Mr G
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 04:13 PM |
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Ideal Donor Car Found!
Just found and ideal donor vehicle for a engine and transmission swap, only problem is that its missing its flux gate capacitor so if anyone has one
knocking about let me know.
Just thought I'd park them up next to each other ready for the work to begin 
I also found this behind the drivers seat & i'm not sure what it is - but its someones for £130
Cheers
Marty
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Mark H
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 04:17 PM |
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Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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derf
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 05:08 PM |
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You cannot destroy a Delorian to make a locost tha is sacralidge. If you do I will come back from the future (50 years from not) and beat you over the
head with MY hover board.
Seriously though, delorians are incredably beautiful cars, and they are rare too, it's more worth it to restore that and find another donor.
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Alan B
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 05:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by derf....Seriously though, delorians are incredably beautiful cars,..........
??????
Funny how people have different tastes...to me they have almost zero appeal.....
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Cita
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 05:52 PM |
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The story behind the Delorean is more appealing than the car itself i guess!
I heard it was'nt that much of a car either would love to find out myself though
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paulbeyer
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 06:17 PM |
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Marty, is that an aluminium colostomy bag you have on your bonnet.
7 out of 10 people suffer with hemorrhoids. Does that mean the other 3 enjoy them?
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macspeedy
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 08:49 PM |
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monster garage strikes again well in the past and in america
 
Rescued attachment delorean usa monster garage.jpg
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ned
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 09:08 AM |
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it's pictures like that that need to be banned form this forum.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 09:38 AM |
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I like the delorian - it was thinking of making a replica one that started my build.... but I decided it was way too hard as an amateur to get a
decent stainless finish, so went retro rather than BTTF.
You can pick up a delorian for about 10k - around 10,000 were made, so they are not as rare as as a lotus esprit for example.
Most went to USA and are LHD so you may need to import to get one easily.
atb
steve
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billy
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 08:50 PM |
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to slow
i had one of them and im dammed if it would go faster than 88 mph
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
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mackie
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 08:09 AM |
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That documentary that was on the other week was v interesting.
As cars going they are pretty rubbish apparently, they were meant to have a V8 but ended up with some crappy renault V6 with hardly any power. Not
good with something that was meant to compete with the corvette.
I do think they look cool though, esp with full BTTF body kit. Now that would be a fun project
You can buy a turnkey KITT (from Knightrider) from a bloke in the states too. £30k though :/
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 09:43 AM |
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They were 130hp I think. Made at the time when the USA was sensitive about fuel and speed - many cars only had 80mph speedos in those days.
I was in the USA and one drew up alongside once. It looked a bit drab, as its quite hard to keep stainless looking good - this looked like it had more
of a blasted effect than polished!
atb
steve
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greggors84
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 12:56 PM |
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There was about 6 of them at my local car show at the beginning of last summer. I went back past at 9 o clock and they were all still there, pulled up
and was chatting to one of the owners. They were waiting for a tow truck as one had broken down, he said something about Mr Fusion, but i didnt quite
catch it..... I had a good look round them and it they are pretty plain looking up close except for the aluminium finish. Think most of the appeal for
me is the film.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 01:07 PM |
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quote:
except for the aluminium finish
If only they were aluminium...they might actually have been a bit quicker!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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ChrisW
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 02:40 PM |
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They're crap. Nuff said!
Chris
My gaff my rules
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James
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 04:13 PM |
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I think they're great but then I love the films so what do I know?!
I drove past a house that had one parked outside last year. The guy had been exhibiting it that day at a show. Chatted to him for ages about it. Got
to sit in it too and I tell you- it's not a car for tall people!
Apparentlky you can still get most of the parts as the owners club managed to buy the entire stock from the factory when it closed. They've even
had miles of interior carpet etc. specially dyed to the original colour so you can get that.
IIRC it's a GRP tub with the stainless glues to it!
Maybe with a decent engine (presumably there's room for a V8 if that's what it was designed for originally) and a few upgrades
they'd be ok?? 
James
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flak monkey
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| posted on 19/5/04 at 04:31 PM |
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Some things you didnt know about the Delorean...
http://www.delorean-owners.org/legend/index.html
such as the chassis was engineered by Lotus and the bodywork was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro who also did the lotus esprit, Alfa Romeo Giulia and
the VW Sirrocco!
But then it was still only 130bhp from a 2.8litre V6 
Then again you may already know all this  ....
The DMC-12 accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than eight seconds, evidently it was geared for acceleration....
[Edited on 19/5/04 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Cita
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| posted on 20/5/04 at 05:32 AM |
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zero to 60 in less than 8 seconds,that's VERY impressive for a sportscar.
If it was'nt for the stainless steel hipe the Delorean would'nt even have made the backpages of the free add paper.
The idea was good,the styling was good,the ss was good but ALL the rest.....
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