Weird Badge,

[t/a 6.6]

I just bought a 1989 corvette. Its blue, with a blue interior, and looks like every other c4 i have seen. Yet on the back there is the normal corvette logo, and under that there is a logo that says by delorean. any clues about what this could be?

[16th hippy]

coulda been DeLorean's vette.....?

[MrPbody]

There's another possibility. George DeLorean (John Z.'s brother) had a shop in the Detroit area that did modifcations to new and used high performance cars. Could be something from there. Any idea if the car came from the Detroit area? Interesting, though... John Z. (turn toward Pontiac, MI and bow...) drove a '69 GTO in his latter years. I believe it's the one they (GM) gave him when they promoted him to Pres. of Chevrolet as a reward for turning Pontiac into the GM "performance marque". His influence at GM, and Pontiac in particular, lasted well into the late '80s, after he was gone on his own. The 3rd gen T/A was based on one of his concept cars "Banshee II" and Fiero was the last car he "penned" as a GM engineer.

Jim

[t/a 6.6]

Originally Posted by MrPbody

There's another possibility. George DeLorean (John Z.'s brother) had a shop in the Detroit area that did modifcations to new and used high performance cars. Could be something from there. Any idea if the car came from the Detroit area? Interesting, though... John Z. (turn toward Pontiac, MI and bow...) drove a '69 GTO in his latter years. I believe it's the one they (GM) gave him when they promoted him to Pres. of Chevrolet as a reward for turning Pontiac into the GM "performance marque". His influence at GM, and Pontiac in particular, lasted well into the late '80s, after he was gone on his own. The 3rd gen T/A was based on one of his concept cars "Banshee II" and Fiero was the last car he "penned" as a GM engineer.

Jim

The original owner was from michigan, is there any way to tell other than the badge?

[16th hippy]

GM in detroit....maybe a rare find, or a DeLorean nut.

[t/a 6.6]

does anyone know if this guy has a website, or a way to contact him? or find out about this car.

[lesliedelorean]

Just popping in to answer the question about the

"by DeLorean" badge on the vette.

It must have cycled through the Cadillac By DeLorean dealiership in Cleveland, OH.

Chuck, John's brother owned the dealership for something like 35+ years and sold it a few years back. This was the dealership badge.

Leslie

[djmann02]

I was getting excited by the suspense for the moment there! What a let down.