John DeLorean dead at 80.

[devilmaster]

By Jeffery Gold, Associated Press Writer

NEWARK, N.J. - John Z. DeLorean, an automotive innovator who left General Motors Corp. to develop a radically futuristic sports car only to see that venture crash spectacularly as he fought federal drug charges, has died at age 80.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/obit_delorean

[fourrunner]

The Creator of the Pontiac GTO

John DeLorean was a Charismatic, Talented, Good Looking, Egomaniac, who had the pedigree to make the DeLorean project a success, but who believed his Press Clippings and Lived like a Sultan before the whole thing played out!

He was an incredible Salesman, who let that little Devil on his shoulder take control of his talent !


Even Johnny Carson invested in the Company !

[devilmaster]

Apparently the company has been revived to service the fleet.

www.delorean.com

[cart7]

Finally support for the Delorean. Those flux capacitors have gotta be needing replacement in those cars.

[anait]

^^^ Really, everyone should have a few spare flux capacitors stashed away in their garage. You just never know when you'll need one.

[devilmaster]

^^^ Really, everyone should have a few spare flux capacitors stashed away in their garage. You just never know when you'll need one.

if you do a parts search at http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/Search.asp

its there....

Part # Description View Info on this part Price (Each) Qty Ordered
18851985 FLUX CAPACITOR $0.00

[RichK]

if you do a parts search at http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/Search.asp

its there....

Part # Description View Info on this part Price (Each) Qty Ordered
18851985 FLUX CAPACITOR $0.00

That is just cool.

[ilferrari]

if you do a parts search at http://www.usadmc.com/dmcstore/Search.asp

its there....

Part # Description View Info on this part Price (Each) Qty Ordered
18851985 FLUX CAPACITOR $0.00

:rofl:

[Opposite Lock]

Encore:
http://jalopnik.com/cars/woodward-dream-cruise/lets-do-the-time-warp-again-the-delorean-will-be-back-in-2008-291730.php

[SteveH]

Here's an article that appeared in our local paper today

http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2007/08/21/business/business/doc7a833a9a9c97c1578625733d0063eedb.txt




Wynne formed the company in 1995, when the bulk of his business was working on original DeLoreans at a Houston garage. Still, he needed a name, and because there was nothing legally preventing him from using the original, he decided to give it a shot. He even called John DeLorean, who wished him luck.

A dozen years later, Wynne hopes to parlay the car's celebrity -- along with the world's biggest stash of DeLorean parts and engines -- into a niche production business that begins hand-making two DeLoreans a month sometime next year. They've just started taking orders.

Already, the Humble operation will take an existing DeLorean, strip it to the frame and rebuild it for a base price of $42,500. Wynne's staff can rebuild one every couple of months.

[Wabbit]

^^^ Really, everyone should have a few spare flux capacitors stashed away in their garage. You just never know when you'll need one.

Only if I can go back in time 12 years and see a real CART race again.

[emjaya]

Only if I can go back in time 12 years and see a real CART race again.

I want to go forward and see that Champcar has evolved into something better than CART. :gomer:

O/T: Anait? Last visit 12-10-06.

[JohnHKart]

Only if I can go back in time 12 years and see a real CART race again.

If only I could go back and time 12 years and get excited about Cart again. I still can't figure out half the drivers I'm looking at on a Sunday.

John