"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." |
If you are interested in painted or colored
DeLoreans, take a look at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/deloreans/
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