Hi all - there's a decent article and video on Jalopnik for their Build of the Week. A custom DeLorean with 2 extra seats.

https://jalopnik.com/worlds-greatest-dad...1829034103

Makes me think of the setup in a Porsche. Nice that he used a related engine.

It was on the BBC news this morning, and having looked, there is even a BTTF DeLorean in there:
https://propstoreauction.com/view-auctio...38/?page=3

Email I received from the seller:

VIN SCEDT26T2BD004526 (commonly referred as VIN 4526)

UK Registration DOC 902V (Reg. number recently purchased…previously PHH 363W)
Manual transmission
 
HIGHLIGHTS
SOUGHT-AFTER 1981 YEAR,
SOUGHT-AFTER MANUAL TRANSMISSION,
LOW MILEAGE (26,000 miles),
PLENTY OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION,
CERTIFICATE FROM DELOREAN MUSEUM,
KNOWN HISTORY,
EXTREMELY CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED CAR
 
Manufactured in 1981
Sold on 11 December 1981 in Auburn, Washington State, USA
 
Imported in the UK in 2016
 
Taxed until 31st October 2018
 
MOT valid until 22 April 2019
MOT Spring 2018 25,853 miles
MOT Spring 2017 25,750 miles
MOT Spring 2016 25,735 miles
 
Original 1981 documents include:
·      Delorean Dealers List
·      DMC 12 Owner’s Manual
·      Other sales leaflets in Delorean faux-leather folder
·      Delorean sales brochure
 
Certification:
·      Delorean Museum Certificate
 
Others:
·      Magazines from the 1980s on this model and its launch
·      Years of invoices re works and upgrades in both US and UK
 
Conditions:
·      Original engine 2850cc V6, engine number 4970
·      Extremely clean engine bay, reflecting low mileage
·      Extremely clean interiors
·      All is original, no modifications
·      Bluetooth stereo system installed in 2016
·      Exterior panels in good conditions
 
Recent works since current ownership:
·      New tyres in April 2018, £ 718 (Pirelli P600 rear, Bridgestone front –original recommended sizes)
·      New battery (still boxed, closed) available
 
Works planned next:
·      Passenger window to realign with its support inside the door
·      One courtesy light (right door) to change 
·      Battery cut-off switch
 
 
I AM SELLING 3 CARS OUT OF MY COLLECTION OF 10
I SELDOM USE THEM
 
THIS DELOREAN IS ONE OF THOSE I DECIDED TO SELL
 
OFFERS IN THE REGION OF £ 35,000

Contact: marino_valensise(AT)hotmail.com replace the at with @

   

I had a local leather restorer sort my seats out and I’ve just picked them up.
I’m really rather pleased with the results.

I could have recovered them, but I really wanted to keep as many original parts from 1982 as possible.


So for £150, here are some shots of the before and after.......

Spotted on Facebook, someone seems to be offloading their BTTF collection including a Time Machine... Looks like Ollies old car.

https://propstore.com/products/?keyword=...e%20future

Hi all was watching Beverly hills cop this evening and a dmc was present but it had different headlights so I was wondering if anyone had any idea as to what is being used for its headlights.
Best photo I could get of the car

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I used to see a delorean driving around Holmfirth but havent seen it in about a year does anyone know anything about it.
Thanks Spencer

Hey - they did a bttf themed intro to The Great British Bake Off this week. Does anyone know whose bttf converted Delorean was used in it?

Does anyone have experience of both an automatic and a manual DeLorean?  

I believe manual is more desirable and wondered why.  Are there any stand out differences (except the obvious!) E.g  does one have poorer performance, more problems etc than the other.

I've just been reading this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/ar...duced.html

Although i think this proposed move could cause some real headaches for other cars (my M3 for one!, probably also my Civic!), I'm not sure if that means much for our D's or not since they were originally spec'd to run on really low US Octane fuel.  Am i right?

This move, if it goes forward, means that as soon as another couple of years, we could see the disappearance of super fuels in the UK, and our good old traditional RON 95 fuel being replaced by a new "cleaner" standard minimum, which *seems* to be a proposed equivalent to around about a 90 RON fuel.  If so, and considering i think the D' is spec'd to be a minimum of 91 RON (i think), does that mean a headache for our D's too?