Painted panels
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Painted panels
- From: James Espey <james@xxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:10:47 -0500
On my recent trip to the DeLorean Car Show in Cleveland, I made a
stop at the warehouse in Ohio and made an interesting discovery.
I found two right hand fenders, one with the word "Ditzler" written
in magic marker on the back, and the other with the words "Sherwin
Williams". Note that these are the two companies that submitted
instructions on the proper way to prepare and paint stainless steel
panels. The serivce bulletin also states that sample panels were
submitted. I feel confident that these are those panels.
Each panel "divided" into four sections, with one section being bare
stainless, two other sections bearing some sort of primer, and the
final section being painted black. Chipped paint in the black areas
show primer underneath.
There was some speculation that Ditzler and/or Sherwin Williams had
painted entire cars for their tests. While the general consensus was
that was unlikely, this should push that possibility even further
into the realm of unlikelihood.
Incidentally, the panel that is painted with the tinted clearcoat has
no markings on the back of it that might identify its source. :(
James Espey
DeLorean Motor Company
Houston, Texas
281/568-9573
800/USA-DMC1
http://www.delorean.com
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