DeLorean's own book was: "On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors"
It should be available just about anywhere. There were several other books written about him and about his time at GM... couldn't tell you the names. IIRC there was even one titled "DeLorean".
With regard to DMC... The DMC-12 was/is a great car, despite crappy wiring and that aweful renault engine and I'm not a
As I said in another post, the company was reborn in Texas and aquired much of the original inventory that had gone into receivership when DMC fell into bankruptcy... much of it sitting at warehouses in the US and some at the DeLorean plant in Ireland.
http://delorean.com
He wasn't a coke head, and ultimately was found innocent of all the charges. At the time, DeLorean was trying to get cash for his company by finding investors. Johnny Carson was one among many. Unfortunately for DMC, the world was seeing the worst car sales since the Great Depression, AMC and Chrysler had gone practically bankrupt just a few years earlier. DeLorean made it no secret that he needed investors. At about the same time, the FBI was nailing down big wheels in the cocaine cartels. They took a recently bagged informant and posed him as a possible investment source to see if DeLorean would bite. DeLorean, fearing that he was being targeted for blackmail by the mafia or drug cartels to launder their money, sent a sealed letter to his attorney stating that if he went missing, his lawyer was to deliver it to the authorities and to manage his affairs. In reality, the FBI had set him up with cocaine they had recently siezed. FBI agents stated that it would be great to use it as evidence for a jury. It was decided that the FBI had entrapped DeLorean in a situation that they had manufactured. Complicating things for DeLorean, the bad publicity killed his sales and investors left. Months prior, the British Government threatened to pull their investment. Margaret Thatcher refused to sign over funding to allow DMC to produce their second car... something they agreed to do during the initial agreement.... This forced DMC's closure, despite a monthly profit being made. DeLorean stated many times that the failure of DMC was ultimately due to British-Irish politics and a conspiracy to close the plant. He employed Irish Catholics and the British Govt believed their incomes were helping support the IRA. In recent years, there have been a number of interesting facts that have come to light which support this idea. A second trail has surface that claims during Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher's meeting 3 weeks prior, plans wete set in motion to discredit DeLorean with the drug deal... during the trial, a DEA agent testified that he overheard 2 FBI agents arguing the night before and one of President Reagan's senior staffer's name was mentioned.
"In the summer of 1982, DeLorean received a phone call from James Hoffman, a convicted felon turned FBI informant. According to DeLorean, Hoffman told him he could find investors to save the DeLorean Motor Company. Over the course of the next three months, Hoffman slowly explained his intricate plan which eventually morphed into a scheme involving cocaine smugglers and a bank for laundering money. DeLorean would be required to front some money to procure the deal. DeLorean went along with these discussions, planning to trade company stock for the seed money for any deal that would benefit the company. Before going to meet the “investors” to consummate the deal, DeLorean wrote a letter to his lawyer, sealed it, and gave instructions that it should only be opened if he did not return from the meeting. In the letter DeLorean claimed that he didn't know Hoffman’s investment scheme involved a massive drug deal until it was too late. DeLorean wrote that he was afraid to back out and that he was in great fear for his family's safety if he tried to back out of the deal. The meeting occurred in an airport hotel room on October 19, 1982. Unbeknownst to DeLorean, the hotel room had been wired for audio and video recording by law enforcement. Videotape made moments before DeLorean's arrest show him briefly examining 25 kilograms of cocaine and saying "It's better than gold." Soon thereafter, law enforcement agents burst into the room, took custody of DeLorean and charged him with trafficking in cocaine.During DeLorean's jury trial, prosecutors relied heavily on the videotaped evidence. Hoffman, the prosecution's star witness, was on the stand for 18 days. To counter the accusations of the prosecution, the criminal defense attorney contended that DeLorean had been conned by a lying, convicted drug smuggler, turned paid government informant, who enticed DeLorean with the prospects of big investments in his dying company. DeLorean’s defense lawyers relied upon the entrapment defense and claimed that the he had not been predisposed to commit the crime of drug trafficking until the government’s informant initiated the illegal “investment” scheme. Defense lawyers also argued to the jury that government agents lied, destroyed crucial notes, backdated documents and withheld important evidence. DeLorean did not testify at his trial. After 29 hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted DeLorean on all criminal charges."
And the very last question i've got...at least for the moment LOL.... A: When they say PROVISION for some options, what does that mean???? B: It says that i'got the AM/FM radio (wich i effectively have) but somewhere else it says STEREO SUPPRESSION... I'm a little confused between these 2 statements... I do have my radio so how could i have a radio delete (wich is the way i see it)??
