Scrapping SS

[Josh]

I know this will make some people upset, but I have weighed my options.

I have a drivers door that is dented in every possible way, and contains about 20lbs of bondo. I also have the stock muffler which no one seems to be interested in.

These are large items, and in a 22x11 garage they are getting in my way.

So my question is, should I scrap these items? I would probably get about $30, lol. But the real savings is the space I gain. I will probably toss the rest of the exhaust as well.

Scrapping seems like the best idea to me as these items arent really worth anything. Unless someone can come up with a better, less wasteful alternative?

[thirdmanj]

I know this will make some people upset, but I have weighed my options.

I have a drivers door that is dented in every possible way, and contains about 20lbs of bondo. I also have the stock muffler which no one seems to be interested in.

These are large items, and in a 22x11 garage they are getting in my way.

So my question is, should I scrap these items? I would probably get about $30, lol. But the real savings is the space I gain. I will probably toss the rest of the exhaust as well.

Scrapping seems like the best idea to me as these items arent really worth anything. Unless someone can come up with a better, less wasteful alternative?

Practice welding on it and sell it on eBay as "modern art".

[Patrick C]

I hate to see it scrapped, anything is fixable:

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_7_Reskin_Upper_Gullwing.html

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_1_Reskin_Door.html

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_14_Gullwing_Damage_Repair.html

[DMCMW Dave]

Practice welding on it and sell it on eBay as "modern art".

OR cut it into little pieces and sell "authentic DeLorean Stainless" trinkets.

[Josh]

I hate to see it scrapped, anything is fixable:

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_7_Reskin_Upper_Gullwing.html

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_1_Reskin_Door.html

http://www.pjgrady.co.uk//GenericContent.aspx?PageType=Delorean_Repairs&ShowContent=Project_14_Gullwing_Damage_Repair.html

Shipping a door overseas to get chris to fix it will greatly outweigh the cost of a NOS door. I am familiar with PJ Grady Europe and have looked at every single page and picture on that site.

As for welding, I am not yet ready to spring for the trimix gas yet. By the time I buy a bottle and fill it up, I will be out $350. And I still have a mig, which is not as desirable as a TIG when welding this thin SS.

[Shuttleman]

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Welding is just a fraction of the massive amount of work to repair panels. Its without a doubt cheaper to by NOS with all the man hours required to repair one panel.

Look at the time it take in the video for just a small hole in a fender. Now take this to another level by welding multiple patches. There will always be some ripples.

I have professional experience in aircraft sheet metal structure repair and I struggled to get it perfect. Now I'm not a pro welder but I'm getting better.

Now in these pictures you see the first one i did. I learned a lot on what to avoid and where and where to weld to reduce ripples.

First, if you have 2 damages close to each other don't do like I did. Remake a bigger section of the panel instead of welding to patch close together which make twice the weld,heat and distortion.

My best advice to repair a panel is to make your life easier and make one out of two by welding in the middle where the moulding will be. It will require only one weld in only one axis. You want this because when you weld metal expand then shrink a little bit more than it was originally. Also tap on the weld with body hammer and dolly as you go to strech it (this procedure has a name I can't recall).

It is more like a soul searching journey than a practical repair. SO MUCH work involve it almost seem crazy in the middle when you look a all the time you spent on it for a big repair.




Oli

[Josh]

Thanks for the contribution to the thread! Very few people have the skills that you do.

I cant even imagine how much work went into those quarters. I have two passenger rear quarters that I am going to stitch together one day. Just many more pressing issues to tackle first.

[DMCMW Dave]

Also tap on the weld with body hammer and dolly as you go to strech it (this procedure has a name I can't recall).



Back in the old hot-rod days it was just called hammer-welding.

[pezzonovante88]

OR cut it into little pieces and sell "authentic DeLorean Stainless" trinkets.

I like it!

[DMCMW Dave]

I like it!

There is a market out there.

I had a non-owner call us a month or two ago looking for a chunk of stainless of a particular thickness. He had his wedding ring made out of it. Yes, stainless, but DeLorean stainless!

[eagle-co94]

I've got half a dozen panels and was quoted well over the cost of a new panel to repair one of them. I'd say they're worth the most to someone that wants a DeLorean panel as a souvenir, otherwise badly damaged panels are little more than scrap. If/when I have to move I'll probably be recycling my mangled panels as they won't be coming with me.

[Josh]

There is a market out there.

I had a non-owner call us a month or two ago looking for a chunk of stainless of a particular thickness. He had his wedding ring made out of it. Yes, stainless, but DeLorean stainless!

interesting...

[Josh]

I've got half a dozen panels and was quoted well over the cost of a new panel to repair one of them. I'd say they're worth the most to someone that wants a DeLorean panel as a souvenir, otherwise badly damaged panels are little more than scrap. If/when I have to move I'll probably be recycling my mangled panels as they won't be coming with me.

I will most likely do the same. I currently have a damaged panel collection in my attic. Maybe I will just forget them there when i move out, lol.

[jwrayth]

There is a market out there.

I had a non-owner call us a month or two ago looking for a chunk of stainless of a particular thickness. He had his wedding ring made out of it. Yes, stainless, but DeLorean stainless!

Ha, this is something I'm considering. Spare panels are a rarity in the UK though...

[DMCMW Dave]

Ha, this is something I'm considering. Spare panels are a rarity in the UK though...

He got a front fender support strap as is is much thicker metal. Cheap too.

[Shuttleman]

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Example of body panel Section I could use to repair other by welding. In this example the lower front and lower rear can be cut above trim line and ship for cheap. ( picture from Eagle-co94 used for example)