Ill have pictures emailed to you saturday night of the pad. -Cliff --- Dan RC30 <Danrc30@xxxx> wrote: > Having a friend who worked in the QAC in NJ, I think > I can respond to this > e-mail with some certainty. > > My friend told me many stories of repairs he had to > do on the cars that > entered the QAC. One story in particular was > swapping the frames for 3 or 4 > cars (can't remember exactly which it was). He said > that these cars were > delivered with damage to the eye hooks/loops on the > frames. During the > transport, the seas were rough, and all of the > rocking of the boat caused > the loops on the frames to be ripped off. He told me > that the chassis on > these cars were swapped... he added that the crews > did all of the swapping > on one weeks time. Pretty fast huh? Anyway, the > point is that many cars did > come in damaged from transport, but they were > repaired. Panels were swapped > at the beginning, but it was discovered early that > panels with minor damage > could be repaired and they were. He said that he > repaired some panels > himself on cars. As far as totalled cars, I can't > say for sure, but I would > guess that they were dismantled and used to repair > other cars with damage, > or put into a parts supply stock. I'll have to ask > him what happened to cars > that arrived with extensive damage. I'll let you all > know if I find anything > out. > > ---Dan Vin# 5493-Black/Gold? Well, not after this > weekend...ugh... :o( > That's a whole other story I'll get into when I > can... > > > >From: senatorpack@xxxx > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx > >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [DML] Crashed > >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:36:03 EDT > > > > > > > >Dear DML, > > > > I need your help. > >Please look at your car with the doors closed. Pay > particular attention to > >the Gap between the door and the front fenders. > > > > How many of you have a more pronounced gap at > the sill area? > > > > I have been trying to research what ever > happened to DeLorean cars > >that > >were damaged while inside the cargo ships en route > to the United States. > >Some > >of these DeLoreans had intensive damage. > > > > I have a contact that worked at the QAC's. He > said a number of > >DeLorean's > >suffered from damage. He was responsible for > chassis damaged. He simply had > >the chassis replaced since there was a continuous > supply of chassis. He > >had > >knowledge of destroyed cars and cars that were a > total loss. He went on to > >say, how the cars were thoroughly inspected, > repaired, replaced damaged > >parts > >and rebuilt to be sold. This seems evident > especially in the early days. > > > > However, I have seen photographs of DMC-12's > that had severe, > >extensive > >damage in the front areas of the cars. The bonnet > area looked beyond > >repair. > >The damaged resulted from chains that secured the > cars down, breaking free > >and the cars sliding into each other. The VIN > numbers in the photographs > >indicate that the cars were built in Sept of 1981. > I.e. VIN # 3000-3999. > > > > The purpose of my inquiry is to determine why > the Body panels of cars > >in > >this VIN # range are out of alignment. My > determination is to conclude that > >these cars either; > > > > 1. Had suffered from lack of door shims at the > factory. This would > >conclude that the factory was running out of stock, > or changed the > >specifications for the shims. This resulted in > doors completely out of > >alignment. ((Look at the area of your car with > doors closed. The "Gap" > >between the front fenders and the doors)) > > > > 2. The more probable, cars damaged during > shipment, and repaired at > >the > >QAC's. The cars having the stainless steel panels, > or VARI sections > >replaced > >at the QAC in Long Beach or New Jersey. Resulting > in body panels out of > >alignment. However, the really early, and late > VINs' seem to have the > >panels > >aligned. > > > >So did the company have damaged cars > repaired/rebuilt to be sold, or did > >they > >have them destroyed since the cars looked totaled? > > > >Your input is very much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > >Before posting messages or replies, see the posting > policy rules at: > >www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > > >To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > >moderator@xxxx > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting > policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com