Hello, This was a very good responce. The deLorean owners associations on there buyers guide has a whole page on hoods. Just neat if your a visual person. Can't wait until the rest of there page is completed. - Shain Stian Birkeland wrote: > Hello Tris, > > There where 3 types of hoods: > > 1) The hood with a gas flap and lines on each side of the hood. > > 2) The hood with no gas flap but still with lines on each side of the hood. > These two were on the 1981 DeLoreans. Hood 2 was introduced with VIN 3200 > according to Parts Bulletin PS-01-9/81. > > 3) The 1982 hood was totally flat, but with a "DeLorean" logo. > > Why these changes? > > Apparantly the first hood was very practical since you didn't need to raise > the hood to gain access to the fuel tank. This was changed apparently > because of an overall better look of the car without the gas flap. > > Hood 2 was discontinued after VIN 7199 (81). The reason for this was that > the stamping process cracked a lot of hoods due to the lines on each side. > The 82 hood also got a DeLorean logo. (Not "DMC" but "DeLorean") > > Best wishes > Mr. Stian Birkeland > The Norwegian DeLorean Owners Club > > >From: "Tris Harvey-Rice" <laddie@xxxx> > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [DML] Hoods. Whats that all about? > >Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 19:35:25 +0100 > > > >I keep seeing messages describing hoods (or bonnets, if you're in Blighty > >like me), suggesting there were several different types of hood used on the > >DeLorean - could someone fill me in please, as this is obviously a > >dangerous > >gap in my knowledge, preventing me from becoming the DeLorean Oracle! > > > >Cheers, > >Tris. > >------------------ > >"Live every day as if it were your last. One day you'll be right." > >NO Vin * sniff * > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >The Weather Underground. We provide weather across the world. > >Visit http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/48 > > > > > >eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/dmcnews > >http://www.eGroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > @Backup - The #1 Online Backup Service > Automatic, Safe, Reliable Backup and Restores. FREE for > 30 Days. INSTALL Now and have a chance to win a Palm Pilot V! > http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/218 > > eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/dmcnews > http://www.eGroups.com - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.eGroups.com - Simplifying group communications