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Old 18-07-2009, 05:13 AM   #1
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Default A Deloren

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Just a thought.

I want to buy a project car that will last a lifetime and thinking through id love nothing more than a Deloren or a 1969 Dodge Charger.

But how does one go about finding these rare vehicles??

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Old 18-07-2009, 06:11 AM   #2
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A deloren would be nice!!! Heap of histoy, and some deep rooted political history.
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Old 18-07-2009, 06:43 AM   #3
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a Deloren for me,dont think many come up for sale here,best to check evil bay america,were of there end of next year and my plan is to get one but they seem to have a cult following over there n seem to be getting dearer to:(
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Old 18-07-2009, 07:18 AM   #4
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http://www.delorean.com/

American guy still builds them new if ya want, he got the intellectual property a while a go and kept it going.

Might have a source of used ones etc.
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Old 18-07-2009, 07:31 AM   #5
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From memory the delorean had leaking issues etc. I have seen a genuine delorean up close and it didn't appeal to me. I love the charger but horses for courses hey!
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Old 18-07-2009, 07:45 AM   #6
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was in the states 2years ago n every1 i talked to said they were crapy cars ,but hay looks awsom
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There is at least one Deloren in Australia. Last I heard Matthew Reilly (fiction author) pick one up at a Melbourne auction & drove it home to Sydney.
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There is at least one Deloren in Australia. Last I heard Matthew Reilly (fiction author) pick one up at a Melbourne auction & drove it home to Sydney.
yea i read bout that ,i think he payed ?40/50k for it,
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Old 18-07-2009, 08:04 AM   #9
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http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/...carhome&Nne=15

I'd love me a Dodge Charger.
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Old 18-07-2009, 08:05 AM   #10
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Delorean guys, Delorean.
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Old 18-07-2009, 08:39 AM   #11
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Holy smoking flux capacitors Marty.. Get hold of dvd "BULLIT".. If you dont want a Black Charger after that.. Seek medical attention..
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Holy smoking flux capacitors Marty.. Get hold of dvd "BULLIT".. If you dont want a Black Charger after that.. Seek medical attention..
that was a Fastback Mustang but yes he was chasing a Dodge i stand corrected
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that was a Fastback Mustang
Yes i know.. And the bad dudes car was a BIG BAD BLACK CHARGER!!!!
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im watching the chase now lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7IEPTAoTg
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Old 18-07-2009, 09:22 AM   #15
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Bit more dodge action the get the blood boiling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GUcI-KfXXs

but back to the main subject of the thread, id go Dodge over a Delorean but a prerequisite to buying a Chrysler (Dodge) Valiant it to own a tough Ford!!!
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Hmmm... gotta love that ol school handling. Is it classed as an action or horror?
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i loved the 1970s dodge charger from vanishing point
good luck trying to find a delorean down here i heard there was only a couple in a australian pro skateborder had one and was saying it was a very rare find
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i hear that there is one here in the hunter delorean that is
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Old 18-07-2009, 11:30 AM   #19
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Theres a delorean in the birdwood museum too
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Old 18-07-2009, 11:34 AM   #20
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there was... it was sold a few years ago and wound up going to england :( i went up there just to see it and it had been sold weeks before
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There is at least one Deloren in Australia. Last I heard Matthew Reilly (fiction author) pick one up at a Melbourne auction & drove it home to Sydney.
I 've seen one around the north side if Brisbane a few times, even up Morayfield way.
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theres a delorean for sale in the latest car magazine for classic cars sales..not unique cars but the other one? Has cars in groupings. I think it was around 45 grand and had the lowest km of any delorean in the world, something like 40k!
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There was one on display in the foyer of RACV's head office in Melbourne a few months ago.
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Far too 80's and far too expensive for what they are. The movie makes it look good but then again, it's not really a stocko is it?
I've seen one up close and personal and I find them ghastly.
I'd rather do up old school muscle instead of some hyped up concept car that requires its own mechanic. Actually, even in the movie it had constant mechanical issues.
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I refuse to buy a valiant charger, it has to be left hand drive DODGE.

then ill pull out the engine and drop a 440 in MUHAHAHAHA

from clarkson " You'd have horses falling out the glove box"

In the dukes of hazzard movie dad asked me "which would you rather have, jessica simpson in the bikini or the charger?" " i picked the charger you can have more fun with it and it'll be just as gorgeous in 30 years

Hemi Cuda would be nice too. guy i know has one sits in a shed costs $100 in fuel to go from lonsdale (south adelaide) into the CBD.


UPDATE LOOK AT THIS ONE:
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The Delorean has Renault runnning gear too!!
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There is at least one Deloren in Australia. Last I heard Matthew Reilly (fiction author) pick one up at a Melbourne auction & drove it home to Sydney.
two brothers also have one each

was in unique cars from memory - they had Italian sounding surname - so at least 3 but i would say much more
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The one at Birdwood was still there when I went to the Rock N Roll Rendezvous this year.
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The Delorean has Renault runnning gear too!!
Happy to be corrected, but I think its a PRV or Peugeot Renault Volvo v6 engine?
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The one at Birdwood was still there when I went to the Rock N Roll Rendezvous this year.
Interesting, cos I went a couple of years ago and asked about the Delorean, was all I wanted to see, and was told the owner had pulled it out of the museum to sell it, it was no longer there. Must be a new one in there or something?

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