Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans
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Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans



houston has one of these VARI molds to make the underbody.

mark


eric@xxxx wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>
> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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