A DeLorean! For Real! In Its Natural Habitat!

"hethoughtofcars" (hethoughtofcars) 04/03/2014 at 14:49 • Filed to: DeLorean

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Pulled up almost next to it on a freeway off-ramp, waiting for the light.

Damn, I hadn't noticed that crack in the windshield.

License plate of "Fluxin" (I wonder if he knows his car was featured prominently in a series of 1980s movies?). Check out the louvres. Those seem to be unnecessarily extra complex or is that a luggage rack on top of the louvres?

Anyway really awesome to see one (I've never, ever seen another actually on the road!). I wish I hadn't been alone in the car and that the light would have stayed red for a bit longer so I could get a decent pic.

Oh well, now to get that chip fixed...

Party-vi > hethoughtofcars 04/03/2014 at 14:51

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Luggage rack. Cool.

505Turbeaux > hethoughtofcars 04/03/2014 at 14:52

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nice plate!

ttyymmnn > hethoughtofcars 04/03/2014 at 14:54

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I've seen a couple here in Austin. Or maybe the same one twice. Any idea how many there are remaining in the wild?

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > hethoughtofcars 04/03/2014 at 15:01

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Isn't its natural habitat on the back of a flatbed?

Ferrero1911 > ttyymmnn 04/03/2014 at 15:05

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I'm pretty sure there are a lot left. I see them all the time. There are, however, very few without vanity plates.

user314 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 04/03/2014 at 15:07

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hethoughtofcars > ttyymmnn 04/03/2014 at 15:21

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Supposedly ~6500 out of the original 9000. I doubt that many are actually out being driven though. You can still buy quasi-new ones only 3 hours away from Austin in Humble, TX. They assemble them from NOS and reproduction parts, apparently.