Re: [DMCForum] Re: Cupholders

["Mike Walsh" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I got pics of it from PF.

My Grandfather was a machinist. He worked at a place which made custom
machine parts for those machines used to automate the canning / packaging of
food.

Anyway, the cup holders he used to make would hook onto the inside of the
drivers door (using the window opening). They were simple stainless bands,
bent into shape and spot welded.

It seems all the cup holders (including the "official" Delorean one) are all
plastic and in my opinion just look cheap. They are usually hooked in
somewhere or permanently mounted with screws.

I want something more elegant than that and in stainless. Something that
looks like it belongs, not a cheap looking piece of plastic.

And now someone is saying "what the hell do all these people need cup
holders for". My answer is simple - I would rather be driving my Delorean
than having to stop and take a water break (bladder training required)!

- Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: Cupholders


> There is already a guy who built a stainless cup holder, I forget his name
> but he has a huge wing on his car with red flags on it.
>
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> >From: "Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Cupholders
> >Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:25:26 -0000
> >
> >Nice ides, but with Delorean specific cupholders available, and the
> >time involved, maybe a bit on the crazy side.
> >
> >Plus most all homemade cupholders look so damn trashy, they detract
> >from the appearance of the car.
> >
> >Just my $0.02
> >
> >
> >-Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike Walsh" <mike@xxxx> wrote:
> > > Maybe it is a little extreem but I was thinking of building one
> >out of
> > > stainless - but here's the thing, I wanted to mount it using a
> >part from
> > > stainless countertops.
> > >
> > > If you look at some stainless table tops at fast food resturants,
> >you might
> > > see a fitting on the surface. They are a little bigger than a
> >quarter and
> > > have a spring loaded center.
> > >
> > > 2 of these fittings could be mounted next to the shifter on the
> >passenger
> > > side. With out the cup holder they would look like a couple of
> >stainless
> > > buttons.
> > >
> > > The cup holder would have a U shapped bracket made out of 2
> >quarter inch
> > > tubes (solid or hollow). To mount the cup holder just positon each
> >tube over
> > > the spring loaded button and let it drop inside (you might have to
> >reinforce
> > > the plastic from underneith). It would make it easy to put on and
> >take off.
> > >
> > > Am I crazy or does this make any sense?
> > >
> > > Mike Walsh
> > > #17084
> >
> >
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