battery
* alternator 90amp rebuilt
* r/r fuel sending unit
WILL THROW IN
*a bag of fir trees
*left rear tail lens to replace the faded one
*orig Delorean paperwork, manual and vinyl manual cover, brochure,
etc.
*service manuals and parts manual
HAS
orig window sticker
all safety recall mods
stainless reservoir bottle
almost new good tires
PROBLEMS
shifting into first gear takes a little finesse
hairline crack water jacket that needs welded by someone who knows
what he's doing
*a/c compressor probably leaks. runs on R-12
heater doesn't work
needs accumulator
failed emissions inspection last week
boot cable broken
pass side marker lens broken (oops!)
INTERIOR COSMETICS
needs new seat covers unless you like the cheap fake fur ones I
have. orig
leather is trashed.
dash cracked
binnacle cracked
no radio
orig window control buttons replaced with aftermarket ones
cargo net not attached
drivers' door panel and headliner panel not attached. but I'll give
you the
fir trees
carpet dirty but salvageable
amazingly the headlight switch WORKS!!
needs headliner
A and B pillars (I think this is what they're called) have come loose
and are
warped
no interior lights work
windshield sloppily installed with black glue showing at edges but no
leaks
A FEW PLUSSES
the spare tire is original and seems to hold air
the frame is free of rust
all guages work altho gas guage can be funky
windows work
horn works, altho very softly
wipers work
headlights work
mode switch works
body looks great with only one or two tiny dings"
Jason Sisto achète cette voiture et devient le 4ème propriétaire de VIN 10440.
http://home.comcast.net/~delorean12/jas ... lorean.htm
Il gardera la voiture jusqu'en 2011. Je n'ai pas trouvé grand chose sur lui mais il avait l'air de s'y connaitre en Delorean, puisqu'il en possédait 2 ou 3 à un moment.
Et là, en 2011, quelqu'un s'affole. Quelqu'un s'agite. Quelqu'un s'intérroge !
" Trying to find my old delorean #10440
I'll never forget the first time I sat in a Delorean, and I'll never forget the day I sold my 82 Delorean to an AZ Delorean Club member in Tucson many years ago. It has since changed hands I think a few times
10440 82 Dec 81 Grey Manual "
Et oui c'est Sean, le deuxième propriétaire qui l'avait vendu suite à un souci ! Que fait il alors ? Et bien il contacte Jason, le propriétaire du moment de VIN 10440.
La suite ?
"Good Morning!
Well it's been awhile since I've been in a Delorean. I bought one in 2002 and then sold it in 2003/4 and since then it's changed hands twice but hasn't had more than 2k miles put on it since I sold it.
I located the owner and he was in a position to sell it so I'm excited to buy back my first and only Delorean.
I need to clean it up a bit so I'll eventually need help with all that, but mainly I need to repaint the facia (need the color code) and take out a small dent in the rear quarter panel (who knows someone whos good at fixing that?)
I'm located in Phoenix. I'd like to attend some events, and get to know everyone on here.
I'm also looking to Turbo the Delorean since I would like to enjoy some extra power. Is there a kit available?
Thanks,
Sean"
Et là...
"I finally got my car last night, was beyond excited to walk up to the car transport and see it just chilling there, ready to be unloaded. Reminding me of that scene from BTTF where the Delorean is first revealed.
Took me awhile to remember where headlights and reverse were again lol. But after everything got situated, I took the D to a car show and hung out for awhile, ahh such bliss.
She isn't free of issues however, I don't have working turn signals (but hazards work) need to put the interior back together (previous owner took it out), need a light for the license plate, the door lights are not operational, the fuel gas gauge always shows as full, the a/c won't stay charged, and I haven't noticed anything else wrong (yet) besides what I just listed. So any help is appreciated.
It's amazing, after I bought it in 2002, it had 56k miles on it, and after two owners - Lauren P in Tucson AZ and then to Jason S in MA, the car still has under 59k original miles on it. I plan on making it my daily !"
Plutot content de retrouver son ancien bébé le Sean !
Seulement le sort s'acharne sur lui malheureusement et il veut s'en séparer à la fin de l'année. Il met une annonce en décembre 2012 :
"As much as I hate doing this again, I need to liquidate my cars because I'm thinking about leaving the state of Arizona to be closer to my family in Canada.
Car has about 70k original miles on it, needs lots of work so I'm reasonable on the offers...
I originally owned the vehicle from 2002-2004 then sold it to Lauren Pace in Tucson, then it was sold to a guy back east and I bought it back last year. Literally the only reason I'm selling it is I don't have the funds to transport all the vehicles I own....
Interior needs work, facia's need respraying, it's missing the door seals, passenger door is stuck shut. I can get it open sometimes. Has a few small minor dents, and over all is in decent shape but it's priced to sell asap. Willing to work with people out of state and help with loading for transportation. The clutch master cylinder is leaking, and will need to be replaced."
C'est Galbiati, qui sera le 5ème propriétaire, et très énérvé de récuperer la merde des précédents
" 10440 is in PA. Interior needs extensive work. Previous owner from AZ was a butcher. "
Il va alors s'employer à restaurer un intérieur foutu, et à regler les soucis de cette Delorean.
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?6336- ... ot-working
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?6426- ... #post93212
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?6245- ... ash-lights
Il change l'alternateur, la pompe à eau, les durites, etc etc etc comme j'ai pu déjà le dire dans mon sujet.
Bref beaucoup de choses qui avaient déjà été changées par le passé... Bizarre.
En tout cas VIN 10440 a repris vie grâce à lui. Mais au bout de 6 mois, il s'en sépare. Besoin d'argent selon lui, envie d'acheter une épave et de la retaper pour la vendre le double, selon moi.
En tout cas en juillet 2013, c'est moi même qui achète cette voiture et qui lui fait traverser l'atlantique.
Pour finir, je ne sais pas ce que ça vous inspire tout ça, on a pas tous les détails. Mais je vais avoir un chassis en bon état, ça c'est sûr, mais un moteur à problème de chauffe/fuite.
Alors est ce que cette voiture fait peur à tout le monde et c'est pour cela que tous s'en débarassent? je ne pense pas vu que celui qui l'avait en 2002, l'a rachetée en 2011... On ne rachète pas une voiture à problème :/
En tout cas voila pour l'historique d'après mes recherches ! Moi j'ai bien aimé tout savoir ^^
Je sais maintenant, et encore plus qu'avant que je vais avoir un bon gros Kinder qui arrive demain au port en Belgique !
par Originaltshirt » Ven 13 Sep 2013 à 06:52 
