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Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:58 am
by willgoldstone
Hi all, been recommended to look here by several Uk owners in the Facebook club groups,figured it can’t hurt to post a wanted ad as after all these years, I’m finally in a position to buy one of these beauties! Feel free to look me up on twitter or Facebook to verify who I am!

Thanks in advance for all the help I’ve seen you all offering each other I can’t wait to join this community! Cheers

Will

Ps just for fun this was our wedding a few years back

https://photos.app.goo.gl/e7ZAExkeAeo1KyMj7

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:41 am
by jerzybondov
Hi Will. Welcome to the forum! Whereabouts in the country are you and you know what spec you’re after / condition you can afford? :)

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:33 pm
by willgoldstone
Hi, thanks for the question - I’m based in Surrey near Gatwick and am looking for a good condition, not sure about spec but can afford to spend on somewhere between what guides refer to as good and showroom.

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:55 pm
by jerzybondov
Make sure your guides are up to date! This article on autocar is hot off the press and accurate:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/used ... ean-dmc-12

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:10 pm
by willgoldstone
Absolutely! I am keeping an eye on the latest info though I haven’t read this one will go take a look now thank you.

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:30 pm
by Derfel
Good luck with finding your car. I was very lucky the other week to get one for sale in London. My advice is - they don't hang around for very long - so take a deposit with you when viewing a car and buy yourself a copy of the Essential Buyers Guide - worth every penny.

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:27 pm
by willgoldstone
Thanks @Derfel! Everyone here has been incredibly welcoming! I already received a few opportunities and am hopefully well on my way toward ownership one way or another, thanks to everyone who reached out and said hi or helped me learn so far, you lot are really great.

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:19 pm
by willgoldstone
hey all, looks like i'm back to looking, if anyone has a tip I'm wide open and ready with the cash! :D currently been chatting some people who work with BHCC and ship cars, some of the stuff they get seems janky but some are alright, might just have to bite the bullet on importing as I know many of you have.

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 4:26 pm
by DMC1983
With bhcc cars, just make sure the chassis is good and it states mechanically sound on the listing. Mechanically sound to them means the engine isnt seized and not that it runs. It doesnt usually take much to get these cars running.

I guess it all depends how much of a project you want and what your budget is.

I bought a bhcc car and they made exporting/importing easy squeezy lemons

Re: Wanted! Looking for a Delorean! Hi!

PostPosted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 5:22 pm
by willgoldstone