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Great Scott! DeLorean factory to resume production after 35 years!
www.wthr.com ^ | Updated: Jan 27, 2016 11:19 AM CST | By KPRC, Houston

Posted on 01/27/2016 12:22:40 PM PST by Red Badger

HUMBLE, Texas -

The DeLorean is going back to the future and into production.

We first saw the iconic time machine three decades ago in the movie, "Back to the Future", but the last time a real DeLorean was built was about 35 years ago. Soon that will change at the DeLorean Motor Company in Humble, Texas.

"It's fantastic. It is a game-changer for us. We've been wanting this to happen," DeLorean CEO Stephen Wynne said. "That was a green light to go back into production. That was prohibited. It was against the law to do it."

Wynne brought the DeLorean Motor Company to the Houston area in 1987. For the first time, the DeLorean will be manufactured on American soil.

Wynne said the company will build replica 1982 DeLoreans under a low-volume manufacturing bill approved by the federal government. He estimates he has enough supplies in stock to build about 300 cars. He hopes to go from building one a month to one a week.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Texas; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 88mph; banglist; delorean; houston; stephenwynne; texas
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To: Larry Lucido

I’ll wait until I have some spare cash.................got my power ball tickets!.............


61 posted on 01/27/2016 2:08:14 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

I did an internet search and found some nice painted ones and some bizarre ones.


62 posted on 01/27/2016 2:09:03 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Svartalfiar

The new law excludes small production cars (<325 per year) from NHTSA rules and regs..................


63 posted on 01/27/2016 2:10:19 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

A Delorean is at least 10x more likely to catch fire.

The only reported Volt fire was a totaled car that was in a salvage yard for weeks.


64 posted on 01/27/2016 2:10:51 PM PST by Reaganez
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To: nascarnation

Bizzare?..............

65 posted on 01/27/2016 2:11:57 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Dayum!


66 posted on 01/27/2016 2:12:34 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

The chief problem with stainless was that if someone hit you, you had to replace the panel. Paint covers Bondo...


67 posted on 01/27/2016 2:17:28 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Red Badger

I’d ask if Flux capacitors are going to be an option, but someone has probably beaten me to it.


68 posted on 01/27/2016 2:26:34 PM PST by Torcert (Veritas odium paret. (Truth creates hatred.) - Terence)
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To: Torcert

Yes, they are optional, but there’s a waiting list................


69 posted on 01/27/2016 2:29:24 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: nascarnation
The painted examples make it more apparent just how close the design was to the Renault Alpine of that period (I think the one that looked most like the DeLorean never made it to the U.S. market).

I had an opportunity to drive one once, without any foreknowledge of what to expect. It was really awful. If this gentleman is really going to assemble and sell 300 more copies, he should seriously consider coming up with an engine swap that puts some life in the car. An electric power steering system might be a good idea, too.

70 posted on 01/27/2016 2:45:22 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

joke was john delorean, after getting busted, could make the cars and the license plates.


71 posted on 01/27/2016 2:58:51 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena

Good one. That’s vertical integration. Or is it horizontal?


72 posted on 01/27/2016 4:02:14 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Charles Martel
The painted examples make it more apparent just how close the design was to the Renault Alpine of that period

not really, except the general 70s coupe styling. And the Renault, although an older design is more "modern" in appearance, with a snarly aggressiveness the flattish DeLorean lacks.


73 posted on 01/27/2016 4:56:10 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: Oztrich Boy

In terms of powertrain parts, the Alpine and DeLorean are cousins. Of course, the DeLorean coach work was unique. John DeLorean owned a ‘79 Alpine, so the similarities (and component sources) are not coincidental.


74 posted on 01/27/2016 6:39:01 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Kaosinla

“But, what does the the Volt do upon reaching 88 mph!”

Then it really smokes, period!


75 posted on 01/27/2016 6:58:58 PM PST by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: nascarnation

If you’ve ever owned a renault you wouldn’t be asking that question.

CC


76 posted on 01/27/2016 10:15:08 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

It is like back to the future again.


77 posted on 01/28/2016 7:47:14 AM PST by brivette
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To: Red Badger

Reminds me of a song.,..


78 posted on 01/28/2016 7:55:16 AM PST by brivette
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To: brivette

How bizarre...................


79 posted on 01/28/2016 8:01:13 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Roos_Girl

Ah ok. So it wasn’t illegal or anything, it was just a pain in the ass and too expensive to be worth making them.


80 posted on 01/28/2016 11:11:05 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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