Delorean badge on bonnet

[wes1981]

I my search for a delorean I have seen models with the name badge on the bonnet, how come some have this and others don't?

[Domi]

Only the '83 models will have the emblem on the hood, it's production change.
You can see it here:
http://www.babbtechnology.com/thecar/Pr ... /index.htm

[Rissy]

...yeah, it's funny isn't it.

Although there are other stories, apparently as time goes on, the more official and accepted reason for the gas flap removal was down to management not liking the fact that it removed from the cars symmetry...

So to make up for it, they put an aerial and a bonnet badge on the LHS of the car instead of having a gas flap...!?

Nice move guys (thumbs up) :?

[stunned_monkey]

Am emblem is hardly the same as a chunk taken out of the bodywork. The aerial they also got rid of as it looked naff (something about which we can all agree I think).

[marwood82]

Mines an 82 and has the hood emblem. But then mines a middle east car and they tend to be a bit 'pot luck' when it comes to parts

[flux3d]

Recently, at the Coventry Festival of Motoring, I had the pleasure of meeting Barry Wills, Director of Purchasing at DMC. I asked him about the changes in the hood design. Hi answer was very straight forward, and seems to make sense.

He said the gas flap was removed because it was decided that it detracted from the symmetry of the hood design. It also required additional tooling and work within the factory, and in a bid to reduce costs and production time it was ditched.

The move from the second version of the hood, no gas flap but with groves, to a flat hood and the delorean logo, was for a similar reason. The company pressing the stainless panels advised that this "grove " in the hood with result in more frequent tool and die failure. The raised section needed to form this grove was wearing at a far greater rate than the rest of the pressing tool, therefore it was also scrapped.

I'd take this as the definitive explanation. After all, he would know if anyone would.

Mark