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rlkitterman — 1981 DeLorean DMC-12
Published: 2013-09-26 01:52:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 708; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 8
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"If you're going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" - Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), "Back to the Future"The DeLorean DMC-12 is one of the most famous cars of the 1980s. From 1981 to 1982, only 6500 cars were sold. Despite its sharp looks, the DeLorean was slow, held back by a V6 engine, and other components were unreliable, such as the single gas strut that propped up each gullwing door. But the car remains a pop-culture symbol, thanks to its role as Doc Brown's time machine. This particular DeLorean is on loan to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, whose staff kindly moved a few signs out of the way to give me a clearer picture.
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There were only 16 right-hand-drive DeLoreans, which were converted from the factory-standard left-hand drive by Wooler-Hodec of Hampshire, England under the authorization of DMC.
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under the autherisation wtf?
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None of the RHD cars came out of the factory that way, as the car was mainly for the American market. DeLorean authorized Wooler-Hodec to convert them from left-hand drive to right-hand drive. This let DMC save the money that would be required to build RHD from scratch.
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It's pointless to have left and right hand drone in the same plant.
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