Car Developer John DeLorean Dies at 80

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Car Developer John DeLorean Dies at 80.........

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150962,00.html

Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?

Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

[Dexter]

....White lines.....blow my mind....

[Grasshopper]

What a crook that guy was. It's astonishing the UK government threw so much money his way.

Not bad cars though.

[Zero_Hour]

Thought for sure he'd make it to at least 88.

[Grasshopper]

Thought for sure he'd make it to at least 88.

Lol, yeah then we'd have seen some serious $hit.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

R.I.P.
A true B.Y.O.C (Build Your Own Car) Legend

Whatever you think of the man, his car certainly inspired imagination...for that I created this tribute:




mrC

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That is one cool casket:

     What did one casket say to the other casket?

      Is that you coffin


**thank you, thank you I'll be hear all night...don't forget to tip your waitress**

[ChadTower]

I remember one time when I was in college I was at a gas station.  I had a little white 1982 Ford EXP that had had the roof cut off and a custom convertible top put on it.  It looked like a 2/3 scale early Musting 5.0, body was mint (it had a 1.6l 4cyl, was so low on power it was nearly dangerous on onramps). 

This guy comes up to me while I'm pumping gas and tells me how awesome my car is, where I got it, if I did the work (I didn't).  He gets in, wants to drive it around the pumps, he's TOTALLY into my car.  I joke with him that the book value was like $6 (which was true).  Kind of made my day, dude was so into my car.

I turned around and saw the he had driven up in a DeLorean.  I almost wet my pants.  Dude drove up in a freakin DeLorean and was that into MY car.

[_Iz-]

I remember one time when I was in college I was at a gas station.  I had a little white 1982 Ford EXP that had had the roof cut off and a custom convertible top put on it.  It looked like a 2/3 scale early Musting 5.0, body was mint (it had a 1.6l 4cyl, was so low on power it was nearly dangerous on onramps). 

This guy comes up to me while I'm pumping gas and tells me how awesome my car is, where I got it, if I did the work (I didn't).  He gets in, wants to drive it around the pumps, he's TOTALLY into my car.  I joke with him that the book value was like $6 (which was true).  Kind of made my day, dude was so into my car.

I turned around and saw the he had driven up in a DeLorean.  I almost wet my pants.  Dude drove up in a freakin DeLorean and was that into MY car.

You shoulda offered to trade him vehicles... 

[ChadTower]

I did... he told me I'd probably have to throw in a check for $20,000.  If I had one I probably would have done it.  That car was awesome.

It had a radio with motorized faceplate... that was made in 1982.  So ahead of its time.  And it was really cool to be able to put hands on the stainless steel body.