Re: DeLorean Dies

[jtrealty@xxxx]

Forget about the dies! It is a lot less work to repair a mangled panel 
then to recreate a new one. Besides the dies you would need a press 
big enough to put them in and they aren't cheap. A good "Metal Man" 
can straighten out something most would consider junk. Right now 
enough panels are around so it isn't worth the time but someday it 
will be worth repairing anything. In the event someone MUST recreate a 
panel it is done on what is called a "Bucking Block". This is 
esentially a wooden form and the panel is beaten over it. This is how 
prototyping is done and you can make a small number of panels before 
you destroy the mold. If anyone has damaged panels I encourage you to 
save them because as I said at some point in the future it will be 
economical to repair instead of replace so there will be a larger 
market even for damaged panels. The potential market for panels is 
small and diminishing but there is always the "totaled" car that still 
has some value in the undamaged parts. It will never be profitable to 
make NEW panels for the Delorean as the demand is too small. If a car 
is damaged the owner always has the option of using filler and 
painting the whole car. In recovering the dies there would also be the 
ugly queestion of legal ownership.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, rpeckhoff@xxxx wrote:
> List,	
> I read the site on DMC news about the delorean dies being 
dumped as
> anchors in ards bay for a fish farm. I was wondering what those 
dies
> were made out of and how feasible it would be to 'borrow' the dies
> back. Of course replace them with cement blocks.
> How feasible would it be for anyone who knows anything about 
the
> production process to refurbish the dies. Is it possible? Why 
would
> I want to do this? Because it is there. Because it would make it
> possible for anyone to make the firestar 500 (The modernized
> delorean.) It would make it much harder to get those rare quarter
> panels. We could make new doors.
> So my main question is: If those dies were brought up would 
they be
> any good?
> I've got some connections with groups that owe me a favor. 
The
> DeLorean community might benefit by getting those back.
> 
> Rob