Al - This falls under the general scope of "urban legends", but my understanding is that DMC had completed a run of spare RH fenders and other panels, and was about to begin a run of spare LF fenders when the plug was pulled on the whole enterprise. They would naturally make the parts in "runs" or "batches" due to the high cost of tooling setup to switch from one part to the next on the hydropress and stretcher press machines. It makes sense that they would make greater numbers of fenders for spares than the number of cars actually made, due to the fact that the body panels were considered "replaceable" rather than "repairable" in most cases. The highest spares requirements would be for the front fenders, hoods, and facias because most of the damage would be done to the front ends during the typical "fender bender" car accident. Toby Peterson VIN 2248 "Winged1" DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC www.delorean-parts.com --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nelson, Allan" <abnelson@xxxx> wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, does anybody know why there is such a discrepancy in the number of the LF fenders as opposed to the rest of the body panels? Looking at DMCH's website, it looks like there are hundreds of doors, hoods, quarter panels (not sure about RF fenders??). So why were there so few LF fenders at the time of the plant closing? Seems they would have been purchased 1:1 in accord with all other panels. > > Al To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/