Back to the Future of the Delorean rebuild starts at $25,000 |
Two of the three Back to the Future films were worth watching, the third one based on a western motiff should have stayed in the can. The coolest stage prop was the time machine itself which thankfully wasn’t the refrigerator as once planned.
John Delorean may have died in 2005, but the car with his last name lives on.
via LA Times:
Espey’s company acquired the parts and engines that were left over after DeLorean’s company went belly up; it also owns the trademarks and many of the engineering drawings. Espey’s 20-person operation handles a dozen or so rebuilds a year and has an eight-month waiting list. (Buying and restoring a used DeLorean will cost you about $25,000; they’ll strip one to the frame and completely rebuild it for a base price of $42,500.)
We’re still looking to buy a car and unfortunately the Delorean rebuild is over twice what we’re looking to spend. The Delorean wouldn’t be complete without the Flux Capacitor. I wonder if that’s included?
One of the coolest looking cars ever created, I can see why a fanbase lives on. Although the linked article gives most the credit to the Michael J. Fox movie, what other cool looking cars under $50,000 can you cite?




Marty: “Doc, you mean to tell me that this sucker is nuclear?!!”
Doc Brown: “No, no, this sucker’s electrical.”
Would’ve only been right for the rebuild version to at the very least to be a hybrid…
Comment by Rob O. — July 30, 2007 @ 12:52 pm PST
LOL, good thinking, Rob!
Comment by TDavid — July 30, 2007 @ 1:06 pm PST