DMC Ltd "owned" the dies - which ultimately meant the Government owned them. They were sold off as scrap to recoup some of the money invested. I think the stories that it was to prevent more DMCs ever being made is a little conspiracy theory-esq. After all it only takes a CAD package and a few grand to have any die you like made. Rich H DOC 365 VIN 1274 -----Original Message----- From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stian Birkeland Sent: 05 October 2005 21:49 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [doc] Manufacturer of stainless steel panels AFAIK, the German manufacturer/stamper of the body panels was called Lapple. I believe the do/did body panels for most European cars. I don't think they shipped the panels all the way from Germany. I think Lapple had a subsidiary in Ireland that made them for DMC Ltd. That makes sense when you think of the presses being sold off to a local scrap yard, then used as anchors for fish farms in Galway Bay. Lapple hadn't any more use for them since DMC Ltd. went bankrupt. Yet it still surprises me when I hear this story. Why didn't Lapple look into the option of producing spare panels or take on other offers, or auction them off? Something fishy there I believe...and how "convenient" this must have been for the Government, ensuring that no more DeLoreans ever be made! What I would like to know is this - who OWNED the stamping dies? Lapple or DMC Ltd? If it was DMC Ltd. then in the end it was the Government who could do with them whatever they wanted. It was their property. Shame really... Best wishes Stian Birkeland Norway VIN # 06759 --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chris Hawes" <chris@xxxx> wrote: > I believe the company that manufactured the stainless steel panels was > German. At least one of the wing's on display was from the Audi 100 of the > time. The reason if I remember from something I read is that the panels > were for experimentation of Stainless steel, aluminium and various brushed > effect finishes. > > Regards, > > Chris Hawes > > > -----Original Message----- > From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Paul Reed > Sent: 04 October 2005 20:49 > To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [doc] Video Of Factory.... > > Didn't notice that. 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