The Best and Most Appropriate Car for Today is

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
03/17/2015 at 13:18 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (9)

Blake Noble > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
03/17/2015 at 13:21

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I know it's sacrilege, but I'd almost rather own a painted DeLorean.

RallyWrench > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
03/17/2015 at 13:23

Wow, I have not wanted a car this badly in a loooong time.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Blake Noble
03/17/2015 at 13:26

i'd be ok with it if it was translucent like what they do with carbon fiber so you could still see the grain of the stainless. the yellow one looks like its twice as bad. it could also be worse, Will.I.Am could have gotten hold of it

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/17/2015 at 13:51

There's some guy around here that has one painted black, and it looks great!

DMCVegas > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
03/17/2015 at 14:28

That would be Rob Grady, of P.J. Grady's car in Long Island.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > DMCVegas
03/17/2015 at 14:31

Are you talking about the green one I posted or the black one?

DMCVegas > Blake Noble
03/17/2015 at 14:33

They look beautiful when painted properly. The worry though was always that because most people don't know how to weld T-304 stainless steel, they would instead opt for body filler sand would paint the whole car to cover the damage. Hence the stigma over painted DeLoreans.

However, in terms of air pollution & toxic chemicals, it does rank the car as the most environmentally friendly since there is no paint.

DMCVegas > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/17/2015 at 14:38

The factory was working on this. There were problems with humidity interfering with adhesion thanks to the limited technology of the day. But DMC was working with DuPont on anodizing the body panels. That way you would have had various colors available, but you could still see and feel the grain in the metal like you say.

DMCVegas > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
03/17/2015 at 14:39

Green one.