Re: [DML] : Re: A one off factory Delorean W/a SS frame (Was Delorean galvanized frames/

["Donald Ekhoff" <ekhoff@xxxx>]

Too bad "Core-10" wasn't tried. It is a steel alloy available at that time
that has only one oxidation state. It was developed for steel bridges and
such where painting was undesirable or impractical. It has a very low
nickel content that allows it to rust and than stabilize with one molecule
of iron associated with one molecule of oxygen. Normal rust propagates
because of a never ending conversion of FeO into Fe2-O3 and the cycle just
keeps on repeating without forming a stable oxide layer. Core-10 stopped
with a dark brown layer that never went any deeper. It is relatively cheap,
is weldable and would not have had the low temperature fracture problems.
Silly thoughts at this point.

Eurofest inspired me to go start my "Hanger Queens" that haven't been run in
5-10 years. Of the three in question, all had air in the tires, all fluids
appeared up and clean and the #1 fired off and ran beautifully. No cold
hunt or anything. Lets hope #2 & #3 will repeat tomorrow! One thing I did
was to fully fill the gas tanks. I was told that gas will not go bad if
deprived of atmospheric oxygen. An empty tank breaths and has a large
surface exposure to atmospheric oxygen. A full tank does not, especially if
it can be filled up into the filler neck. This might help out someone else
down the line. I suspect the same would be true for the brake fluid.

Donald L. Ekhoff


----- Original Message -----
From: "CBL302" <CBL302@xxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:02 PM
Subject: [DML] : Re: A one off factory Delorean W/a SS frame (Was Delorean
galvanized frames/


>
> : "Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx> Wrote:
> Subject: Re: Delorean galvanized frames
>
> According to Mike Loasby, one of the senior engineers at the factory, they
> did trials on a galvanized chassis frame, they liked everything except
that
> some of the threaded holes needed to be re-tapped out again, because of
zinc
> build up. This slowed down the production process too much..see his
> technical video produced following the 1997 Eurofest.