Hi Rich, I'm a bit confused by your email - are you asking me if the part was vented in any way? Unfortunately I don't know anything about this part except for having noticed it in a few pictures of pre-production cars, so I'm looking for information on this part too. I understand the difference you are trying to point out between pre- production cars and engineering cars. But the reason I called this a pre-production car is the fact that this picture appears to have been taken at Lotus in England. Also, it has sliding windows which I thought makes it a pre-production car. And, side marker lights at the very back of the rear fender, touching the fascia. Would this not make it a pre-production car? It does in my book! Regards, John --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "d_rex_2002" <rich@xxxx> wrote: > > John and others, > > This is a great example of a pre-production part. Was the test > part "vented" in any way, with holes or slots? Any close photos? > > With this topic at hand, I would like to mention that there were > many pre-production or test production parts that were fitted to > several dozen early Deloreans, designated as "engineering cars", > but even with these parts, they are not pre-production DeLoreans. 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/