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Yet Another DMC-Echem Connection

The following note showed up in my email inbox. I enjoyed it, and think that you might find it interesting too. 



"Years ago I had a DeLorean on order. When the car came in I was not totally pleased with the quality, and decided to wait for another car. In the meantime DeLorean R&D was pursuing other colors for the car, and had at least a couple of "mules" equipped with twin turbos to help the breathing. I also remember a car painted red, but it was somewhat difficult and expensive to get the paint to adhere to the stainless steel panels. (I also remember a DeLorean that was brush plated with gold, but I don't believe it was a DMC project.)"

Note: This refers to the two American Express cars that were gold plated for AMEX for a promotion. Click here for Tamir's info on these and another gold D, or check out my pictures of the gold D at the Petersen Museum.

"At the time I ran a plating facility and one of our available finishes was black chrome. We plated up a couple of front fenders for the R&D group out in Newport Beach (if memory of the location serves me correctly). The finish turned out nicely, and I told them the black chromium also served as a suitable primer for paint application if desired, due to the microporous nature of the oxidized chromium.

"They liked the panels so I decided to wait further on delivery in hopes of a twin turbo with black chrome panels plated in our facility. Within just a few days the DeLorean/drug arrest helped seal the fate of the DMC and the rest is history." 

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Thanks to Lawson Huntley, both for the email, and also for allowing me to post it here.

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