Ken Montgomery's DeLorean Pages

I took possession of my car on Wednesday morning January 14th 1998. I am the third owner. My car is in excellent condition with very few exceptions. The interior is all gray, it has a 5 speed transmission, the model year is 1982, VIN # 10911, December 1981 build.

I have replaced the original tires, headliners, done a lot of electrical work, front shocks, and I've lowered the front of the car (see the Special Documents page). In April 2003 I took the car to the DeLorean Motor Center for extensive updates:

· Refurbished the steering rack.
· Replaced firewall bushing.
· Replaced radiator with a metal radiator, all hoses, water pump, pipes as needed, cooling bottle.
· Replaced cooling fans.
· Repairs done on the front suspension.
· Replaced O2 sensor
· Replaced trailing arm bolts (Toby-TABs) and replace trailing-arm cover bolts.
· Replaced rear shocks - worn/poor rubber parts in rear suspension.
· Replaced battery strap.
· Replaced clutch master and slave cylinders.
· Stainless steel clutch line.

And since then I've replaced the brake master cylinder and replaced all the brake lines with braided stainless steel covered lines.

My latest repairs were replacing the brake master cylinder and all the soft lines to the brakes. It was quite a chore but the brakes are much better now. I was still running on the factory components! The brake fluid was black and yellow sludge. Sorry I didn't take any photos of the process. Now its on to the door locks and launchers and a cruise control. For those I'll take lots of pictures just so I'll know how to put the doors back together!

I entered the car in the DeLorean Owners Association DeLorean Concours in 1998 and I got 5th place. The first 3 places were taken by cars that had been trailered in (I drove mine over 500 miles to get to the show) and I was only a few points away from 4th, so I was happy. To win at Concours level, EVERYTHING has to be 100% original, right down to the wiper blades, and it helps if you trailer in the car. The first owner of my car did win 3 first place awards at the New Hope Auto Show several years ago and I took first in class at the United British Sports Car Club show in May 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2010 (I didn't attend the show in 2001 and there was no DeLorean class in 2004 through 08).

This is my car at the California Auto Museum for one of the EuroSunday events. I love this photo!

Below are a few photos I took during the Eurosunday photo shoot at the Sacramento Aerospace Museum.

Lunch with the previous owner and his new DeLorean

John Roth was the previous owner of my car. After several years he really missed owning a DeLorean so he bought another. One day in December of 2005, we met up for lunch and got our cars together:

The Blackhawk Auto Museum:

These pictures were taken at the Gamble House in Pasadena:

The Gamble House was built by Greene and Greene in 1908. The house is designed in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement made popular by designers like Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gamble house was used as the home of 'Doc Brown' in the Back to the Future movies.