A few years back, James posted to this list that the "test panel... with several patches of different color paint" was not paint. It was colored tape. --- David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As a point of fact the factory was involved in the > painting of > Deloreans. There is a procedure that was circulated > on a method of > painting the stainless steel. There was a test panel > that was in the > wharehouse in Ohio with several patches of different > color paint on > it. There were plans to offer a "color change" to > owners. You would > bring the car to a dealership and pick it up the > next day with > different panels bolted on, trading in the old > panels for painted ones > (or a different color). There are no "known" factory > painted cars. > Just about all Deloreans that are painted can be > accounted for by > either the selling dealership painting the car in > the hope of selling > it quicker or a body shop after repairing body > damage with filler and > painting the whole car to cover it up. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com 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/