Freaky Beetle • 1981 • DeLorean • DMC-12

[Freaky Beetle]

Here is my 1981 DMC-12 with 17,000 original miles.

Engine: 2.85 Liter V-6
Interior: 2 Seats - Black Leather
Exterior: Raw Stainless Steel

[dnyed]

That is one of my all-time favorite cars ever, your DeLorean! Wow!

[Freaky Beetle]

Originally Posted by dnyed

That is one of my all-time favorite cars ever, your DeLorean! Wow!

Thanks!!! Again!

[73standard]

Where's your flux capacitor?

[squeebug]

your car is sooooooo awsome! I love DeLoreans. Yours looks great!

[The Cheat]

What's the farthest you've gone back in time with it?

I joke, but nice ride!

[FineExampl]

SWEET! I so love DeLoreans! That interior looks all original, am i right? I remember sitting in one years back and it looked exactly as yours does, but the one i saw was a clunker (doors wouldn't stay up).

i am VERY jealous!

john

[PieAitsch]

...long time ago, i alway watched "Zurück in die Zukunft" with marty an doc brown... that was so cool... i also wanted to have the car... it´s an all-time favorite... i love it... you can be really proud to have on...

[Freaky Beetle]

Originally Posted by FineExampl

That interior looks all original, am i right?
john

Thanks!

Other than system upgrades and lowering, the car is completely stock in apperance.

Here it is when I went to buy it:


After:


Engine Before:


Engine After:


I have done all of the work to this car. 100% work of love....

[Slug]

I don't think it looked that good new! Great Job!

[dnyed]

Originally Posted by Freaky Beetle

100% work of love....

It shows. All of your cars are beautiful!

[Blue_Stinkbug]

I still think your DMC is awsome one of the better ones I have seen

[Air Sucker]

Awesome ride man.

[w00sh!]

This car is absolutely amazing!

Congrats dude!!!

[Muse]

Awesome. I have always, always wanted a DeLorean. When I lived in Newport Beach, someone in my parking complex had one, and I always parked near it hoping to someday meet the person and ask him or her about it.

[TeddyTiger]

Ahh, the venerable Renault V6, I remember hearing stories about DeLorean not being able to get a Chevy 350 like he wanted because Chevy didn't want his car to be faster than their Corvette.

I do believe that the DeLorean *was* designed for a small block V8, if / when I ever got one, that's the first thing I would do.

Hehehe, *then* it would sound like Doc Brown's time machine with that nice, deep V8 growl.

[Freaky Beetle]

Originally Posted by TeddyTiger

Ahh, the venerable Renault V6, I remember hearing stories about DeLorean not being able to get a Chevy 350 like he wanted because Chevy didn't want his car to be faster than their Corvette.

I do believe that the DeLorean *was* designed for a small block V8, if / when I ever got one, that's the first thing I would do.

Hehehe, *then* it would sound like Doc Brown's time machine with that nice, deep V8 growl.

I have seen a 350 Chevy DeLorean in person. The owner did a very clean install. The prototype DeLorean had a Citroen engine, but the PRV was chosen because it was the most power engine to weight at the time. The two twin turbo DeLorean PRV-6s in existance are quite powerful! 0-60 is less than 6 sec. on those cars. My favorite engine swap so far has been a Lotus Twin Turbo V8! Beleive it or not, the PRV sounds like a V8 at idle with a free flow exhaust installed.

[marvins_dad]

Originally Posted by TeddyTiger

Hehehe, *then* it would sound like Doc Brown's time machine with that nice, deep V8 growl.

Heh! One of my favorite cinematic blunders....the Delorean was Electric in the first movie and somehow by the end of the 2nd/beginning of the 3rd when it was appropriate for an arrow to get lodged into the gas tank to somehow make gas be a reason for engine power loss to occur.

Still have my eyes on them..Jai's is one of the best looking ones out there. Get Deloreans.org back up and running!

[Freaky Beetle]

44" Tall

[FineExampl]

Originally Posted by marvins_dad

Heh! One of my favorite cinematic blunders....the Delorean was Electric in the first movie and somehow by the end of the 2nd/beginning of the 3rd when it was appropriate for an arrow to get lodged into the gas tank to somehow make gas be a reason for engine power loss to occur.

Still have my eyes on them..Jai's is one of the best looking ones out there. Get Deloreans.org back up and running!

Perusing old threads...

That wasn't a blunder man. In either the 2nd or 3rd BTTF Doc Brown clearly makes a point that the engine always ran on ordinary gasoline, but needed the plutonium (and likewise the Mr. Fusion) to generate the 1.21gigowatts of electricity needed for the flux capacitor. Remember, they could get the car to run in the 1955, just couldn't time travel. The only time they had trouble was in 1885 with no gasoline.

Sorry to jump off topic a bit, i just love this car and those movies.