So - let this be a
suggestion to DMC Houston (they do have all the spare parts and are the
only ones that have the opportunity to make a new DeLorean if there is
a market for it). I think that as time goes by, more people would want
a "new" model 2001 based on the 1981 DeLorean. DMC Houston has the mold
for the glassfibre underbody, and panels made out of thermoplastic
would be cheap to produce.
>> It's not the rarity of the stainless panels
that prevent the car's re-production.
Hey, maybe you could use the glassfibre underbody
mold to make an underbody of another composite material ( Kevlar/carbonfibre
comes to mind).
>> Yikes! Have you any idea of the COST of
these materials when compared to glass fibre? I've recently been pricing
up carbon fibre panels for the robot, and the LOWEST cost-price quote has
stood at £200/sq_m for 5mm heavy-weave.
This would all make the car very light-weight,
which in turn would make the car faster, even with the standard PRV-V6.
>> Carbon is about half the weight of glass
fibre, but the stainless panels are amazingly light - I guess you've never
had one off your car :-)
Martin
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