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Member ID: havett6987

Location: Lehigh Acres, FL

Vehicle Info

1981 DeLorean DMC-12

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Last updated: Jun 04, 2006

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DJ’s DeLorean DMC-12
“Havett”

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havett6987's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12

This is Havett, a somewhat barnyard rescue that I took under my wing. It's Ferrari Red in color and is dealership painted, but still has the stainless steel body. a future project of mine is to return Havett to it's original color, but that far into the future (Until I finish the flux capacitor). It sat for over 5 years before I bought it. The fuel system was shot as well as the fuel, the oil was shot, the brakes were all seized, A/C etc. Piece by piece I was able to get the car running again. Havett caught on fire twice, the first more severe that the second. I was standing over the intake after I dripped some gas into it to get some pressure for the new gas system I put in and it backfired, catching the cup of gas in my hand on fire. I spilled some on myself before I flung the cup and caught the trunk carpet, my brother, my neighbors car, and half the engine on fire. After I put myself out (I had lasting burns...) and all the rest out, the only thing ruined suprisingly enough was the carpet and my brother's shoes. The second time Havett caught on fire was when it cranked over for the first time in 5 years. Some gas spilled onto the catalytic converter and caught fire when the cc got hot enough. I put that out with a fire extinguisher (I was prepared) and has to give the engine a wash down. If that wasn't enough, I decided to take Havett out for a spin. On the highway. Like a moron. Hey, I wanted to see Havett at it's full potetial... Broke down. It was stalling for the longest time. I found out that the engine was flooding because of a blockage in the line that brings unused gas back to the tank. Oops... Fixed that, and with the exception of the gas gauge not working, Havett has been running great ever since.

havett6987's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12

Here is a great shot of Havett with my best friend sitting in the passenger seat.

havett6987's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12

As you can see, I still have some cosmetic stuff to do to Havett. Heres a view of the inside from the driver side.

havett6987's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12

Here's the good ol' engine, Pidgeot Reynolds Volvo V6 stock, with a new fuel distributer and regulator.More pictures to come as I revive Havett!

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DIASISS  

Posted by: DIASISS

09/24/2008 09:01AM

WOW!! can you please post that on my classic 80s and jap-car club!! WWW.JASSICS.COM

floridaZ31  

Posted by: floridaZ31

04/05/2008 09:44PM

Interesting car, don't see too many red deloreans. Which brings me to to why I searched out deloreans in the first place... you wouldn't have happened to have drove it in Lake Alfred would you? I saw one in town a while back and I have been looking for it, but haven't seen it since. Was this you?
-Josh

Delorean1632  

Posted by: Delorean1632

02/09/2007 10:05AM

Great car, are you selling her?

I own a Delorean myself and I have her posted on cardomain. She's Delorean1632 and she was the 1,100 Delorean production car off the assembly line. Have had numerous problems, both small and large, with her; but she's worth keeping. Hold onto yours, because since John Delorean's death, the value of the Delorean has gone up and will continue to do so. If you want to see how much your DL is worth, check out www.nadaguide.com
Good luck on "Havett"

Regards,

Greg (owner of Delorean1632)

Red_devilGST  

Posted by: Red_devilGST

11/29/2006 04:13PM

Yes they all came from the factory in stainless steel skin. None were ever painted by DMC. This car was painted later after it was bought from DMC.

kappa84  

Posted by: kappa84

05/20/2006 09:55PM

Gotta love the 80s man!!! sweet! but i thought all the DMC-12s where stainless steel and silver in color, how did yours get to be orange?

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Member ID: havett6987

Location: Lehigh Acres, FL