TIFF

Watched a program about them last night on BBC2, what a story from start to finish

TBH i think they look pretty cool

Mid engine and RWD too, someoen should stick a cossie lump in one

Franco

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There's a bloke in Stevenage near my missus house.....


He's got 5 of the buggers!!!!!!!

I'll drive round his street every once in a while for a butchers!

Physio

They done a ltd edt model that came with a flux capacitor

mattbibs

my mate emailed a Delorean parts centre in the states saying they needed a replacement flux capaciter! he got one back saying the were out of stock and weren't expecting any in the near future!!

would love to have one of these tho!

wayniac

aint theses the fookers that are stainless steel ?

TIFF

Yes mate, there the fookers

Made in Ireland too

EscortWRC

Absolute JUNK

A friend of mine is one of the few people in the Seattle area that will even touch the mechanicals (Bosch K-Jet....YUK)

They are basically a collection of parts from the 'Big 3' with a stainless body.

I guess the line between 'visionary' and 'complete idiot' depends on which side you stand. I think JZD was a complete idiot. Lost it all to cocaine.

Oranoco

But the stainless steel construction made the dispersal from the flux capcitor better

Rare cars. with a certain something

Franco mate you in my neck of the woods then over in the Nidge?

xr4x4rs

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its a shame they use a peugeot engine and i think mk1 cortina brakes

so the gezzer said on the program last nite

he managed to get sum funds out the goverment though

still a nice car never have to worry about the thing rusting

they didnt even paint them did they?

Anonymous

Was a real shame they were launched just as america (target audience for it) had a massive sudden recession in the car market.

TIFF

A couple have been painted, even an AJ-Spec one too

whitneyd

One was made gold plated. It's in a museum somewhere. It's also a little known fact that a lot of them caught fire.

rs_daz

I recon they look like the vw scirocco.

But i like them .theres one around the Cheltenham area which appears sumtimes

EscortWRC

The bodies don't rust....but the frames do, just like any other car

whitneyd

They look like old Lancia Monte Carlos and I hate the rims.

TIFF

Rhys

GEt the buffer out!

MWF

There is a red one floating about which looks lovely, I think they still look great.

I saw the program too, it was pretty cool.

Lee_R21Turbo

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....and they use the same Renault UN1 gearbox as a 21turbo!!!

TIFF

The Alpine Box

Lee_R21Turbo

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Yup - Alpine box is identical to look at except the ratios differ slightly!!

mintyfresh

Thats the same box as in some lotus esprit's i believe.

Billabong

Someone wanted to part ex one against my previous EsCos

CliffRS4

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Roads , where were going we don't need roads

Went to Universal studios in September

edd

dude up the road is re-building one said its a pile of shite in truth, but people like to see rare cars out and about.

Lee_R21Turbo

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Yup...correct! Quite a popular box in all honesty - alot of people use them for kit cars & replicas!!

MWF

Yeah I saw a lambo replica which used a V8 and a 21 turbo gearbox.

markk

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yes - ive got one in my car !!!


this guy delorean,was a fookin good business man really, but was too nice for his own good so im told, paye dthe workers , looked after his staff, till he had nothing left and turned to drugs, he managed to get millions from governments , so he must be good !

BillyCabrio

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I think theres a fella from the UK Fiesta Network who's got one, he turned up at Basildon FLP one day in it - putting the flames out was a bit of a bugger tho!

And one passed me yesterday in Dartford, i nearly stacked it into the car in front from where i was stareing soooo much.

MWF

A collegue of mine used to work for Rover and they employed one of the MD's from Delorean when it folded. The guy claimed that the tooling used to build he car bodies were sold to a fisherman which he used to teather bouys in the Irish sea. Possibly still there now.

Phil

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The only thing going for them for me was the Back to the Future connection

Lee_R21Turbo

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What car is it in....not the Sierra in the sig??