My Lotus frames (Series II Europa) were both finished with a tar like black coating similar to undercoating. It worked quite well until it was scraped off. Galvanizing is great but fills in the threaded inserts (threads) and is time consuming to clear. I would have preferred a modern powder coat that was thinner but retained its adhesion and flexibility. 20+ years too late Don Ekhoff. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CBL302@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 9:28 PM Subject: [DML] Delorean galvanized frames > Does anybody know why JZD in his infinite wisdom never thought of > using a galvanized frame