Daniel Fox               

I am definitely a "car guy" and have enjoyed owning some interesting vehicles. Ever since I can remember I have been fascinated with DeLoreans: the history, the man, and of course, more than anything, the car itself. It was not until late 1999 that I realized that DeLoreans were not only relatively easy to find, but were relatively affordable! I was excited. This meant that I could buy my dream car - a DeLorean! I looked for that perfect DeLorean “semi-seriously” for about two years while I was researching the car. In December of 2001 I found out about the Arizona DeLorean Club from a past-member (who had an ad for her car in the newspaper) and I attended my first meeting. Once I met all of the members, and saw the largest gathering of DeLoreans I had ever seen, I knew it was the right time. At that point, I started looking for a car very seriously. About two weeks later I found my current DeLorean.

On January 2, 2002 I went to Scottsdale, after seeing an ad online, and test drove what would become the most fun and frustrating vehicle I have ever owned. This was the first DeLorean that I actually drove. My car is an ’82, VIN 10920, built in Dec. ‘81, with the gray interior and the 5-speed. I purchased it from the second owner. It was an unmodified original car with only 24,160 miles on it! Much to my amazement, this Arizona car still had the original fan-fail module, plastic coolant bottle, and plastic clutch line!

In the last few years I have had my car at many car shows and have won some trophys! I received the first place trophy in the DeLorean class at the Wheels of Britain Car Show in 2004. I was fifth place in the Master's Class in 2005. I also received fifth place in the Master's Class in 2006. I have received some "fun" awards at various shows too, such as: the "Widest Car" award, the "Shortest Car" award, and my personal favorite, the "Car Most in Need of Paint"! In regards to that last award, keep in mind that not only is my car still the original unpainted stainless steel, but also my license plate says NOPAINT!

Since purchasing my D, I have replaced, rebuilt, upgraded and updated many things on the car. I have installed Fan-Zilla, a braided stainless steel clutch line, braided stainless steel brake hoses, stainless steel coolant bottle, clutch master cylinder with stainless piston, DMC Houston’s fuel sending unit, P.J. Grady’s upgraded taillight circuit boards, stainless steel louver support, ceramic muffler heat shield, upgraded leather shift boot with stainless steel frame, stainless steel bumper letters, TOBY TAB’s, 140 amp alternator, the waterpump and coolant/heater hoses, Dunlop GT Qualifier tires, 10 Disc CD changer, 140 MPH speedometer, and the list goes on and on. I do all of the work to my car myself and I also enjoy helping other members work on their DeLoreans.

Perhaps the single greatest upgrade to my car is the exhaust! A member of AZ-D had a professionally-built custom dual exhaust made for his DeLorean and I purchased it and installed it on my car. It consists of headers, dual catalytic converters and a Dynomax muffler. The performance gain is incredible, and  IT SOUNDS GREAT! Other performance goodies on my car consist of: a K&N filter, MSD 45,000 volt coil, less restrictive air intake and larger gap spark plugs. I also designed and installed my own Electronic Fuel Injection from scratch using a MegaSquirt EFI computer that I soldered myself. The car runs great, and has a more "modern" feel to it. As an added bonus, it is more efficient, giving the car better gas mileage too.

The DeLorean community is made up of some great people, and I am proud to be a part of it. At this point I can’t imagine not owning a DeLorean!

Daniel Fox
VIN 10920
License Plate: NOPAINT
http://www.ramblerman.com/DMC/


Me sitting on the most expensive stainless panel on the car :-)


My DeLorean playing nice with my 1985 Corvette:


VIN 10920 at sunset: