Re: [DML] Re: What to call the Scuba Show... Diving for Deloreans?

[Chris Murley <qumefox@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Teitelbaum wrote:

>The body dies have more of a historical significance than anything
>else. Even if they could be recovered in usable condition there will
>never be enough of a need to actually use them. When you consider what
>the press time, set-up time, cost of materiel and everything else that
>would go into it would cost it is not economically feasable for them
>to be used. You can't just make a dozen panels and stop, you would
>have to make many and who would put that kind of money into an
>inventory item that would move so slow? It makes more sense to buy a
>cheap, damaged Delorean and strip the panels off of it. Or repair a
>damaged panel. BTW even damaged dies *can* be fixed up but it comes
>down to economics. Unless you were going to make hundreds of panels it
>just doesn't make sense. Panels can be made by hand. It is time
>consuming (read expensive), but still cheaper than using the dies. In
>fact that is how prototype parts are made before making production dies.
>David Teitelbaum
>vin 10757
>
>
>
I'm not really so sure about this. If the left front fender dies were
made available again that part alone would probably be cost effective
enough to reman a few hundred of them. Granted they would still be quite
expensive, at least they wouldn't be so rare. The other panels, your
right. They are available enough as it is on the NOS/used markets not to
be worth the cost.


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Chris
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