Chris Parnham the Historian of the DOC writes:-

In the Autumn (fall) of 1999, Larry Bynum in the USA innocently asked, in the DeLorean World magazine, "Where there ever any Right Hand Drive Deloreans produced?" The then Editor, David Knudson, replied, "The factory had plans to produce some, but never did".
As I was at that time, the owner of 4 of these very rare factory original RHD cars, I was somewhat put out with this rather dismissive reply.
It did however point out the little knowledge, or documented evidence of these very rare cars, especially with our American friends, who drive LHD cars!
9 years on, both I and Andy Withers have researched, tracked down, photographed and recorded every known example. This will form a major part of our new book, when it is eventually finished!

It was eventually sold at the factory Auction in Dunmurry in 1984, to Australian Multimillionaire Robert Holmes A-court.

Following his death in 1990 it passed to another Australian owner and in Jan 2008 I had the pleasure of buying it and bringing it back to the UK.  

Vins 5565, 5592 and 5638 –are all grey interiors, the "AXI" cars. All were converted in the Dunmurry factory in Northern Ireland in October 81 and registered, AXI 1697, AXI 1698, AXI 1699.

This batch of three (survivors) are quite different from all of the other RHD cars.

These cars all had the Euro-spec rear lights, roof mounted radio aerials, very small side indicator repeaters, no rear wing side markers, white forward facing door lights, fog light switch, twin brake servo's, one mounted in the engine bay where the carbon canister normally lives.

No catalytic converters or Lambda equipment...etc. etc.

The main batch of thirteen  “SIJ cars”, (along with Vin 510) were all based on the “Black Cars” who’s build quality and under-bodies were of very “variable” quality.

All had black interiors and manual transmission, with the exception of one, VIN 12175 or "Auto", which belongs to our former Magazine editor, Andy Withers. These cars were eventually vinned 12171- 12181, plus 12199 and dated May82.

Regards,
Chris Parnham

Photos from above:
One of the four grey automatic RHDs in the world; Andy Withers' black automatic RHD; A photograph of Chris Parnham with his AXI 1698 signed by John DeLorean; Front cover of Motor Makers in Ireland by John Moore featuring AXI 1699.

Want to know more? Click on the thumbnails below to see the photos in large.

140 Mph Speedo The normal LHD cars have 85mph speedo fitted due to the US regulation in the 1980s.
Pedal Box Note: Position of the accelerator is some 1 1/2 inches further back than the brake pedal.
Fog Light Switch They are found to differ on different cars as there isn't a place designed for it initally. But they are usually placed next to the window switch on most cars.
Metal Fuel Tank Note the fuel pump above the metal fuel tank, also the relocation of the brake master cylinder.

Rear Fog Light Not a Wooler-Hodec modification but a requirement on all DeLoreans in the UK
Front White Door Light Usually orange in normal DeLoreans
Engine Brake Servo One of the two brake servos is mounted in the engine bay where the carbon canister normally lives.
"Euro-spec" Rear Light Replaced with another version which have a longer number plate mounting bracket.
Front Indicator 1. Flat with bumper 2. Wooler-Hodec style
Rear Marker 1. Amber marker 2. Replaced with black strip
Flasher repeater As found on Chris Parnham's AXI 1698
Roof Aerial AXI 1697, AXI 1698 and AXI 1699 all have roof mounted radio aerials fitted.
RHD Conversion Work Involves lots of changes to the interior especially to the pedals and the steering rack area.