[DML] Re: History Channel Documentory

["DMC Joe" <DMCJOE@xxxx>]

You make it sound as if the engineers knew that the epoxy would crack. At
the time of design the epoxy coating was an excellent idea. It was
discovered, well after the cars were out of production, that under certain
conditions there was a problem with the epoxy.

DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>

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> From: CBL302@xxxx
> 
> In a message dated 11/5/99 8:59:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> RappaRivaRat@xxxx writes:
> 
> << Lotus did not "copy" the Esprit. Lotus had nothing to do with the
design
> of the DeLorean, at lea >>
> I never said the design but the engineering aspects,they dumped the ERM 
> process for they frame engineering,then applied the engineering from the 
> Lotus,which in retrospect was not worth the problems that lotus created
for 
> the Delorean frame(a frame of the thickness of a dime)with epoxy
coating,that 
> when cracked would trap water and moisture and cause the thin frame to
rustup 
> at a alarming rate.
> 
> Claude
> 000570