I believe Consolidated wanted the dies so they could resume production in the US, thus the one-way trip to the sea. I even remember a newspaper article from the mid-80's about someone diving to look at them, but the recovery cost was deemed too high. Even if Stephen Wynne had pristine dies sitting in the warehouse, I doubt he would be stamping more parts. He DOES have the fiberglass molds and could theoretically make more bodies. The only purpose for the dies would be to make hundreds of panels, and the only reason to do that is to resume production. DMCH could actually produce a small number (500 or less) of "new" cars with minimal bureaucratic entanglements but it doesn't seem cost effective when they can easily start with a donor car and do a frame-up rebuild. There are low-volume auto manufacturers out there, if you've got the cash: http://panozauto.com http://www.saleen.com I'm surprised JZD didn't try going that route instead of trying to start another high-volume car company. Gus Schlachter VIN #4695 Austin, Texas [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/