DeLorean Mailing List - 11/22/95

DeLorean Mailing List - 11/22/95

Subjects:
ADMIN NOTE
Tires/manuals/Parts/Etc.
Re: body dies dumping

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ADMIN NOTE: Due to the thanksgiving holiday, there will be no digest delivery 
this Friday, 11/24/95  (traffic has been light anyway with the holiday). 
Messages received between now and 0600 Monday, 11/27/95 will be delivered with 
the Monday digest. Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and thanks for participating 
in the DeLorean Mailing List!

James

 

From: Harris(AT)gc.maricopa.edu (Mark Harris)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 22:48:49 -0700
To: Delorean Mailing List 
Subject: Tires/manuals/Parts/Etc.

A couple quick questions...  First off, what were the original tires from
the factory?  Second, is there a source for factory service manuals, either
original or copies?  Finally, I thought I read somewhere that a list of
common parts with a cross reference to other makes/models was available.
Any help in finding this would be appreciated.

BTW, the idea of a list of common failures with the associated fixes would
be EXTREMELY valuable.  I would encourage the completion of such a project.

Thanks for your help.
See ya...
Mark



From: Delornut(AT)aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 21:32:51 -0500
To: dmcnews(AT)goodnet.com
Subject: Re: body dies dumping.

I have a video of Mr. DeLorean on one of the many talk shows that have
appeared over the years. In his discussion of the the production of the car
and the demise of DMC he talked of the body dies being dumped into the North
Sea. He said he, or some folks he had ties to, had sent a team of divers down
to check the possibility of recovering the dies. At that time they decided it
was cost prohibitive. I suppose at some time in the future, when the body
parts are rare enough, it may be a more cost worthy pursuit. Of course by
that time the cost of restoring the dies to a productive condition may prove
too costly to pursue. I talked to one person who thought it possible to
construct fenders in pieces, by hand, and weld them together. I'm not expert
in the metalurgical idiosyncrasies of stainless steel, but I think Mr.
DeLorean knew of what he was speaking about when he said the dies were not
cost effective regarding their salvage.
  
DeLornut

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