FARK.com: (734429) UK Farkers, here is your chance to own historically significant automobiles like the Back To The Future Delorean, Mr. Bean's Mini and the Batmobile in one fell swoop. Purchase includes free museum

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(Pistonheads.com)		UK Farkers, here is your chance to own historically significant automobiles like the Back To The Future Delorean, Mr. Bean's Mini and the Batmobile in one fell swoop. Purchase includes free museum (pistonheads.com)		29
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Sudie		2003-11-25 07:27:46 PM

Was that Herbie the Love Bug in one of those pictures?

Godamnlimey		2003-11-25 09:56:05 PM

Do they have Basil Fawlty's Austin 1100 or the young ones Vivians' plastic pig?

RaverRevolution		2003-11-26 01:59:37 AM

The back to the future delorean seems a bit odd to me. I went to a car show and saw the actual vehical, the one with mr fusion on it and the rims seemed to look different to me.

zerkalo		2003-11-26 06:36:13 AM

And then those UK plutocrat-farkers can acquire the Hope Diamond, the Sphinx, and a long-term lease on the moon!

Eggplant		2003-11-26 06:37:23 AM

no Lamarossa,
no deal.

zerkalo		2003-11-26 06:41:46 AM

The only car museum in the UK worth its salt better have this man in charge of the Bently collection

zerkalo		2003-11-26 06:44:49 AM

sorry: Bentley

zerkalo		2003-11-26 06:47:32 AM

By the way, where's the Hitler Death Car?

zerkalo		2003-11-26 06:51:46 AM

All by myselllllllllf!

SpinStopper		2003-11-26 07:02:55 AM

RaverRevolution -

The back to the future delorean seems a bit odd to me. I went to a car show and saw the actual vehical, the one with mr fusion on it and the rims seemed to look different to me.

This is the Delorean from Back to the Future Part III - where the tires and wheels were replaced with what was available in 1955. Notice the box full of electronics (also vintage 1950's stuff) on the hood. Later in the movie, the car was modified again to roll on a railroad track. BTW, there were quite a few Deloreans used in the making of these movies.

Hello_Kthullu		2003-11-26 07:19:10 AM

there were quite a few Deloreans used in the making of these movies.

wha wha what??? You mean it wasn't a documentary filmed in real time?

SevenColors		2003-11-26 07:29:58 AM

I'd take realistic models of all of the above...

Alagfuin		2003-11-26 07:40:33 AM

Wonder how many of the cop-cars from Blues Brothers they have stocked up?

cbm5		2003-11-26 07:48:41 AM

This car needs some tender lovin'. But with the right paint job, and a police kit scrounged from a junkyard, you'd have a '74 Dodge Monaco for cheap. Now all you'd need is a ratty black suit and a brother in prison to go pick up.

cbm5		2003-11-26 07:52:11 AM

I didn't see your comment Alagfuin, but yeah that would be the ultimate movie car to have. You'd always be tempted to wear the black suit and hat, and heaven forbid you ever came up to a rising drawbridge....

"Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis! VROOOMMM"

zerkalo		2003-11-26 08:38:21 AM

"Its got a cop motor, a 440 cubic-inch plant. Its got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. Its a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas."

FatherG		2003-11-26 08:42:10 AM

Screw Bean's car, what about that three wheeled thing he always managed to tip over?

sjh		2003-11-26 08:53:26 AM

I work next door to that museum. It's quite spiffy inside, I was in there a month or two ago. Trouble is, it's in the middle of nowhere.

S.

MachuPichu		2003-11-26 09:00:40 AM

Who would want the batmobile? I heard it lost a wheel shortly after Robin layed an egg.

Elvis_Bogart		2003-11-26 09:14:01 AM

MachuPichu...

And the Joker got away too.

jeep44		2003-11-26 09:21:28 AM

When a vehicle is prominent in a movie or TV, usually they have several of them that are exactly the same . I seem to remember that in "The Dukes of Hazzard", they had 9 of those cars, so that they could always have one that was ready for filming. This is why several different museums can have "The" car used in a movie.

bitterati		2003-11-26 09:50:42 AM

[b]zerkalo[/b],

Fix the cigarette lighter.

pkjun		2003-11-26 10:18:01 AM

Now, now.

"UK Farkers" isn't quite right.

I believe we all know "Farkours" to be the correct term.

Or "Farkres". That works as well.

ElwoodCuse		2003-11-26 10:34:33 AM

The Blues Brothers holds the record for "most cars wrecked" during the making of a movie.

Bonus trivia: the Pintos the Nazis drove were FAA certified for their drop scene.

"They broke my watch!"

cunning_linguist_dc		2003-11-26 10:51:28 AM

"dibs" on the red lotus 'esprit' ... sweet !

theflyingdutchman		2003-11-26 11:10:52 AM

The collection is worth it for the Lincoln Futura (the batmobile). That is probably the coolest car never made.

That's a farking sweet ass car.

more sweet futuristic (for the 50s) rides that don't exist.

MaxxLarge		2003-11-26 12:01:58 PM

I would have one question, and EXACTLY one, before writing a check for this joint:

"How many of these work?"

Come ON! What would be the point of buying what's essentially the world's coolest garage if you couldn't take these babies out for a spin once in awhile?

Juansmith		2003-11-26 02:10:14 PM

...and possibly even a "Back to the Future" Delorean.

More than one was made? *shrug* I saw one, which is on display at Universal Studios in Hollywood...