Re: [DML] Delorean galvanized frames

["Donald Ekhoff" <ekhoff@xxxx>]

Mike was referring to "Hot dip galvanizing" and this is a molten metal
process. It is like soldering closed all your threaded holes only zinc is
much harder than solder. It is possible to plug during the hot dip process
with hard carbon plugs but it is problematic and time consuming.

Also Mike indicated that the reason for not using Stainless was not cost but
the poor low temperature (-5 degrees C.) crush characteristics of Stainless
in a litigious American market. He indicated that in testing it tended to
fracture which undid the crush zone design.

Donald L. Ekhoff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gutkowski" <webmaster@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean galvanized frames


> Someone asked Mike Loasby this at Eurofest. The reason is that with all
the
> tapped holes in the chassis, it's much easier to plug them with plastic
> plugs, and coat the frame in epoxy (which won't stick to certain
plastics),