Posted on 10/21/2023 7:08:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 1981 DeLorean — the gullwing-doored car that took its star turn as a time machine in “Back to the Future” — was found in a Wisconsin barn, complete with its original tires and with just 977 miles on the odometer.
Mike McElhattan, a business owner who specializes in repairing DeLoreans, didn’t think much of the call he got from New Mexico about the car until he learned it had less than 1,000 miles on it.
The original owner, identified only as “Dick,” had stored the classic car in a barn. The body was covered in dust and rodent droppings, but the car was in otherwise good condition, right down to the original tires and blue oil filter.
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1.21 GIGAWATTS!
Why is someone calling the guy from New Mexico about a car in Wisconsin?
Had a buddy who opened a small auto shop in the early 80’s. Had a hard time building a clientele. Discovered nobody wanted to work on these things, so he advertised as being a DeLorean Expert. Kept him afloat, but he truly hated them.
Because he’s a Delorean specialist?
Amazed they rolled it out on the original tires. I would have guessed they would have rotted away.
Delorens need a series engine [and maybe transaxle upgrade].
Something like a Ford Ecoboost 4 banger.
No idea, but New Mexico has a ton of old cars in great condition. On a dirt road 5 miles from me there is a ‘58 DeSoto with the original paint next to an abandoned A-frame house.
I didn’t go to the link to read the article in full. It’s a long-standing tradition here. That being said, that little detail could have been revealed earlier in the article.
Well, it was in the second line of the excerpt...
It is confusing. Maybe “Dick” owns property in more than one state and happened to be New Mexico at the time. Or a third party who knows “Dick” and the expert resides in New Mexico and made introductions about the car.
I figured that out pretty quickly during a hot air balloon ride over Los Ranchos de Albuquerque (January of 1995). Back yards filled with vintage cars wasting away.
The Mike guy was a third party.
I typically engage on FR via a smartphone with, literally, a business card-size screen. (3.5”x2”) When I click on an article, I might get the first sentence or two before being deluged with pop-ups and click-bait that breaks up the article. Reading most linked articles is nearly impossible this way. I try to comment only on what appears in the excerpt.
The article talks about finding mice living inside the car. It is amazing how much damage they can do to a vehicle. They tear out any cloth and padding and can destroy a wiring harness.
I lifted the hood on our ranch truck because it was running poorly and making burning grass smells. You couldn’t see the top of the engine for the rubbish and cow turds that the pack rats had carried in. All the wires across the top of the intake were chewed in half.
*Huey Lewis and the News music begins playing*
Gostbusters?
No, “Back to the Future!” C’mon Nick!
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