Mugato: Don't know if it runs though. I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get parts for even if it did.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the company that owns/runs things now has an entire warehouse full of parts available for ordering. I read somewhere that buying/building a "like new" one is fairly easy and $25-40k

Mugato: I dunno. I'd buy one of the ones that doesn't have the huge microchip strapped to the hood. They have one at Universal Orlando and it's in pretty good shape. Don't know if it runs though. I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get parts for even if it did.

3D printer. It's the future, remember?

bulldg4life: Mugato: Don't know if it runs though. I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get parts for even if it did.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the company that owns/runs things now has an entire warehouse full of parts available for ordering. I read somewhere that buying/building a "like new" one is fairly easy and $25-40k

Link (new window)

I thought they had some upgrades for them as well, but it looks like the website has been done.

/the place is a few miles from my house.

loonatic112358: done.

redone, it's been redone

GeneralJim: If it's going to go for around a half-mil, I'd want it to actually travel through time. Now THAT would be handy. As a friend of mine says, "Almost any problem can be fixed with a time machine and a handgun."

careful there, you could kill the guy who started the revolution to find out the result of his revolution was a genocide that was averted.

I'd be willing to pay 400k for a lot of things from movies.

For a car as buttfark ugly as a delorean... no.

GeneralJim: If it's going to go for around a half-mil, I'd want it to actually travel through time. Now THAT would be handy. As a friend of mine says, "Almost any problem can be fixed with a time machine and a handgun."

What if the person you are trying to kill steals your time machine?

This (new window) shouldn't be obscure.

markie_farkie: $400k to $600k expected. That's some serious shiat!

Heavy.

you know you want it (new window)

with a clickable link

Do I have to bring my own weapons? Has he done this more than once before?

Eddie Adams from Torrance: I saw one that had a Buick Grand National V6 stuffed in there.... too bad there's not just a little more space... stuffing a small block Chevy in one would make a fun project.

At least one person stuffed a Northstar in one. Other V8's have been done.

A turbo V6 seems like a better choice though, considering the weight and where the engine is.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Mugato: I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get parts for even if it did.

Parts for Deloreans are plentiful and inexpensive. I've thought about buying one. Plenty of nice ones out there for $20-$30K. What's always stopped me is the idea of having something that looks so exotic, but is under the skin a pretty basic Renault based under performer.

I saw one that had a Buick Grand National V6 stuffed in there.... too bad there's not just a little more space... stuffing a small block Chevy in one would make a fun project.

Fark really needs a LIKE button.

Guidette Frankentits: you know you want it (new window)

with a clickable link

LOL Holy shiat. I figured that was just a cleverly edited gif, but that is actually in the movie. Wow

markie_farkie: $400k to $600k expected. That's some serious shiat!

I'm sure that in 1985 Deloreans are available in every corner car dealership, but in 2011 they're a little hard to come by.

Isn't there a company making brand new Delorians from left over old stock?

Quantum Apostrophe: Mugato: I dunno. I'd buy one of the ones that doesn't have the huge microchip strapped to the hood. They have one at Universal Orlando and it's in pretty good shape. Don't know if it runs though. I'd imagine it'd be pretty hard to get parts for even if it did.

3D printer. It's the future, remember?

or you could just roll back to 1981 and get parts, plutonium is hard to find but I believe this model runs on banana peels, used condoms and burger king wrapers.

Just dont buy a Delorian that has been painted . I heard that usually means its been in an accident

ActionJoe: LOL Holy shiat. I figured that was just a cleverly edited gif, but that is actually in the movie. Wow

Supposedly the kid is "mimicking" the director.

groppet: Just dont buy a Delorian that has been painted . I heard that usually means its been in an accident

I'm having trouble putting into words the amount of incoherent hate I'd have for someone that would paint a delorean.

Would like a word.

