Gigawatts?

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/3890451707.html

Libyans included?

probably worth more without all the 'time machine' stuff on it regardless of his investment...

I am just gonna say it.

I hate movie/tv show replica cars. If I never see another BTTF Delorean or General lee again I will be a happier...... strike that.....a less irritated person.

Pretty cool! But then again I love BTTF and the time-travelling DeLorean (and the Dukes of Hazzard and the General Lee). Ditchdigger, just close your eyes and tell me where to look

ditchdigger wrote: I am just gonna say it. I hate movie/tv show replica cars. If I never see another BTTF Delorean or General lee again I will be a happier...... strike that.....a less irritated person.

Curmudgeon

The picture with the kid is hilarious.

I sometimes attend local cruze nites in some local towns and one Delorean/BTTF modified car shows up every once in a while. It's well done too! I'm not a fan of stock Deloreans so every one that is converted to a BTTF car is a win.

Gearheadotaku wrote: probably worth more without all the 'time machine' stuff on it regardless of his investment...

Would stock DeLoreans be worth what they are now if it weren't for the Back to the Future movies?

ditchdigger wrote: I am just gonna say it. I hate movie/tv show replica cars. If I never see another BTTF Delorean or General lee again I will be a happier...... strike that.....a less irritated person.

...then you'll probably hate my dream to build a General Lee replica prepped for rally-cross.

MadScientistMatt wrote:

Gearheadotaku wrote: probably worth more without all the 'time machine' stuff on it regardless of his investment...

Would stock DeLoreans be worth what they are now if it weren't for the Back to the Future movies?

I honestly don't think they would be. The BTTF franchise immortalized the DeLorean in pop culture. I think if it wasn't for the movies, we'd be chasing them around like Bi Turbos.

MadScientistMatt wrote: Would stock DeLoreans be worth what they are now if it weren't for the Back to the Future movies?

Probably not. John DeLorean himself wrote a letter thanking the studio for their portrayal of the car as a timeless car of the future, realizing that the movie did more to immortalize the car than anything else could have. More often than not many people won't recognize what a DeLorean is from the name, but instantly know what it is by the description, "The car from Back to the Future." It's both a blessing and a curse- everyone knows the car because of it, but you have to endure endless bad/repetitive BTTF jokes even when you have a completely stock DMC-12.

It's highly arguable whether it's worth more with or without the BTTF mods- it entirely depends on finding the right buyer. The seller is right- you can easily pay over $60k for an essentially perfect replica, but most people aren't THAT into the movie and want it that badly. There's also the issue from what I've heard that at least some of the mods (the flux bands on the side/front of the car that obscure some of the indicator lights) make full BTTF replicas non-road-legal in some states, so you're limited to trailering it to shows depending on where you are.

Likely unsurprisingly, I much prefer non-BTTF DMC-12s as do most actual DeLorean owners, though I do appreciate the effort that goes into a well-done conversion. The problem is that it's largely non-reversible and you essentially ruin several very hard-to-replace body panels in the conversion process.

In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:

Ditto for '69 Chargers with regards to the Dukes of Hazzard. While classic muscle cars of that era are arguably over-valued in general, Chargers in particular are hard to come by in "driver condition". So far, all I've found are restored cars for mega-$$ ($30K min) or rusty hulks that still sell for a few $K.

In reply to ransom:

Other than the fact the louvers, rub strips, and the parts of the bumper that are traditionally bare-plastic-black, that wouldn't be an entirely unreasonable vinyl wrap to make for the car. DMCH has done some experimenting with wraps as a way to change the look of the car without the disaster that results from painting them (or more specifically, trying to un-paint one...), and most have turned out looking VERY nice.

In reply to Ashyukun:

I was sad they didn't choose my design for their vinyl wrap......the contest was held via Forza Motorsport, and my submission was a black car with a bunch of white hand prints all over it.....on the hood a suitcase, pile of white powder, and in script "John wants his car back"

All I want is a working Mr Fusion

ransom wrote:

Needs a Ghost Busters siren and KITT hood light.

yamaha wrote: In reply to Ashyukun: I was sad they didn't choose my design for their vinyl wrap......the contest was held via Forza Motorsport, and my submission was a black car with a bunch of white hand prints all over it.....on the hood a suitcase, pile of white powder, and in script "John wants his car back"

I can't say I'm surprised yours wasn't chosen... I wasn't all that impressed with the one that was to be honest- I saw it on the electric car when I stopped at DMCH two Christmasses ago and it may still have been on it at DCS a year ago. The gunmetal grey wrap they had on the supercharged 'D though looked WICKED.

They had some mock-ups of different wrap schemes though, and some looked really slick including a few with bright yellow or green that worked much better than I would have expected. I love the look of the brushed stainless but could see myself doing something fun with it for a year or so with a wrap down the line.

Honestly, I'd think the wrap they'd sell the most of would be a BTTF one coupled with a cheap foam casting of the hardware in the back that could be mounted to the louvers. Cheap, nearly-instant, and totally reversible BTTF conversion.

$25K

Gigawacked.

In reply to SVreX:

It sounds like that's just what the BTTF mods have cost, so it sounds like he's expecting to get more on top of that as well when you add in the cost of the car.

It's generally accepted in the DeLorean community that $25k is what you're going to pay for a solid, well-sorted and reliable DMC-12. It won't be a super-clean, concours-winning car- but one that you can count on to start when you turn the key, get you where you're going, and to look good when you take the time to polish it up for car shows. You can buy a cheaper one, but you're likely going to spend back up to the $25k number in fixes/modifications you'll need to make it reliable. I got very lucky in getting mine very cheaply and being able and willing to do all the work to fix it up myself outside of some painting (the bumpers are painted on all DeLoreans), tire replacement, and AC work.

I'm guessing that he isn't really THAT interested in selling (or at least really doesn't NEED to sell) the car and is just hoping that someone will jump at giving him a lot for it or trading him something he really wants for it.