Hi. ..How many sets were made?.Thanks
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Hi. ..How many sets were made?.Thanks
Location: Parker, TX
Posts: 731
My VIN: #1283
Club(s): (SCDC) (DCUK)
You are referring to the ones DMCH offered for a while? That offering seems to be cloaked in mystery.
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Adjustable dampers and ride height springs from QA1/DriveStainless; SS triangulated LCA brackets, boxed in LCAs, PU bushings, ventilated front brake rotors - all from DMCEU; UCAs with -3 deg camber from Reid Performance; 15" rear rims x 4
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Location: Stevens Point,WI
Posts: 2,470
My VIN: 6125
I think they only made a couple of prototype sets. They didn't exactly look like the factory wheels, so I don't know how much interest there was at the time.
A while back someone also made some CAD models of larger wheels... I think they were 16 front and 17 rear possibly? Those were more true to the original wheel design, but I don't think anything beyond the CAD rendering was created.
Location: FL
Posts: 948
My VIN: Early
I have a set.
They look like these. I might actually sell them if I don't get them painted.
Early 81 5spd conversion- DMCH Ground Effects, Double Din, Custom Instrument Cluster, QA1 Suspension, 3.0 PRV with MS3
Location: SW FL
Posts: 744
Club(s): (DCF) (DCO) (DCUK)
I may be interested if you decide to part with them.Originally Posted by 81dmc
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Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 461
My VIN: 16506
Club(s): (DCO) (DCUK)
Back in 2012 Cliff Schmucker bought a set from either DMC Europe or Martin Gutwalski if I remember correctly. Either way, they came from Europe and looked more like the stock wheels than the DMCH deep dish 3 piece sets. Like DMCH's very limited run, I think there were only 3 or so sets of these made. I believe they are sill on the car that is now owned by one of Cliff's sons.
I tried to find a pic but couldn't. I'm sure Patrick C has one somewhere.
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1st angle drive - 58,027 miles (20 years) -- original
2nd angle drive - 48,489 miles (21 years) -- original from donor
3rd angle drive - 26,572 miles (2 years 3 months) -- DMCH
4th angle drive - 21,988 miles (1 year 11 months) -- DMCH
5th angle drive - 7,137 miles (10 months 2 days) -- DMCH
6th angle drive - OVER 113,704 miles and counting (OVER 13 yr 1 month & counting) -- new Martin Gutkowski unit
over 245K miles
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 1,147
My VIN: 1880
Club(s): (DCO) (DCUK)
Not the best photos, but here are Martin G’s wheels on Cliff’s car.
Patrick C.
VIN 1880
Location: Stevens Point,WI
Posts: 2,470
My VIN: 6125
Any idea what the specs are those wheels are that Martin G had made? Diameter, width, offset, etc?
Those were the ones I was thinking of before, but it looks like they are 17 front / 18 rear and not 16/17 like I was originally guessing.
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 461
My VIN: 16506
Club(s): (DCO) (DCUK)
I could not find info on them via searching. Not sure if the search feature sucks or if it was back in the dot com days of DMCTalk. His old site (http://www.delorean.co.uk) is no good as it points to DMCH. You could PM him (DCUK Martin) and ask. Looks like he was last on back in Oct 2022.
Shannon Y
www.ohiodeloreans.com
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1st angle drive - 58,027 miles (20 years) -- original
2nd angle drive - 48,489 miles (21 years) -- original from donor
3rd angle drive - 26,572 miles (2 years 3 months) -- DMCH
4th angle drive - 21,988 miles (1 year 11 months) -- DMCH
5th angle drive - 7,137 miles (10 months 2 days) -- DMCH
6th angle drive - OVER 113,704 miles and counting (OVER 13 yr 1 month & counting) -- new Martin Gutkowski unit
over 245K miles
Posts: 1,250
Would be interesting to know if the wheel/tire combo gains or loses weight.
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