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stevel98
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The stainless steel body was designed to work with the optional flux capacitor (enhanced flux dispersal) for time travel use. Doesn't affect everyday use though, but any problems with dents etc, require specialist work..
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Peter_L
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| I have never considered it a car I would want to own, but it is an iconic car of the 70's and 80's and I think it is good that some of them are being preserved. Unlike the extremely practical Allegro - Maxi, it was an ornament on wheels, but I am sure that most people have things that are simply nice to look at. |
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Ashley
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I'm not much of a drinker which is good, because if I was and I got drunk and rolled a Delorean I might buy upside down, I wouldn't be able to get out.
However this isn't the reason I wouldn't buy one, it's just that I don't much like them  |
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scott_budds
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As they were designed by Lotus they are similar to the Excel and even the Esprit. Steel backbone chassis with the Lotus engine up front. The body is also GRP lined in stainless steel. John Deloren was using the car as a gimic in many ways to push his Stainless Steel Company. The cars drive pretty well but are quite a bit more sluggish than the Excel as they are heavier. That said they do have an Iconic look and those doors and will always be immortalised with the film and the flux capacitor.
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badhuis
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| scott_budds wrote: | | As they were designed by Lotus they are similar to the Excel and even the Esprit. Steel backbone chassis with the Lotus engine up front. |
Did they also have the Lotus engine? I seem to remember they used a boring Volvo engine which is why these Deloreans were not as fast as they looked. That was one of the reasons why I never longed for a Delorean.
Another reason was that Delorean got lots of money from the government to start his factory whereas other more interesting factories were allowed to die. The Clan factory, which produced a fantastic little sports car, and Jensen.
I always felt it was money spent at the wrong factory, and have not much sympathy for the Delorean concept.
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Da Tow'd
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| come on now at 88 miles per hour they look pretty good |
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Ellis
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Did they also have the Lotus engine? I seem to remember they used a boring Volvo engine which is why these Deloreans were not as fast as they looked. . |
I thought so as well for a long time but the engine in the standard DeLorean was in fact a bought in Renault unit :
a 2849cc DRV ZAJ - 159 V6
An adaptation or uprated version of the V6 engine then offered in the Renault 30.
I have only seen a DeLorean in photographs or on TV but never the real thing in the metal.
How many of have seen a DMC 12?
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Rick
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| Ellis wrote: | | badhuis wrote: |
Did they also have the Lotus engine? I seem to remember they used a boring Volvo engine which is why these Deloreans were not as fast as they looked. . |
I thought so as well for a long time but the engine in the standard DeLorean was in fact a bought in Renault unit :
a 2849cc DRV ZAJ - 159 V6
An adaptation or uprated version of the V6 engine then offered in the Renault 30.
I have only seen a DeLorean in photographs or on TV but never the real thing in the metal.
How many of have seen a DMC 12? |
I've seen one or two at shows over the years, but I've never spent much time up close, as they're not really my cup of tea.
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MVPeters
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One sold at auction last night for $50,000 or so. I'm not sure why it was so high, original & very low mileage perhaps. They generally sell in the $20-25,000 area.
A US Co. bought all the left-over parts & can build a new car for about the same price. Apparently there are enough parts to build more cars than the original production run.
I think it featured on 'Wheeler Dealers' a while ago.
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Da Tow'd
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| Rick wrote: | | Da Tow'd wrote: | | come on now at 88 miles per hour they look pretty good |
In the dark, with no lights on, while looking the other way
RJ |
wasn't that the speed when they disappeared |
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