Re: [DML] Re: Let's talk about that infamous fender.

["Bruce Benson" <delornut@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this may have been mentioned before but at one of the old Kapak open
houses I had the opportunity to walk around the warehouse with Marvin Kantz
and a couple of others. He told us they crated up parts for around a
thousand cars and shipped them back to Ohio. This all took quite some time
along with shipping and customs. When they finally arrived in Columbus the
crates were labeled as to which body parts were in which crate. They weren't
opened for quite a while and when they were the crate that said left front
fenders actually held mostly rights. When they checked back with the
liquidators in the old plant they found that what was left behind had been
destroyed.

Bruce Benson

> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Swingle [mailto:swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:08 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Re: Let's talk about that infamous fender.
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> The other part of the equation is that as some of the cars fall into
> disrepair and get recycled(Hi Josh) by far the most salvageable part
> of the car happens to be the sheetmetal. Before anyone bothered
> stamping out new parts, all the old ones would have to be crushed or
> in museums, at which point no one would be crashing the cars any
> more, and there **still** wouldn't be any demand. It will (I hate to
> say this) always be cheaper to scrap cars than to spend the tens of
> thousands (millions?) it would take to tool up to produce fenders. In
> the end, it's always economics. In fact, the "street price" of DMC
> sheetmetal has dropped quite a bit in the last 5 years. Just ask
> anyone who tries to get the mythical 5K for a LF fender - they just
> don't bring that much.
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> The vendors are spending their resources retooling consumables,
> interior parts, rubber parts, etc, because that's where the recurring
> demand is.
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> Let's be careful out there....
>
> Dave S
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tobyp@xxxx wrote:
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> > I can't speak for the intentions of DMCH to produce reproduction
> > fenders and other body panel pieces, but that course of action is
> > very doubtful.  The money spent on tooling would never be recouped
> > based on the existing and future demand, and the fact that (in
> spite
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> > Toby Peterson  VIN 2248 "Winged1"
> > DeLorean Parts Northwest, LLC (new and used LF fenders in stock)
> > www.delorean-parts.com
> >
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ComposerZelgadis@xxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > Once upon a time, I heard rumors that DMCH would be making new
> body
> > fenders (particularly that front-left fender).  I'm not sure if
> > anything has materalized with this rumor or not, but... From what I
> > understand,  there is absolutely no back stock left of these
> > fenders.  Can one be custom  made by a metal "job shop?"  Can most
> > shops reproduce one cheaply, and up  to original specs?
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