Re: Gold DeLorean - Plus Torsion Bars

["Jim Reeve" <ultra@xxxx>]

Good eye seeing those sliding windows, but I dont know whats up with 
them either.

I acually have another question spawned upon reading part of the 
article legible in one of the pictures. It said "the doors are 
counterbalanced using cryogenically pre-set stainless steel torsion 
bars". Whats up with this stainless still bit? There was a short 
discussion I brought up a few months ago about this, and I thought it 
was settled that the torsion bars were regular steel. I looked at 
mine, and sure enough, it looks like there is a tad bit of surface 
rust on small parts of them. This almost has me concerned though, if 
the torsion bars will rust, wont that pose a safety hazard considering 
the power stored in them? So perhaps we could get an "offical" word 
on the construction of the torsion bars. Are they regular, or 
stainless?

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC-6960

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> I was looking at an American Express Christmas catalogue (with Gold 
> DeLorean) on Ebay - Item #1123230610.
> I noticed that the car pictured has sliding windows. The gold 
> DeLoreans I have seen all had regular tool booth windows, so whats 
> the story with this car? Was it a fake gold car, a prototype simply 
> painted gold? Where is it now!
> Another question, did DMC make a few sets of spare gold plated 
> panels, or were they all used up in the 3 or 4 that were built?
> Thanks,
> John Dore, Ireland.