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Inside the Car Company That's Resurrecting the DeLorean
Popular Mechanics ^
| Jan 18, 2019
| Matt Blitz
Posted on 01/20/2019 7:09:01 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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To: Rebelbase
“Why don’t you make like a tree....and get out of here!”
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posted on
01/20/2019 8:33:11 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Bullish
My neighbor’s in-laws owned one.
Was given the opportunity to drive it.
What a lousy driving/handling vehicle.
Just sayin’.
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posted on
01/20/2019 8:55:30 PM PST
by
mcmuffin
(Jan. 20, 2017, Thank God!)
To: UCANSEE2
Good point, but why? They always looked like a rolling dustpan to me.
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posted on
01/20/2019 9:09:37 PM PST
by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man.)
To: Redcitizen
If brand new Deloreans come off the assembly line with everything LOOKING IDENTICAL but with improved everythings, I guarentee one of the most prosperous ventures ever in automotive history.
With BTTF clips, stills and inuendos, the car will sell just because of the magic of Back To The Future.
Imagine they DO use the word(s) "flux capacitor" in their advertising !!
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posted on
01/20/2019 9:52:10 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
To: Zhang Fei
While looking at the pictures of the Delorean I noticed the back end reminded me of of a 1994-2004 Mustang. Do you see it too?
Even the earlier Foxbody style has a resemblance.
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posted on
01/20/2019 9:56:20 PM PST
by
Boomer
( Leftism is toxic poison to a free society.)
To: knarf
They do look great to me so a new improved Delorean would be awesome in my opinion with or without the flux capacitor.
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posted on
01/20/2019 9:57:33 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
To: Boomer
I think that was one of the “grabs” of the Delorean ... it was so ‘Stang lookin’
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posted on
01/20/2019 10:02:59 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
To: Lockbox
The last one I recall seeing on the road was in Savannah about 17 years ago. It was hand painted, with brushstrokes visible from 20 feet away. Evidently it had been crashed, and instead of getting new body panels they hammered and bondo'd it back into an approximation of its original form, then painted it.
To: Wally_Kalbacken
[The last one I recall seeing on the road was in Savannah about 17 years ago. It was hand painted, with brushstrokes visible from 20 feet away. Evidently it had been crashed, and instead of getting new body panels they hammered and bondo’d it back into an approximation of its original form, then painted it.]
New body panels would have cost an arm and a leg and then some, given that it hasn’t been in production for decades and wasn’t exactly a high volume vehicle back in the day. Still, given the amount of work (and presumably $) put into the body, I’d have expected at least one of those $300 Maaco paint jobs.
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posted on
01/20/2019 11:47:42 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Zhang Fei
There’s a shop just down the street from me that rebuilds and maintains them. They have a large warehouse of scrap cars and parts.
Oops, looks like owner Don Steger moved it to H.B.
https://www.manta.com/c/mmdq337/delorean-motor-center
He was offering a turbo kit for a while. I make the J&S SafeGuard knock control ignition, so in 1995, he asked me to make a version for the De Lorean’s odd fire six cylinder engine. It worked great, but he didn’t sell many kits.
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posted on
01/21/2019 12:23:52 AM PST
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: Pontiac
If space under the hood limits to a V6 or smaller, I recommend the V4 supercharged engine I had in my Chrysler LeBaron. With the blower going, I beat a Mustang V8 off a traffic light. He grumbled he needed a tuneup, but that little V4 could boogie like a V8.
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posted on
01/21/2019 4:19:14 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: wally_bert
We bought the house we’re in 21 years ago. Our neighbor had a DeLorean. He loved that thing. He was a dentist, our dentist, for many years. He had a heart attack and got very sick. His son sold the car. That was about 10 years ago.
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:18:58 AM PST
by
sheana
To: sparklite2
Did it also have rich Corinthian leather?
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:23:53 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(We're low on dimes in fun city.)
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:35:08 AM PST
by
Clay Moore
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people)
To: wally_bert
No, but the supercharger ran so hot, it burned the paint off the center of the hood.
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:45:50 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:49:01 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(We're low on dimes in fun city.)
To: Pontiac
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:49:32 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: dfwgator
LOL
Great movie reference.
My favorite's from the Cisco Kid.
Pancho: Come on Cisco. Let's went!
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:52:20 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Bullish
Good point, but why? I don't know. I'm not one of the 5000.
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posted on
01/21/2019 7:22:00 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Clay Moore
I heard about those before. Cool. We need a couple.
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posted on
01/21/2019 6:04:36 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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