Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans

[<eric@xxxx>]

Hey guys

If Houston made 500 new deloreans, what about the VIRM underbodies? I
presume they require molds to create, and it looked like a pretty fancy
manufacturing process to piece it all together. Could Houston bear the cost
of making molds and dies for the panels and the underbody for just 500 cars?

my 2 cents

Eric Itzel
Vin #04433


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From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans


> For a limted run, things probably are not as gloomy as they look. The main
> thing of course is yes, DMCH would need to be able to issue new VIN#'s.
> What that costs, I've no idea, so I'm not even going to begin to
speculate. Body
> dies are of no concern. Less expensive dies can be created for limited
> production runs of body panels, and the cost of things such as torsion
bars
> would help to be absorbed by the sale of new cars.
>
> Crash testing shouldn't b e a problem. From what I have heard, if the
> production #'s are low enough, then the testing is not required. And even
if it
> was, only 1-2 cars would need to be sacrificed. EPA testing is no problem
> either. If the car uses a motor which has already been tested by the EPA,
then
> only a limited milage test would be nessisary for that particular
application of
> the motor within a specific vehicle. Just like the original DMC-12 did
with the
> PRV.
>
> Speaking of the PRV, I don't think that it will be reused in the DeLorean.
It is a
> good motor, I like it, and if massaged and reworked properly, then it has
great
> potential as a powerful engine. In addition, it has been advanced quite a
bit
> since 1982. Not couting the fact that it isn't widley used here across the
pond,
> it still has the stigma of only being a V-6. To really stay competative
with other
> supercars in it's class (which is what this new car will most likely end
up
> being), then it will need at bare minimum a V-8 powerplant. Preferably
with
> some sort of forced induction. And if Houston isreally good, then they'll
also
> make this same motor available to existing DMC-12's as well! =) The price
> range too I would imagine to be somewhere in the $80K+ range.
>
> As far as keeping old designs, I don't think this will be a problem at
all. We've
> now got 22+ years or re-engineering experience behind us, so I have a gut
> feeling that reliability will very much be apart of this car (although I'm
sure that
> new parts will be introduced, not just old recycled ones). However, only
one
> single quesion remains: Will VIRM still be used to make the new
underbodies,
> and if so, are there any liciencing restrictions from Lotus (or their
owners and
> affiliates) that will need to be overcome?
>
> -Robert
> vin 6585 "X"
>
>
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