ha ha love the comments - The car I'm refurbing (as most of you probably know) is one of the UAE 50 cars.
I always said to myself that it would be a sympathetic restoration and try and keep it to the original spec - non withstanding the fact that it will need new (upgraded) parts.
I've taken advice from my guru (A Van) that I should upgrade the fans to the newer version as he says that the old ones are a drain on the electrics and come in with a "bump" as someone else said.
With regard to anything I take off the car ..... some things I will throw in the skip such as a the badly cracked fuel tank and the fan cowling of which some broken bits are missing.
The fans? well they were going to be stored in a box labelled "original yet useful parts".
Being new to the world of Delorean ownership (one that has to be said is a 95% complete car + boxes and bags of bits - some of which I can identify some of which I haven't a clue!) I've realised that spares are uhhhhhh astronomical in some instances.
So in conclusion, the broken cowling will find it's way to the skip along with the tank.
- in the scheme of things I 'll keep the fans and who knows maybe barter them for some OEM parts that I need in the future like:-
- Rock screen
-spare wheel rim
- wheel emblem
- auto stick emblem - just the emblem
- new bonnetc
Cheers
Spud