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Dec 11, 2006 13:41:07 GMT
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He's mad on them. He spent 5 years or so saving up for that car, then bought it blind over the phone from New York on the basis of a few photos! balls of steel that man. We'd all decided he was just talk with his "I'm going to buy a Delorean" yeah, right Phill... And then he bought one. He's a top bloke.
I know what you mean about the doors though. We were parked in the street and some guy was going to take a photo of it with his phone and Phill was back to the car like a shot and opened up both the doors... LMAO
They convoy into shows with the doors open as well. Maybe at Ali Pally but they do it at pub meets too. Theres his, his girlfriends' and his mates all in the same area. So you may see three in a day round here if you're lucky...
He certinaly uses it though.
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Dec 11, 2006 13:48:23 GMT
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Dec 11, 2006 14:11:55 GMT
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Anyone PCD? Bueller??
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Dec 11, 2006 15:32:20 GMT
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I like movie clone cars - I can see how endless General Lees and Herbies are a pita at a car show but on the street amongst the Vectras and Mondeos I reckon they're pretty cool. I think if they're done right they look good (I'm biased of course because I've got one) and in a car show stick them all next to each other, don't put a General Lee in with the Chargers, stick it next to Starsky's Torino  As I said on the Failures thread, I do love DeLoreans. Wonder what one would look like lowered a bit? Didn't they do the same as the MGB in the 70s - raise the ride height of the front to reach headlight limits? |
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Dec 11, 2006 15:43:16 GMT
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I think some might have been painted origionaly.
I remember about 10 years back, when i really wanted one, i found the actual car frank delorean went to court in, his personal car, for sale somewhere. Cant remember where. It had documented authenticity too.
It was dark red/burgendy colour and had a cream leather interior. It was up for 12K, quite a bit more then a normal delorean at the time.
I guess he probably had it built to his specs, but others may have been ordered that way too, maybe.
I really would own one of these if back to the future hadnt been made, but as it is the constant jokes would wear thin very quickly. Thats the only reason why a replica would be ok, if your constantly asked about your flux capacitor by every passing idiot, you might as well have one!
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Dec 11, 2006 16:03:51 GMT
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i cant get over how unbeleivable cool these cars are, id happily swap every member of my family just to have a ride in one. any takers???
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Dec 11, 2006 16:12:57 GMT
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I spotted this one at a motorway services earlier this year, so cool - I would love one ;D  |
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Dec 11, 2006 16:14:10 GMT
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as of 3 weeks ago ive been living hand to mouth until i can afford one and i also would swap anyone in my house for a delorean, daft sister or hella cool car? no contest really
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Dec 11, 2006 16:16:33 GMT
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I cant get over how unbeleivable cool these cars are, id happily swap every member of my family just to have a ride in one. any takers??? Send photos of your sister and I'll see what I can do  |
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Dec 11, 2006 18:19:11 GMT
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if she was good looking she would of been swapped years ago. she cant even cook, id be luck to get a bag of crisps for her hahaha
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Dec 11, 2006 18:44:39 GMT
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the actual car frank delorean went to court in, Is he Johns brother? |
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Dec 11, 2006 19:00:18 GMT
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apparently they all came from the factory in stainless. Only the gold plated ones were any other finish. Painted ones were all done after sale.
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Dec 11, 2006 19:40:08 GMT
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GoldfingerI do like these but it P*** me off when people think my Sapporo is a Delorean  ejets the lot of them 
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Dec 11, 2006 19:59:18 GMT
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;D ;D Quality referencing ;D I know of 2 Dels in Sheffield - one off Granville Road near the town centre and one owned by a mechanic at the Mercedes Truck reconditioning centre at junction 36 off the M1. The guy in town is in his 40s and still lives with his mum. He bought the car new as a young man and I gather the rest of the lifestyle he imagined would follow didn't happen  He parks it on the street and drives his Reliant Robin as a daily - the Robin is garaged btw ;D  |
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Dec 11, 2006 21:28:18 GMT
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Deloreans are cool. Didnt realise they were worth that much though! And they will only go up!  Well, the wiki page says the suspension was based on the Lotus Esprit, which would make it 4x100 IIRC. But thats not guaranteed, only a guess. |
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Dec 11, 2006 21:33:14 GMT
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never mind the pcd, where do u get a new flux capacitor from?? my local motor factors don't stock em, i know, i called them and asked
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love these, mainly because of the film association and bolting on a flux capacitor is the single most important dehlorean modification |
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