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Screen Used BTTFIII Delorean is now online.

I haven't had so much fun reading a whole web site in a loooooooooong time !

Well done guys, hats off to you :thumbsup

One question, is it now also licenced to drive on the road too ?
 
Yep, that's how it was held on in the movie (there are 5 straps total), in the desert scene you can really see it bouncing off the hood!
 
i saw some early concept art for the hood box online a while back. the original design was supposed to be a crude flux capacitor, with the gadgets forming the large Y-shape. it was such a cool design... i wonder why it was changed...

LOVE the restoration. i completely revert back to a geeked-out ten year old when i see videos of BTTF DMC replicas with the whole light/sound treatment. so cool!

i'll never forget how disappointed i was when i found out that real DMC doors don't make the noise from the films. the BTTF car had a KILLER sound design.
 
This restoration rules. I must have been through that whole site 5 times reading every word.

I confess the part 3 car was easily my least favorite. Like I said, WAS. Its really interesting to see just how modified this Delorean is... I would have expected a raised suspension and nothing more. Knowing that this car is really a dune buggy built into a Delorean really ups it a notch in my book. As if being a Delorean time machine wasn't enough, its also a true off-road version.

Adding lights/sound to the interior when there was none. Well, now thats just fun.

It may have a few extra holes in it, but that car is probably even better than it was after its original completion.

I'd source some duplicate wheels/tires and go for a spin.
 
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I've always loved this version of the car. The edgy 70's-80's styling , with all the techno gadgetery mixed with those white walls and baby moon hubcaps is just awesome :)
 
The Blu-Ray has some awesome shots of these cars from filming. Universal Studios really pulled out alot of their unseen images from the films.
 
Thanks again for the comments. And Alan, yes it does drive - I have taken it up the street a few times. One day I'll take some good video of it driving and add it to the site since it is a popular question.

Desi
 
Thanks Desi.

I had no doubt it drives after such a wonderful & thorough restauration :).

My question was related to the actual licencing (documentation) of the vehicle, as in the state it was in before, there is no way it would have passed an MOT / vehicle roadworthiness test.

Here in Malta for example, if a car doesn't go through the VRT, (vehicle road-wothiness test) obligatory every 2 years for cars over 5 years of age, the licence is automatically revoked (big no-no on the road then), and can only be renewed once the car is taken for a test.

Did you face any such documentation issues, or are things different your end ? ie, you just go ahead & drive it on the road.
 
Ah OK, no it is definitely not legal to drive on the street. When they built the car they cut all of the electrical system in the car to get the wires out of the way. So there are no headlights, no brake lights, no wipers, the windows don't open, etc. As well, it does not have a legal license plate. Since I never plan to drive it on the road, I don't plan to register it - and you are right, it would not pass tests either.

When I said I drove it, it was up the street a few houses and back - on a side street that is not busy at all.

Desi
 
What a shame though. Wouldn't you be interested to bring it up to roadworthy standard eventually ? It would "only" take a "couple" of "simple" fixes like some headlamp lights, wires, window & wiper mechanisms etc.

I would LOVE to drive a car like that down a couple of crowded streets on a Sunday !! :love
 
Its a neat idea to be able to drive it around, but as a restored movie prop, I think its more interesting to leave everything disconnected as it was when it was used for filming.

Mark



alancastillo1 said:
What a shame though. Wouldn't you be interested to bring it up to roadworthy standard eventually ? It would "only" take a "couple" of "simple" fixes like some headlamp lights, wires, window & wiper mechanisms etc.

I would LOVE to drive a car like that down a couple of crowded streets on a Sunday !! :love
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Ah, one of the age-old conundrums that always has me torn ..... does one collect a prop exactly as it was for filming (static), or a prop in a condition to do what it is was meant to do ? (be a normal car, not time travel lol).

Seems this car would be having one's cake and eating it : original prop, and normal licenced car too.

A similar comparison would be, for example, a Judge Dredd Lawgiver. The prop itself never really "spoke" .... but wouldn't it be fantastic to own an original that does ?

tomato tomeyto I guess.
 
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