In a message dated 5/11/99 9:36:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, murrayempire@xxxx writes: << Now let me tell you there NEVER was a Delorean made inside or outside the Plant that was PAINTED never! >> If you look through the Book Stainless Steel Illusion,you will see that there were actually a few painted cars,(18)and there is actually a picture on page 113,the fiberglassed test vehicles qualify as factory cars,that were painted,and those are probably the only true factory authorized cars,but the catch is that Lotus built them.(the fiberglass panels)and installed them,but regardless they still were painted (or gel-coat finish?)Where are those 18 orange cars now?anybody? Claude vin#000570 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.eGroups.com - Simplifying group communications