Around 1987 I went to the Lotus Factory in Norwich because of my loyalty to Chapman and the various Lotus I had owned. I was disappointed to be turned away from the factory as they indicated they had a "special project" in the works and for security reasons could not let in any unscheduled visitors. On chance however I did meet up with an employee who worked in the finishing department. I asked about what might remain from the De Lorean era and he indicated that there was a substancial amout of tooling from the prototypes and many test mules and parts in various states of abandonment. I got the impression that if I had brought a lorry I could have hauled off whatever I could load. Oh well! On another note I was told that the body pressing dies were sold to a North Sea Fisherman to use as weights for fishing nets. Is there any truth to that? Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Gutkowski" <webmaster@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [DML] Re: DMC Prototype > This is as I recall: > > 1) The car WAS in the grounds of the Lotus factory but could not be sold > or moved because Lotus didn't own it... but that the original owners