Delorean numbers in 1984

[Dangermouse]

Two part question here,

1. After the Culloden auction 1982 and the factory auction (1984), when all factory cars had been shipped to the US or auctioned off, how many cars remained in the UK and which ones were they. I am speculating the following at least:

Pilot 25 – 1
W-H cars (13 less two that went to Australia = 11)
AXI cars – 3
How many cars were at culloden - 12?
I think there were 6 other cars at the factory auction, as well as P25)
Did all the auction cars stay in the UK?

So I am thinking perhaps 33


2. When was the first car re-imported from the US, by whom and which one was it?

I am interested in how in 84 there were perhaps 9100 cars (out of 9200) cars in the US, but by today at least 1000 of those are scattered throughout the world.

[A Van]

Hi Dermot

Culloden Auction 12 cars, two transporters six cars on each.

Some footage of this auction can be seen on the DeLorean Car Crash documentary.

The WH and AXI cars would now appear to have been all converted by Wooler Hodec, although Nick Sutton says he thinks it might have been 32 which were requested to be converted, not sure how many were eventually converted.

The Kuwaiti dealership also re-imported 6 unsold cars into UK circa 84-86 and sold at auction.

One of our members knows of a RHD auto not too far from where he lives, vin to be ascertained soon hopefully.

[A Van]

Dermot,

The second part could only be answered partially by the DVLA, who would be able to say when a DeLorean was first registered (Not imported).

But Carl Hammonds car Vin 11777 was imported into UK from Middle East via Luxembourg in Dec 1984, doubt there were many imported by that stage.