Yes Gerrard, I think you are right in every respect. The reason we made our event follow on directly after Eurofest was so that any foreign visitors could take in both events it they liked. Indeed we do have three Americans coming along. Anyway, I hope you have a good time. Regarding Lotus/Chapman and DeLorean, they may have been brilliant engineers, but they both knew how to look after number 1, mostly at the company's expense. Regards ? Chris P DOC 2. ? ? -----Original Message----- From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mcstockerg@xxxxxxx Sent: 19 May 2006 22:27 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [doc] secretary Delorean.co.uk Hi Chris, I read with interest that you wrote without Lotus engineering there would have been no production of the Delorean car.. Yes that is true Chris, but did you ever think about the possibily that the huge cost of the necessary Lotus engineering, because of the short design period set by the government, may have also been a major factor in the failure of the car? Regarding no one from N. Ireland attending the Lotus event I can say that I am an owner and would have been very anxious to attend the event but as it was organised a week after Eurofest and the 25th anniversary of the plant it was too much to organise in a fortnight. It is a pity you are not attending Eurofest as I am sure it will be a great event but probably like me, two Delorean events in a fortnight is just too much. Regards G. Mc Stocker vin3302 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/