More good press for DeLorean's and their owners I remember seeing it advertised back then in 1989 in Hemmings,the P.O. was asking somewhere in the mid/upper Thirties K's.(when a regular issue "new" D (there were "some" untitled D's still around)were 15K. I noticed in the picture that people had their hands on the panels,(or it seems that way) Just a word of caution: That gold plating is Very fragile(if you notice even at the factory,they had to wear special cotton gloves,and special 'lab coats' and nobody was allowed near the car for fear of rubbing off the 24K plating(they also had a guard protecting it 24/7) From what I understand the 24k cars cannot be driven at high speed (or even in windy conditions)for fear of "sandblasting" parts of the 24k off.(I got this info from one of the most knowledgeable people in the Delorean field,(you deal with him everyday) >From the history I have been made aware of, the panels used on the last VIN were not gold plated by Consolidated. DMC was required as part of the AmEx deal to have a spare set of panels on hand in case one of the owners of the original gold cars needed a replacement panel (due to a fender-bender or whatever). When the factory closed down operations, the set of extra spare gold panels were used to clad the last car,which it so rightly deserved,(and the right thing to do with the panels) instead of the 24K panels being sold possibly piecemeal going to collectors around the globe, hanging in dens/bars Kinda ;like what is happening with a lot of the orignal Delorean Documents. A thought came to mind I wonder IF they never went onto the last D,-- IF DMCH would have gotten them in the deal of buying the inventory. Or if Kapac would have kept those,History will NEVER know. A true piece of history to have either way, and a big(HUGE) kick in the ass,from all the "d" lovers to that IDIOT that Knife scratched the finish on the 24K car. CBL --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michael Babb <mcbabb@xxxx> wrote: > Those links didn't work for me but these did: > > http://www.times- news.com/articles/2005/09/26/sections/regional_news/general/news90.txt > > http://tinyurl.com/a7tmz > > Michael > > > James Espey wrote: > > >DeLorean, couple heading to Ireland, with all expenses paid > >Club picking up tab for trip > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/