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    Taken in the training building. Brendan Mackin is on John's left
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    Quote Originally Posted by nick sutton View Post
    Taken in the training building. Brendan Mackin is on John's left
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    Thanks Nick. Adding a couple more (sorry, the second photo is very low resolution)

    The first one has Gene Cafeiro on the right. Any clue on the others?

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    The second one has Mike Loasby? (wearing the tie) Any clue on the others?

    Factory-ML.jpg

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    What is the fixture & fitting with the DMC logo in the back ground? And what became of them when the factory closed and do any exist today?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich W View Post
    Thanks Nick. Adding a couple more (sorry, the second photo is very low resolution)

    The first one has Gene Cafeiro on the right. Any clue on the others?

    Factory-GC.jpg


    The second one has Mike Loasby? (wearing the tie) Any clue on the others?

    Factory-ML.jpg
    Gene is clearly in posing mood. The other two people are probably high profile visitors. Not factory workers. The other photo with Mike - I have no idea and neither does Phyllis, Both photo graphs were taken in the training building.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nick sutton View Post
    Taken in the training building. Brendan Mackin is on John's left
    Nick
    And I remember seeing Brendan Mackin in at least two documentaries; "Car Crash" and "Our Century".
    Now, the gentleman on John's right? Who is he? I've seen also seen him in DMC documentaries...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMCNI View Post
    What is the fixture & fitting with the DMC logo in the back ground? And what became of them when the factory closed and do any exist today?
    I believe those things helped cure the fiberglass underbodies. Seems like they were some sort of oven?
    Louie Golden

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    Cheers Louie, I had a suspicion they might have been something related to drying out the fibreglass.

    If they did blow out air it cant have been that warm as I've seen tv footage if people walking under them and pushing the bodyshells...unless they were turn off at certain times of the day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMCNI View Post


    What is the fixture & fitting with the DMC logo in the back ground? And what became of them when the factory closed and do any exist today?
    This is likely to be the curing oven. The structure is 100 feet in length. You can just see the lozenge shape entry at the far end of the structure. The black bodies were conveyed on a moving track. The photograph was taken during the start-up phase of the company the oven was unlikely to be operating at the time of the photograph. I’ll get confirmation of these facts later this week – If I’m wrong I’ll let you know – but I believe I am correct. The oven – as with all other factory contents was sold in the factory auction organised by the liquidators Henry Butcher and sons.
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    The oven ended up being offered for sale recently on the Irish forum, I think it was used as a spray booth up until recently, looks like tie is still in good shape...

    http://delorean.ie/forum/viewtopic.p...034&hilit=Oven

    Pic attached also.

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    Factory Photos

    Gentlemen thank you for the information, its greatly appreciated.

    Good to see the oven was/is still about after all these years

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