Poor John Delorean, he needed cash to finance his new car company, so he came up with the great idea of cocaine trafficing to raise the money he needed. Even though he was acquited of all drug and security fraud charges, the damage was already done.
in article NWU%d.9648$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com, B a r r y at keep_it_in_the_newsgroup snipped-for-privacy@thankyou.com wrote on 3/22/05 5:18 AM:
"Co-ocaaaiiiiine, running all 'round my brain...."
-jeff
No, they have aluminum skins recycled from tin cans, and the frames are pot-metal. They did some of their "professional-grade" engineering in order to use pot-metal for frames, and they seem to have pulled it off but it's a house of cards and those things will be breaking in half when the metal fatigue sets in.
Here's a link that has spy pics and everything of how Hummers are REALLY built:
Not that the drivetrains are any betterthan the frames and bodies; those engines they put in 'em are good for 100K miles tops. They did osme wierd stuff with the block metallurgy:
and tuned that POS engine to within an inch of it's life, clearly proven by these links:
http:/hummersareabsurd/buyajeepnext/time.com and the axles are comical:
http:/mywinchwon' snipped-for-privacy@youaretoobig.com ;-)
-jeff
in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, Raksashan at snipped-for-privacy@not-a-chance-in-hell.org wrote on 3/22/05 6:29 PM:
It works for governments!
Barry
Saw an ad once for the "John DeLorean School of Creative Financing"
Rich, Going down on a real deep dive (whatever depth that would be) and having the aluminum tank crack would sure excercise the sphinctrer muscles. :-o davidj92
Just FYI... It is aluminum. I know, I drove one for 4 years in the Marines. They are made aluminum so that when dropped on chutes from helicopters their bodies absorb the 10+ foot hard fall.
Actually, government undercover agents suggested the smuggling idea, that's why he was found not guilty. Here was a guy with a dream, looking for investors. Was he innocent? Maybe not. But he was led down the path. The government set him up & video taped it. I'm sure they edited the stuff to their advantage. Still, no smuggling ever occured, and a jury wasn't convinced by a long shot. Took 'em about a day to find him not guilty.
Exactly the same conspiracy between the government and big business that occured when Preston Tucker built a better product.
Generally not a problem. As you descend, the relative pressure differential drops (though not by much... only about 100 or so psi at 200ft, but the problem is during filling, when the pressure is being ramped up AND adiabatic heating is bringing the cylinder up into the 100^f range.... 150^f+ if the shop monkey doesn't take his time.
--- Rich
Actually, the body was glass-reinforced plastic (fiberglass) with a high quality SS304 brushed stainless steel skin. The stainless steel was never more than a veneer- think of it being in lieu of paint, not as the body panels themselves. And though it won't 'rust' it will still corrode and oxidize given the proper circumstances ('rust' is a color, 'oxidation' is what is actually happening when iron containing metals go all brownish and crumbly.) So it's just more resistant, not impervious.
Numerous problems and cost. I'd like to know why they don't use that RhinoLiner paint on the body panels...in 2 car collisions, the cars would just bounce off each other without a scratch! ;)
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