I read James Espey's post that the torsion bars can be fabricated. In the event that the torsion bars cannot be repreduced I think I could come up with some kind of torsion spring like is used on large overhead roll-up doors. The Delorean venders cannot let the scarcity of a critical part cause use to not be able to use the cars. It would cause them to go out of biz. Who would spend any money on a Delorean if you can't open the doors? There would be no service biz or resale market for us (private owners) or them (Delorean venders). I don't think it is time to panic as the situation must have been much worse when DMC went bankrupt and no one knew if ANYONE was going to be able to service the cars at all! There is a large enough market that it will pay to keep a pipeline of parts going on into the future. In the case of the Delorean we are very fortunate in that many of the parts of the car are not Delorean specific and can be aquired from alternate sources. This makes it certain that there will be many parts available at a fair price for a long time. This is not uncommon with old cars. In many cases either venders come foward to repreduce parts or find parts that can be adapted to use. The latest example is is the new and improved door handle from DMC Houston. It is better then the origional. The Zilla product line was created by a very dedicated owner when he saw the problems with the origional equipment. There is a lot of creativity among owners of old cars and they will do what it takes to keep them going. Some of the Deloran venders are also among the most dedicated of all of us, they have bet their livelyhoods on us! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Mike Aninger" <mike@xxxx> wrote: > It seems to me that the scarcity of these bars is incredible, especially the drivers side. I also understand that there is a special cryogenic process to go through to make these things. Even so, I cannot think of a more important item to remanufacture. With one going out, safety becomes a big issue for just getting in and out of the car. Will DMCH or PJ Grady be able to help us on this? Are there companies out there that make torsion bars? How will we overcome this problem in the next few years? It saddens me to think that other cars will be sacrificed and not restored all because of one bar. > > -Mike A. > VIN# still working on that..... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]