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21st January 1981 - Stuart Rees - 21 Jan 2016
35 years ago today the first DeLorean car rolled off the production line
![[Image: JohnampDeLorean.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/JohnampDeLorean.jpg.html)
![[Image: JohnampDeLorean2.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/JohnampDeLorean2.jpg.html)
![[Image: 0b5d65aa-4f28-4c26-8908-87b24865ffb8.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/0b5d65aa-4f28-4c26-8908-87b24865ffb8.jpg.html)
![[Image: First20D.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/First20D.jpg.html)
RE: 21st January 1981 - 88mph - 21 Jan 2016
And I was 11.
I always thought it was the late, flat bonnets that had the "delorean" badge.
RE: 21st January 1981 - Domi - 21 Jan 2016
(21 Jan 2016, 19:42)88mph Wrote: And I was 11.
I always thought it was the late, flat bonnets that had the "delorean" badge.
This one is just a sticker, not the badge we all know on later models
RE: 21st January 1981 - Chris P - 21 Jan 2016
And it IS a grooved gas flap bonnet.
RE: 21st January 1981 - bjbrownie - 22 Jan 2016
It must must have been a rush job, the outer door seals appear to be missing!
RE: 21st January 1981 - Stuart Rees - 22 Jan 2016
Some more pics found on the Internet of the preparation of VIN 500 before the unveiling...
![[Image: First%20D3.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/First%20D3.jpg.html)
![[Image: First20D5.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/First20D5.jpg.html)
![[Image: First%20D6.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/First%20D6.jpg.html)
![[Image: First%20D4.jpg]](http://s216.photobucket.com/user/stuart6852/media/First%20D4.jpg.html)
RE: 21st January 1981 - Chris P - 22 Jan 2016
Some of my pictures actually…..from my Esler Crawford archive….Barrie W has been free at sharing them!
RE: 21st January 1981 - 88mph - 22 Jan 2016
Ha, there has got to be some good captions for that lot. Thanks for sharing.
Apart from JZD, who are the people in the pics?
RE: 21st January 1981 - Chris P - 22 Jan 2016
Its all in our book! …If you've not got one i'll list em all tomorrow…early night now.
RE: 21st January 1981 - Stuart Rees - 23 Jan 2016
Hi Chris, let me know if you're ok having the pictures in this thread.
*Shameless Plug alert*
Chris and Andy's Book has hundreds of similar pictures & a ton of information
Highly recommend picking one up
http://deloreans.co.uk/product/delorean-celebrating-the-impossible-book/
RE: 21st January 1981 - Chris P - 23 Jan 2016
Hi Stuart PM sent.
RE: 21st January 1981 - Chris P - 24 Jan 2016
Hi Folks,
here are a couple of relevant pages from our book. (with a close up of the words)…For those who still haven't got one,
i'll still do a 'show price spacial'. PM me. 
RE: 21st January 1981 - TristanC - 24 Jan 2016
(24 Jan 2016, 10:00)Chris P Wrote: Hi Folks,
here are a couple of relevant pages from our book. (with a close up of the words)…For those who still haven't got one,
I can highly recommend Chris P's book.
It's an absolute must for any DeLorean fan.
Tris