My friend's fully restored Delorian DMC12

[Rilot]

My friend has just taken delivery of his Delorian DMC12. It's been fully restored by the top specialist in the UK and has tons of new parts which are now pretty rare.
Total cost of the car + restoration was over £30k but jees, what a head turner.

Pics are courtesy of another friend of mine.

It's amazing how small it is.
It's not had it's cat bypass yet so is a bit down on power. Should be much better once it's done. Although, it's never going to be fast.

More pics here on my buddy's flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/sets/72157622410660232/

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Looks very clean...

Still, heard they were pretty much a horrible car?

 

[Rilot]

Still, heard they were pretty much a horrible car?

Sure, they aren't fast and they don't handle but that's not the point.
He wanted to own a piece of history. He will be driving it regularly too. He's not the kind of guy who buys a car for it to sit in a garage.

 

[fonzee]

larvly.

hope its tucked up at night

wheels look a 'mare to clean

 

[Muffin`]

Thirty thousand Pounds

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Good skills

Thumbs up from me.

 

[Dogbreath]

I bet those gullwing doors are fun in car parks

 

[Muffin`]

He wanted to own a piece of history.

Apart from the car being an icon of Back to the Future - what else is so special about it?

 

[gavindo]

88 mphhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sorry couldnt help it.

 

[Rilot]

Apart from the car being an icon of Back to the Future - what else is so special about it?

It was one man's dream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLorean_DMC-12

Thirty thousand Pounds

He's not short of cash by any strentch of the imagination.

 

[InvaderGIR]

Apart from the car being an icon of Back to the Future - what else is so special about it?

Not loads of them made and the are prone to falling apart and being unreliable...oh wait...you said special...

 

[4T5]

Is that a tear in the bottom left side of the dash lining ???

Pretty unique & if it's what he wants then Good Luck to the man.

 

[Begbie]

No fluc capacitor? Am not interested!


Really though looks awesome!

 

[uv]

Just delicious

you know what needs to be done!

 

[Flibster]

One of the coolest cars ever.

Also, one of the worst handling.

 

[Gaijin]

A lot of money for what is essentially a rubbish, horrible looking car immortalized by a movie trilogy.

Still, each to their own

 

[fonzee]

1. find a railway station packed of people
2. find the nearest crossing, drive there, jack the car up
3. take tyres off
4. drive onto rails
5. drive past station, maybe wear a 80's american baseball jacket, red in colour
6. hope no actual train comes along, use train timetable for 'tips'
7. profit (or die, depending on how 6 goes)

 

[iaind]

Not what I'd spend 30k on but its certainly a nice looking example and definitely different!

 

[Makunouchi]

A lot of money for what is essentially a rubbish, horrible looking car immortalized by a movie trilogy.

Exactly... I don't understand how some people don't seem to be impressed by how awesome this is. Probably because they haven't seen one in the flesh, I saw one in Nevada once and it looked amazing, nothing horrible looking about it at all.

 

[Gaijin]

Thing is I have seen one in the flesh. And it still didn't excite me.