I made a pilgrimage to the Lotus factory in Norwich, England about a dozen years ago. I was hoping to get a factory tour but was they were suspended because of a high security consulting job they had going. As I had nothing to do with what remained of the day I had scheduled, I just hung out in the area. At dinner I mentioned to a friendly chap at the next table my plight. Turns out he worked at the factory in the paint and body finishing department. We talked for about two hours about his experiences and in particular the DeLorean experience. He stated that the cars you mention were deskined and reskined in stainless (once skins were available) for checking panel fit, on the road chassis testing and inspection of resulting wear and tear, training aids, crash testing and ultimatly disposal. He stated that they had just a few months prior been instructed to throw quite a sizeable pile of these fiberglass DeLorean panels away as they had set around for years and were of no value. Also the molds made for their production were thrown away at the same time. I couldn't get much of a read as to what he thought of the DeLorean experience as it related to Lotus Cars, but I did get an ear full regarding VAT Tax (All negative). Don Ekhoff Vin 6543 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Elgersma" <delorean@xxxx> Subject: [DML] Fiberglass Lotus Deloreans > I am reposting this message as there must be somebody out there with > information: > I noted a picture in Stainless Steel Illusion, page 113, that 18 test > vehicles with fiberglass panels were built by Lotus. Are these orange > Deloreans still in existence or where they scraped??