DMCH Open House event held May 2003

[Chris Hawes]

Well, it has only taken six years to edit and post my short edit of the DMCH Open House event held May 2003.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XU2-VuPJ4s
or
http://tinyurl.com/dey7s4

If you press the ‘HQ’ button at the bottom right corner of the movie you can see it in ‘High Quality’.

11th May 2003 - This was a great opportunity for myself and some of the other Brits to drive a variety of DeLoreans in race conditions and this for me was the highlight of the whole event. It was a hot, humid day (typical of Houston in May?). I also came home with a calibrated 170mph speedo, OEM steering wheel and other treats for my car.

The DeLorean with the Camaro muffler was sadly wrecked and written off a few years later. I have raised a post on the DML about this as I am particularly interested in the non-stock manual transmission and what it was sourced from….

The DeLorean with the DMC less grill and green decals down the side was an early Stage II car. The black Auto was also a Stage II too. Since then a Stage III supercharged version has been in the works…

Hope you enjoy the movie!

[Martyn]

Lovin that.What a great Delorean fix to start of the day.
Will have to have another watch tonight so I can whack the volume up.

[jerzybondov]

Well one thing you do notice is that D's don't exactly fly off the line do they?!

Also how much they sit back when they've got stock springs on the front - looks like they're about to take off!

[A Van]

Well I think there is one or two which might fly off the line.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04419.flv

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04421.flv

[Chris Hawes]

The black auto looked painfully slow and that I understand was a stage II too!

I have another video to post soon of a UK speed run in my car. My car is on Chrispy's euro springs so it of course sits low but a spectator commented that even mine looked like it was doing wheelie's as it launched from the starting line... More details to follow soon. 'soon' is very loosely meant

[Chris Hawes]

A Van Wrote:Well I think there is one or two which might fly off the line.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04419.flv

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04421.flv

Lol, I don't think that DMC was stock. The muscle car didn't exactly beat it by a mile. I vaguely remember seeing these videos a while back. Al, do you know anything about the cars spec?

[Jonny Jones]

Great work Chris! To be fair, DeLorean ownership aint' exactly about the speed is it haha, its about driving a piece of automotive history and quite possibly one of the best looking cars ever made... with styling that fails to show its age decade after decade!

[jerzybondov]

Chris Hawes Wrote:

A Van Wrote:Well I think there is one or two which might fly off the line.

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04419.flv

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... V04421.flv

Lol, I don't think that DMC was stock. The muscle car didn't exactly beat it by a mile. I vaguely remember seeing these videos a while back. Al, do you know anything about the cars spec?

I've seen those clips before from a link on DMCtalk. I can't remember exactly but my suspicion would be it was a turbocharged Eagle 3.0 in there.

Worth a look as well for the thread on the guy who's putting a 4-500bhp Supra engine in the back of his at the moment!
http://www.dmctalk.com/showthread.php?t=3870&page=28

[Chris Hawes]

Thanks Jerzey!

Great response Jonny, but, if you're going to build a speed machine why not do it with style

[Chris Williams]

Just to add this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA13PiDN1xk
My second run at North weald airfield, kindly taken by Richard Milliken. (1st run was better :wink: )
The cars are there to have fun with!
Chris

[jerzybondov]

Chris Williams Wrote:Just to add this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA13PiDN1xk
My second run at North weald airfield, kindly taken by Richard Milliken. (1st run was better :wink: )
The cars are there to have fun with!
Chris

Looks like that Cortina got the better of you in the end!

[Chris Williams]

jerzybondov Wrote:

Chris Williams Wrote:Just to add this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA13PiDN1xk
My second run at North weald airfield, kindly taken by Richard Milliken. (1st run was better :wink: )
The cars are there to have fun with!
Chris

Looks like that Cortina got the better of you in the end!

Only just, unlike the ford hot rod I was up against the next time, who did the 1/4 mile in 8.5 secs
Chris

[Barson]

lovely vids. cheers.


one of the vids i was afraid that people carrier was going to out run the D. :oops: :lol:

[Guinney1971]

I loved that trip out to Houston - OMG, was it really 6 years ago!!!

I remember racing our Chrysler Sebring Convertible hire car up the strip against a Ford Mercury
sedan -I whooped his ass man!! yeah!!! lol :lol: Mind you, I did the trick of revving it up
to about 5000 in neutral, then putting it in Drive when the lights went green

The Chrysler felt quicker then it really was tho tbh......

I'll post some photos up if I get 5 - hey Chris, do you remember that geezer with the really
dodgy looking orange and white socks? :lol:

[Chris Hawes]

Chris Williams Wrote:Just to add this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA13PiDN1xk
My second run at North weald airfield, kindly taken by Richard Milliken. (1st run was better :wink: )
The cars are there to have fun with!
Chris

I don't think we'll be seeing that 'stock' Cortina in Ashes to Ashes anytime soon, lol. Thank God it was quick. The audio was cut off just as your 17.??? was mentioned Chris. Can you remember your time? A low 17 or better is a good DMC time for a stockish car!