Re: [DML] Delorean in People Magazine

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

John,

I think your interpretation of events is a bit "over simplified", if you
read ALL the books available on the subject, and were around at the time,
following events from this side of the Atlantic, you may have come to a more
"balanced" view of events.
Very few people who worked at the factory think it all failed simply because
of some government inspired conspiracy.

I think it has been established that the moulds were sent to a scrap yard
( in the normal way if a company goes bust and everything has to cleared
out) then when the fishing people came along looking for big heavy chunks on
metal to weight their nets, hay presto...they bought them. ....no
conspiracy..just normal business practice.

Poor financial control, and over-optimistic sales predictions are hardly
ever mentioned as important factors in the companies demise.

Whatever your take on past events is, the fact remains that had the factory
survived and prospered, and produced many more cars, then our few remaining
one's would not be as rare, desirable and collectable as they undoubtedly
are.

I love the car and the notoriety that surrounds it.

BTW....BTTF 1 was shown last night in the UK ( again) and has anyone ever
noticed that when the car first "flies off" it has 3 amber door lights, but
when it lands later some of them turned red.

Chris P..... England ( personal view).


----- Original Message -----
From: <deloreanss@xxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean in People Magazine


> Mike,
>
> I wanted to chime in about the molds for the Delorean's body. The way
I understand it is that when JZD came out of his first round of legal
battles he made mention of re-starting the company. What to keep in mind
here is that the conservative party in Britain (the Torries) is the main
reason for the initial collapse of the company. The Delorean project was a
pet of the Labour party government which approved the massive loans to DMC
in order to create jobs in Belfast. This program was one of the few that was
actually turning a profit for the government when the switch took place in
'81 from Labour to Conservative. So, the conservative party, wanting to rid
itself of any labour party programs (successful or not), basically reneged
on the loans to DMC. This forced the whole money scramble, which led to the
entrapment of JZD. Thus, back to the mention of restarting the company, when
JZD mentioned another attmept, the British gov't took the molds and sold
them to a fishing comp!
> any. The company used the molds
> as weights for fish nets and the are at the bottom of Galloway bay,
completely ruined. So this is why there are no new fenders and such. A
company in Europe bought and old ferry boat, an in the process of restoring
it, they discovered actual pictures of the molds being pushed into the bay
off of that boat! I can't find the URL, but those pictures are posted
somewhere. Maybe someone else knows it? Anyway, that's the way I think it
went.
>
> John Weaver
> DMC #10527
>
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