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Back in Time: The Delorean Returns

September 28, 2008 by Tom Williams 6 Comments

The history of the Delorean DMC-12 has been well documented. In annals of sports/GT car history, the Delorean may be just a footnote-a distinctive, stainless-steel bodied gullwing GT that many critics dismissed as being overpriced and underpowered. In corporate history, the undoing of John Z. Delorean’s brainchild reads like an action novel. 

Incredibly, the car’s rise to pop culture immortality came three years after the Delorean Motor Company declared bankruptcy and closed its factory in the form of the 1985 film “Back to the Future.” As a 12 year old kid at the time, I didn’t care what the critics said. I thought the Delorean was really cool.
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Gull Wing fanatics gather today in Gettysburg

June 14, 2008 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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Famed civil war town Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is playing host to a different type of battle this weekend. Devotees of gull wing sports cars will descend on the town to show off and ogle Delorean DMC 12’s and Bricklin SV-1’s. Malcolm Bricklin will be on hand to judge the concours along with hip hop producer Damon Dash.

The event is being held at the All Star Events Complex just outside Gettysburg with events today and tomorrow.

The above photo is from Flickr user (and The Garage flickr pool member) toolnorth.

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My Favorite “Overrated” Movie Cars

November 16, 2007 by Eric J Leech Leave a Comment

During the early moments of performance vs. strict emission standards, the emissions won out and performance enthusiasts were faced with a slew of overrated blow hard vehicles that had much more bark than bite. But that did not stop Hollywood from using the magic of cinematography to make these cars into classics in our own hearts… and hey, they still are kind of cool even today despite their short-comings!

The 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am from “Smokey and the Bandit”-

This sleek black curvaceous classic body style of the 77′ Trans Am had a beautiful 6.6 liter engine and a slick looking shaker hood scoop to boot. Unfortunately, this was back in 1977, which was the golden era in engine humiliation. This beast pumped out a putrid 200 horsepower with the optional W72 engine. The standard L78 was rated at an even more embarrassing 180 hp. It was still a beautiful car and made some breathtaking scenes laying some thick rubber during some of the movies highlights.

1981 De Lorean DMC-12 from “Back to the Future”-

The movie version may have ran off of a 1.21-gigawatt nuclear/electric hybrid with a five-speed manual, but the actual car had a 2.8-liter Peugeot V6, which certainly could have used the extra nuclear waste to propelled it off the line beyond that of a Volkswagen Van. It was truly amazing to witness this car on the big screen make it up to 88 mph on several occasions on motor alone without a steep hill, a strong tailwind, and Carl Lewis pushing it. But all jokes aside, the gull-wing doors were certainly a nice touch, as well as the stainless steel (unpainted) body panels.

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