The car was featured on Hollywood Treasures (new window)

I'm surprised the guy decided to part with it.

bravian:

GeneralJim: If it's going to go for around a half-mil, I'd want it to actually travel through time. Now THAT would be handy. As a friend of mine says, "Almost any problem can be fixed with a time machine and a handgun."

What if the person you are trying to kill steals your time machine?

With another time machine and a handgun, you can fix that problem.

Guidette Frankentits: ActionJoe: LOL Holy shiat. I figured that was just a cleverly edited gif, but that is actually in the movie. Wow

Supposedly the kid is "mimicking" the director.

I've heard that and I've also heard he was trying to signal he had to pee.

*Yawn* call me when it's a TARDIS

BioStormX: *Yawn* call me when it's a TARDIS

If you're gonna build a time machine, why not do it with some style?

"Borrow my neighbor's DeLorean to build my time machine? Nah, the left turn signal's broken."

/obscure

I'm sure that in 2011 everyone has 400-600 thousand dollars just siitting around in Petty Cash but this is 1888!

TsukasaK: groppet: Just dont buy a Delorian that has been painted . I heard that usually means its been in an accident

I'm having trouble putting into words the amount of incoherent hate I'd have for someone that would paint a delorean.

What about someone who plates it in gold?

Quantum Apostrophe: 3D printer. It's the future, remember?

You would download a car?

Knight of the Woeful Countenance: BioStormX: *Yawn* call me when it's a TARDIS

If you're gonna build a time machine, why not do it with some style?

"build it with style" (new window)
I keep thinking about making one a winter project, but I keep going back to "What the hell would I do with it when I'm done? Use it for a shed?

Chevello: Quantum Apostrophe: 3D printer. It's the future, remember?

You would download a car?

Knight of the Woeful Countenance: BioStormX: *Yawn* call me when it's a TARDIS

If you're gonna build a time machine, why not do it with some style?

"build it with style" (new window)
I keep thinking about making one a winter project, but I keep going back to "What the hell would I do with it when I'm done? Use it for a shed?

Use it for a shed, what's wrong with you? What do you use your car for, an outhouse, It's a Tardis, go back in time and ride the dinosaurs or you could go back twenty years and leave yourself a list of shiat not to do or I know here is a list of planets to visit.

a shed. you don't deserve a Tardis.

FROGSTOMPER: Chevello: Quantum Apostrophe: 3D printer. It's the future, remember?

You would download a car?

Knight of the Woeful Countenance: BioStormX: *Yawn* call me when it's a TARDIS

If you're gonna build a time machine, why not do it with some style?

"build it with style" (new window)
I keep thinking about making one a winter project, but I keep going back to "What the hell would I do with it when I'm done? Use it for a shed?

Use it for a shed, what's wrong with you? What do you use your car for, an outhouse, It's a Tardis, go back in time and ride the dinosaurs or you could go back twenty years and leave yourself a list of shiat not to do or I know here is a list of planets to visit.

a shed. you don't deserve a Tardis.

Well it is bigger on the inside. It would be convenient.

List of shiat to not do:
1. 11.20.11 Don't mention using a Tardis for a shed.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: "Parts for Deloreans are plentiful and inexpensive."

Ah, I see you've been smoking the good stuff. As a Delorean owner (true story, bro) I can tell you neither of those is the case. Somebody once asked me where I go for parts; I said, "Church." Figure on easily quadrupling the expected cost of any part you would expect to buy for another car, often more.

That said, it's a cool car to have. Definitely turns heads. You're right, though - it's not much of a performer. 130HP for a 2,700lb car == sluggishness. One thing I can say, though -- having driven about 400k miles in a lot of different vehicles, the Delorean is hands-down THE most comfortable car I've ever been in for long drives. I don't know what it is but your body just doesn't get tired of being in it.

About dropping a bigger engine in it: problem is, the positioning of the motor is terrible: the bulk of it weighs in just behind the rear axle. Which is great for turns, right up until the rear end breaks loose - once that happens you're never getting it back. From my experience the powerplant it has, as weak as it is, is the one it should have.