Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 19

Thread: Delorean going back into production!!

  1. #1
    Chasing Prey
    Member

    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    3,125
    Canada

    Delorean going back into production!!

    DMC Houston announced on July 30, 2007 that the car would be returning into very limited production (about 20 cars per year) in 2008. The newly produced cars will have a base price of $57,500 and have new stainless steel frames and lighter fiberglass underbodies, with optional extras such as GPS, an enhanced "Stage 2" engine, and possibly a new modern interior. The cars will be made with 80% old parts and the rest new.



  2. #2
    through another dimension bassman's Avatar
    Zombie Flesh Eater

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Atlanta
    Posts
    15,229
    United States
    Unless it comes with the Flux Capacitor and the whole time machine get up....I don't want it.

  3. #3
    Chasing Prey
    Member

    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    3,125
    Canada
    Quote Originally Posted by bassman311 View Post
    Unless it comes with the Flux Capacitor and the whole time machine get up....I don't want it.





    Last edited by acealive1; 18-Feb-2008 at 11:28 PM.

  4. #4
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,307
    England
    Those wheels must be a nightmare to clean!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

  5. #5
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,202
    UK
    Get alloy wheel cleaner (don't use on a windy day ... or get on your jeans ... or get on your skin) spray it all over, then blast off with a hose a minute later - job done.

    I used to be a car valleter so I did all that stuff, but the wheel cleaner burnt through a pair of my thick work jeans, f*cked up the skin on my hands and I got a few specks in my eyes when it was windy and had to go wash them out. It's potent stuff ... but does the job proper good.

    As for new DeLoreans - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!

    I hope they review them on Top Gear, that'd be awesome.

    I so want one too, hey someone with money - buy me one! Of course, with all the time travel gubbins on is best, but I still dig the car without all that. I hope they put decent engines and door hydrolics and such in them...and brakes that work.

    There are companies in the UK who modernise old cars and make them actually worked, again shown on Top Gear when James May took out an old Jag and it actually worked, Clarkson did the same with a DB5 and an E-Type.

  6. #6
    certified super rad Danny's Avatar
    Zombie Flesh Eater

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    simply walking into mordor
    Age
    36
    Posts
    14,157
    UK
    **** yes.


  7. #7
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,307
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    Get alloy wheel cleaner (don't use on a windy day ... or get on your jeans ... or get on your skin) spray it all over, then blast off with a hose a minute later - job done.
    I've never found it very effective...

    Spray it on... Brush it around with a brush... Leave it... Hose it off, and there's still quite a lot of tar and mank stuck on places...
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

  8. #8
    Inverting The Cross MikePizzoff's Avatar
    Zombie Flesh Eater

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Philadelphia
    Age
    39
    Posts
    4,928
    United States
    I own a car that looks similar to a Delorean. A 87 Plymouth Turismo AKA Dodge Charger. Same color the Deloreans were manufactured with, too.

    Too bad it's a piece of shiv and I can't afford to fix it, so I am dead broke struggling to pay insurance for a car that just sits outside of my house and rots.

  9. #9
    Dead Skippy911sc's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    S. IL
    Age
    52
    Posts
    750
    Undisclosed
    I remember this guy that drove one in high school. That thing never ran right...now I am not saying that they all acted in the same manner nor am I hating on this vehicle...I love the look it just came with a few pitfalls...try parking that thing in todays ever decreasing parking spaces...ohhhh can't open the doors!

  10. #10
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,202
    UK
    You've gotta spray it all over, be proper liberal with it (just imagine you've got a wife & kids, but visit a rent boy on the side whilst running for party leader and resigning yourself to the fact your party is the spare tyre of politics ).

    You shouldn't brush with it though, just leave it to sizzle away and then blast that off. A pressure washer thingymabob is also a good idea.

    Any left over, do a second visit to those particular areas. Otherwise it's on your knees, bitch, and scrub with a toothbrush for the most stubborn of crap that most likely will never come off ever...buy new wheels.

  11. #11
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,307
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    You've gotta spray it all over, be proper liberal with it (just imagine you've got a wife & kids, but visit a rent boy on the side whilst running for party leader and resigning yourself to the fact your party is the spare tyre of politics ).

    You shouldn't brush with it though, just leave it to sizzle away and then blast that off. A pressure washer thingymabob is also a good idea.

    Any left over, do a second visit to those particular areas. Otherwise it's on your knees, bitch, and scrub with a toothbrush for the most stubborn of crap that most likely will never come off ever...buy new wheels.
    I bought my alloys the day I bought my car (12-13yrs ago)... No need to change them yet
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

  12. #12
    Dying C5NOTLD's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    412
    Undisclosed
    Quote Originally Posted by acealive1 View Post
    DMC Houston announced on July 30, 2007 that the car would be returning into very limited production (about 20 cars per year) in 2008. The newly produced cars will have a base price of $57,500 and have new stainless steel frames and lighter fiberglass underbodies, with optional extras such as GPS, an enhanced "Stage 2" engine, and possibly a new modern interior. The cars will be made with 80% old parts and the rest new.








    That's cool news and a great pic. That's great they are updating those cars.
    I own a Bricklin SV1 which was made before the Delorean.

    John Delorean ended up buying one of the rejected Bricklin designs from Malcom Bricklin and the Delorean was born from the Bricklin. There's even been some talk that the Bricklin may go back into production since only 2854 were originally built and after all these years only around 1500 survive.





    Quote Originally Posted by Skippy911sc View Post
    try parking that thing in todays ever decreasing parking spaces...ohhhh can't open the doors!
    Actually a myth. Gull wing doors require less space than normal doors when they open. As they tend to go straight up rather than out. If you are concerned about space in parking lots then Gull wing doors are definitely the way to go.
    Last edited by C5NOTLD; 28-Feb-2008 at 12:55 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

  13. #13
    Walking Dead _liam_'s Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    1,585
    Kazakhstan
    There's a really fat guy with dreadlocks who drives a delorean round where I live, one time I was in a beer garden with one of my mates and he pulled into the car park, so we were all like throwing the metal horns and going YEAH, which he seemed pleased with.

    Then he whipped out his phone and started chatting, and we were like what's he up to, then suddenly a really fit girl runs out of the pubs and jumps into the car.

    Deloreans get the bitches.

    It's cool to know they are back, I was actually quite upset to learn the BTTF rides were being retired (as are the Terminator ones - heresy)
    "Naturally, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
    Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country.
    it works the same in every country."

    -Herman Goering, Hitler's Reichsmarschall, at the Nuremberg trials.

    THE LEISURE HIVE

  14. #14
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,307
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by C5NOTLD View Post
    Actually a myth. Gull wing doors require less space than normal doors when they open. As they tend to go straight up rather than out. If you are concerned about space in parking lots then Gull wing doors are definitely the way to go.
    I have trouble believing that. If you park say 1.5ft away from another car, I know with normal doors you can open them enough to get in... But gull-wing doors? Surely not!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

  15. #15
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,202
    UK
    That Bricklin is pretty darn sweet too.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •