Back to the Future?

RDH · Post by **RDH** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:04 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6925533.stm

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:13 pm

Interesting

When the company went bust there were several hundred of them all impounded in the docks at Liverpool they were supposed to be on their way to the USA quite an impressive sight

jj · Post by jj » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:56 pm

I remember watching a programme about it a while ago - from memory, the DeLorean guy pulled an absolute stunt by getting a fortune in Government grants before doing the boost. BTTF made me want one though.

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:21 pm

I saw one in a car museum when I was a kid, I'd never seen an unpainted car before, looked stunning. What never quite comes out in pictures tho is that the front and rear lights surround is painted silver.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:27 pm

But wheren't they a bit crap

Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:39 pm

Built on a modded Esprit chassis with a wheezy Renault V6. The gullwings made it overwieght too.

Shame as I still think they look lovely

jason · Post by **jason** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:51 pm

I saw one a few months back at Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh... on the road... being driven...

Post by ed » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:53 pm

Yeah i believe the Scottish Classic Car Club have one.

I saw it parked up in Morningside ages ago! COuld quite believe it!

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:11 pm

I remember one being up for auction at Doune about 10 years ago. Can't remember the price but I seem to recall it was either £4k or £6k. Too expensive for me at the time, but did quite fancy it.

I do believe that they are quite crap though, I am sure I have seen Eddie Irvine talking about them, probably in the same doc JJ is talking about. Shocking 0-60 time of 10.5 secs - crap for such a cool looking car.

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:13 am

i saw one in the showroom next to the lexus garage in glasgow the other day....tatty but kinda cool looking

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:42 am

deano15482 wrote:i saw one in the showroom next to the lexus garage in glasgow the other day....tatty but kinda cool looking

That was the Glasgow branch of Classic Car Club... I think it's now being run / sold off by Scottish motor services (of woodlands rd).

The Delorian does look good IMHO... shame it does not drive as it looks

Bada Bing! · Post by **Bada Bing!** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:47 am

Lotus were quite heavily involved in its design from what I gather, but I didn't realise it was actually an Esprit chassis. Didn't Lotus design the body too?

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:56 am

Lotus designed the car from what I remember and if my memory serves me right (waiting for a correction) Chapman only avoided going to court over the whole thing by dropping dead.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:32 am

jasonliddell wrote:I saw one a few months back at Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh... on the road... being driven...

Was it this one?

Saw it on Comiston Road, last year.

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:37 am

MacK wrote:
jasonliddell wrote:I saw one a few months back at Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh... on the road... being driven...
Was it this one?

Saw it on Comiston Road, last year.

Loving the mismatched panel colours, panel gaps & ride hight

..guess that's part of the appeal.

Is that some sort of futuristic wing mirror

I see there is a 'Shug Reserved' parking space behind it