Hey guys If Houston made 500 new deloreans, what about the VIRM underbodies? I presume they require molds to create, and it looked like a pretty fancy manufacturing process to piece it all together. Could Houston bear the cost of making molds and dies for the panels and the underbody for just 500 cars? my 2 cents Eric Itzel Vin #04433 ----- Original Message ----- From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans > For a limted run, things probably are not as gloomy as they look. The main > thing of course is yes, DMCH would need to be able to issue new VIN#'s. > What that costs, I've no idea, so I'm not even going to begin to speculate. Body > dies are of no concern. Less expensive dies can be created for limited > production runs of body panels, and the cost of things such as torsion bars > would help to be absorbed by the sale of new cars. > > Crash testing shouldn't b e a problem. From what I have heard, if the > production #'s are low enough, then the testing is not required. And even if it > was, only 1-2 cars would need to be sacrificed. EPA testing is no problem > either. If the car uses a motor which has already been tested by the EPA, then > only a limited milage test would be nessisary for that particular application of > the motor within a specific vehicle. Just like the original DMC-12 did with the > PRV. > > Speaking of the PRV, I don't think that it will be reused in the DeLorean. It is a > good motor, I like it, and if massaged and reworked properly, then it has great > potential as a powerful engine. In addition, it has been advanced quite a bit > since 1982. Not couting the fact that it isn't widley used here across the pond, > it still has the stigma of only being a V-6. To really stay competative with other > supercars in it's class (which is what this new car will most likely end up > being), then it will need at bare minimum a V-8 powerplant. Preferably with > some sort of forced induction. And if Houston isreally good, then they'll also > make this same motor available to existing DMC-12's as well! =) The price > range too I would imagine to be somewhere in the $80K+ range. > > As far as keeping old designs, I don't think this will be a problem at all. We've > now got 22+ years or re-engineering experience behind us, so I have a gut > feeling that reliability will very much be apart of this car (although I'm sure that > new parts will be introduced, not just old recycled ones). However, only one > single quesion remains: Will VIRM still be used to make the new underbodies, > and if so, are there any liciencing restrictions from Lotus (or their owners and > affiliates) that will need to be overcome? > > -Robert > vin 6585 "X" > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >