DeLorean Mailing List - 11/27/95

DeLorean Mailing List - 11/27/95

Subjects:
Re: body dies dumping
JZD's mailing address
Tires & Manuals
Seat belt bolt covers
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From: *David Tavres* 
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 95 09:39:48 PST
To: Delorean Mailing List 
Subject: RE: DeLorean Mailing List - 11/22/95 

--- On Wed, 22 Nov 1995 Delorean Mailing List wrote:

>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.


As for Mr. DeLorean saying that it was not cost effective to bring up the dies, 
I would tend to agree...to a point.  Even if that was only 5 years ago, I think 
it would be possible to do it now.  Technology must be to the point that we 
could pull of such an operation with no problem.  Didn't they pull up an old 
Viking ship that was 800 years old from somewhere out by the North Sea?  These 
are just some dies... hunks of metal.  I can't believe they aren't easily 
gotten.

Does anyone have any ideas about what would cost so much?  Why they say it 
-isn't- cost effective?

Dave

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From: mikasa(AT)goodnet.com (James Espey)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:34:02 -0700
To: dmcnews(AT)goodnet.com
Subject: JZD's mailing address

With all the discussion about it recently, I called JZD this afternoon and
asked him if he had a particular address he would be willing to make
available to those on the internet who are interested in attempting to
contact him. He said sure (BTW, he added that I should tell you
all to "send money" - you can judge for yourself whether or not he was joking) 
and asks that any correspondence be directed to this address:

John Z. DeLorean
Lamington Road
Bedminster, NJ 07921

So there it is. This will be posted on the DeLorean Mailing List home page,
so maybe this list will get less of those "What's JZD's address" posts.

James "Mikasa" Espey
Moderator, DeLorean Mailing List



From: marv930(AT)ix.netcom.com (Marvin Sterling)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 22:27:14 -0800
To: Harris(AT)gc.maricopa.edu
Cc: dmcnews(AT)goodnet.com
Subject: Tires & Manuals

The original, and still available tires, are Goodyear NCT's, they are
HR rated ... the original spec's were going to use Pirelli P7's but
the NCT's were deemed better. Reprints of the manuals are available
from the DeLorean Motor Club of America ... check the Web Home Page
for availability. Best regards,
Marv Sterling  vin # 16000



From: Greymattrs(AT)aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 23:32:51
To: dmcnews(AT)goodnet.com
Subject: Sealt belt bolt cover

I looked at a DeLorean over the weekend that had some black plastic (?) covers 
over the seat belt bolts on the outside lower sills. I looked in the parts 
manual, but I can't find them in there - are they a real DMC item or did someone
add them to this car. I can't recall ever seeing them before,

Grey
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