You dont see one of these every day.

owdamer · Post by **owdamer** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:44 pm

Saw this parked up in a pub carpark yesterday. Looks dated as hell, but stunning all the same. I've never seen one of these on the road before in my life.

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:50 pm

When this baby gets to 88mph....

M Hankel · Post by **M Hankel** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:37 pm

I haven't seen one on the road for a long time, 2 years maybe? I got a ride in one when I was about 13 or so.

Man, a few subtle changes could really improve that car alot. Those wheels are down right hideous, and the rear louvers over the back window is def. an 80's fad. Tint the windows, lower it and it's almost back into this decade again lol....

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:19 am

There's a guy just down the street that has 5 or 6 of them. But then...he also has a couple MGA's too

haunter · Post by **haunter** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:29 am

see a red one on occasion..........

neat cars

wslonger · Post by **wslonger** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:47 pm

haunter wrote:see a red one on occasion..........

neat cars

Who in their right mind would paint a car whose body is made entirely of stainless steel ?

Post by **FZRDude** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:50 pm

wslonger wrote:
haunter wrote:see a red one on occasion..........

neat cars
Who in their right mind would paint a car whose body is made entirely of stainless steel ?

They came in white too if I remember correctly....

wslonger · Post by **wslonger** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:58 pm

I didn't think they ever came with paint.

Exerpt.

The body of the DMC-12 was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and clad entirely in brushed SS304 stainless steel. Except for three cars plated in 24-karat gold, all DMC-12s left the factory uncovered by paint or clearcoat.[3] Painted De Loreans do exist, although these were all painted after the cars were purchased from the factory.

http://www.answers.com/topic/de-lorean-dmc-12

HptK · Post by **HptK** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:00 pm

dragracer1951 wrote:When this baby gets to 88mph....

you took the words out of my mouth.

MsHap · Post by **MsHap** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:04 pm

If the were damaged and had parts replaced the stainless did not look the same so people would paint them

A boy I knew in my last year of highschool had one and I used to get to ride in it

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:13 pm

dragracer1951 wrote:When this baby gets to 88mph....

The Libians!!!

Post by **jjs777** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:10 am

saw a discovery channel thing of delorion - sounds like he got a bad rap

anyways - theres a place in texas i recall that still has warehouses full of parts replacements and they offer full rebuilds of your car - prices seemed decent considering it aint gonna rust and you get a brillo pad to polish it up

give me a pantera with the 351 behind my head and i'd be happy

heck...give me a trade up to my 97 civic

matter o fact in my civic when that baby gets to anything above 25mph - look out....

thats what I'm saying!

aidybest · Post by **aidybest** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:04 pm

get it wired up with a couple of generators and its back to the future

not a lot of good things were said about this motor at the time - but its funny how it is on the wanted list now

Post by **jjs777** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:27 pm

aidybest wrote: - but its funny how it is on the wanted list now

show me the rust

now thats funny - no rust

bimotabob · Post by **bimotabob** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:43 am

These are pretty cool, never seen any here.
Don't want to ruin it for anyone but the stainless panels are cosmetic only
it has a steel body underneath, delorean also wanted to make a trick composite chassis but finances wouldnt allow it.
Lotus devoloped the suspention though.
Apparently the stainless edges on some were so sharp by the door handles you could cut yourself on ones not finished properly.
The small 4 cylinder engines in these engines would pull skin the off a rice pudding but werent fast even by then stds.
But would do the magic 88MPH I'm sure...
There is a large club for these but less than 10,000 (I think) were made.

I'd still have one
Cheers
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You dont see one of these every day.

You dont see one of these every day.

stainless steel panels