This is a great topic Ugly undercoating YES even I agree with Dave that the cars that have no undercoating are more shall we say awe inspiring and it was for that reason I brought a non undercoated car to the last concours. BUT and this is a big BUT IT takes a lot more to keep an undercoated car looking nice than it does a non undercoated one. I spent much much more time cleaning Gigawat vs any other non undercoated car. In my case however the undercoating is preserving the zinc plating much better than a non undercoated car. So for that reason it has its advantages. As far as daily drivers I see very little difference in rust of undercoated vs non undercoated cars. I think they tried something that did not work The 83 that I am driving now (not Gigawat and maybe the raffle car) had undercoating and it had rust. Its repaired now and the whole frame redone with POR 15 tinted to match the epoxy and it looks awesome so I am happy with that and the car will not be re-undercoated. I undercoated the last raffle car and now wish I had not although it came out real clean the shocks and springs looked a lot nicer shiny than the dull undercoat color. But that can be removed. Anyway this "attitude" towards undercoated cars I have been championing the cause for quite a few years now and I am glad to see I am now not alone. All said The DeLorean is unique and these weird versions make the car interesting despite the fact that to the average viewer they are all the same I had 11 at one time and I could tell them all apart just by looking at them All the same but all different. See you in Houston Maybe Undercoating will truimph this time LOL Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/