I could be wrong but IIRC: James said it takes about 30 days to strip down an existing car and prep the molded body to be re-built. It would be easier to use the molds to create new fiberglass bodies and start from the ground up. According to some statement of law or something...... A certain percentage of the car has to be original to use the original VIN plate from a donor car. Hence they would be sold as "Kit cars" with no VINs Hurray to my warehouse tour group for asking many questions on this topic. :) Kevin Abato Vin# 16680 www.grenexmedia.com -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Levy Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 2:36 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [DML] Re: DMC in the news Something here still does not make sense.. if there are all of these "donor" cars out there that DMCH can get fenders and bars from, they can also take the whole car (including the VIN plate) and rebuild the car using a real VIN instead of a "kit" car. Build a "new" car around a vin plate, unless there is an expectation that the new "kit" cars will have more value than a real DeLorean? (BTW, Since the 1983 DeLoreans are "kit" cars we should come up with a new name for these proposed DMCH cars! LOL!) ----- Yes Ken, I am JOKING. I can see it now; "For sale: Driver side torsion bar and fender for a DeLorean!!! Car included for free." [moderator snip] 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/