I know exactly what you're talking about, Patrick. The first time I noticed that, was when James Espey pointed it out to me on another owner's DeLorean (VIN 789). I'm assuming it was changed to the 1" spine simply for the support/cracking reasons, like you mentioned. I suppose one would need to be a little more gentile opening and closing them. I've only seen that oddity louvre on earlier cars, but I don't know what the cut-off VIN would be. Johnny 5518 AZ-D On 1/14/06, Patrick C. <PRC1216@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Last night while I was at Ken Koncelik's warehouse getting help > repairing my cracked center rib section in my louvres, I noticed how > another owner's car had a different style of louvres completely. The > VIN was a 13xx series, and looking at the louvres from the back, the > center section was very thin. On my louvres, and on all of the > louvres I have seen, the center section has about a 1 inch wide "t" > section branching out from the thin center section (for extra support > I suppose). Does anyone know when they switched louvre styles? It > must be a vin between 1300 and 1880, unless my louvres were replaced > with later style louvres at one point. > > I assume they changed to the beefier center section due to cracking on > the earlier louvres? > > If I had pictures I would post them to explain better what I am trying > to say above, but hopefully it isn't too confusing. > > -Patrick C. > Vin #1880 > [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/