RE: [doc] Manufacturer of stainless steel panels

["Richard Hutchinson" <dickyh11@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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. Was the factory just Deloreans or did they 
> fabricate panels for other cars?
> 
> --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mike Sumner <mikebmw316@xxxx> wrote:
> > The footage is very interesting, but I'm intrigued as to what car 
> the body panels that are wheeled across the floor are for because 
> they are clearly not for the DeLorean.
> >  
> > Regards,
> >  
> > Mike Sumner - 178
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> > 
> > Mike Bosworth <mike.bosworth@xxxx> wrote:
> > In case you missed it on the DML check this Out..
> > 
> > http://www.dmc-delorean.de/videos/dmcfabrik.wmv
> > 
> > 
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