Re: Frame issues

["David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

What you are talking about (removing the body, disassembling the 
frame, painting the frame, and reasembling) is a very labor intensive 
(read expensive) operation. In doing this you will come across may 
things that will have to be repaired, replaced or worked on "just 
because you are already there". You will essentially be "restoring" 
the car. I think you would be much better off to keep looking for a 
really clean car where there are no frame issues. It will be less 
costly to overpay for the car up front then to start a project like 
this. Unless you decide to use the car as a daily driver and subject 
it to road salt a frame in good shape will last a very long time if 
used occasionaly and when not used kept in a garage. There are some 
areas of the frame that are "boxed in" and unless you cut holes to 
gain access you can't protect or paint them so just painting the 
outside of the frame isn't enough. It could also be economicaly 
feasable to consider the S/S frame that is available, not only will it 
never rust it doesn't have to be stripped, repaired, or painted ever. 
As for what P J Grady would charge for things that question is best 
asked directly of them and not the DML but I think a job like this is 
going to cost you way more then $5,000 and that doesn't count how long 
it will take and how quick they can even get to start it!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757




--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dmcburn75 <dmcburn75@xxxx>" 
<dmcburn75@xxxx> wrote:
> After looking at many DeLorean's for sale, I think I am going to 
bite
> the bullet and purchase a refurbished car from DMC in TX. I am in 
the
> process of calculating the difference in a refurb or a good daily
> driver. My main concern is the frame. Many cars I have looked at 
have
> had some rust on them, and some very clean. My question to the list 
is
> the idea of coating the frame(por-15). Even If I purchase a great 
car
> with no rust I will want to have the frame coated as I live in the
> northeast. What is the cost to do something like this at a shop like
> PJ Grady's? I am assuming it is fairly labor intensive to seperate 
the
> frame, coat it, then reassemble...am I wrong? If it isnt a five
> thousand dollar job then maybe I will consider that car in great 
shape
> and not a refurb for nearly 40k. Thanks again all!
> 
> -Kirk McLeod