RE: Electrogenic takes DMC-12 back to the future

[BVB]

Take it straight down the breakers LOL

[InitialDave]

fatsams said:

WHY?

Because a really cool car with a fairly rubbish engine is improved by replacing it.

[miniman]

Bladedancer said:

Or you could put a V8 in it. Would match the soundtrack from the movie

This one was at Scramble.

I agree this is a perfect candidate for EV, I’d love one.

[ChocolateFrog]

Perfect car for an EV restomod.

That V6 seems totally pants.

[unsprung]

ballans said:

Brilliant!
Wasn’t there a company in Texas already been doing this for some time now? I think it was the business that bought all the tooling and spare parts and could actually build new (old) ones. Not sure if they are still about

Indeed they are.

They can send you a single part or restore your entire car. For the original DeLorean they are the de facto main dealer, buying and selling used examples.

Greater Houston area - the home of things as varied as NASA and Beyonce.

https://www.classicdmc.com/


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The city embraces its role as host of this unique vehicle. More on DeLorean and Houston here:

"Houston Goes Back to the Future with the Coolest DeLorean Ever"
https://www.papercitymag.com/society/houston-delor...



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[JW911]

Love it. Not financially viable I expect but I’d be in if it had a Mr Fusion and I could feed it on banana skins.

[AmyRichardson]

Seems a good candidate, it's yesteryear futurism would suit the whine of an EV powertrain and the opposite, some chugga-chugga crate V8, would be laughably out of character.

[phast]

fatsams said:

WHY?

I'm with you.
It was bad car when it was conceived, a worse car when it was built and the only reason there are any left on the road is because of BTTF. Buy a Gibson ES345 guitar instead, it's cheaper, girls will think you're cooler and it’s already electric.

Edited by phast on Monday 1st July 18:52