Monday, May 10, 2010

80's Corner


Remember the DeLorean? It was that car that was in Back to the Future. It had the doors that opened upwards, towards the sky. It looked like a car from the future ... heck, maybe that's why it was used in that movie! Most, if not all DeLoreans were silver (at least originally), having that clean stainless steel look.

My friends and I would marvel when we saw a DeLorean drive by on our way to school. We thought those cars must've cost a million dollars (in truth, I believe they were around $25000 base price), and wondered what it would be like to drive in one of these cars.

Sadly, the car company, and John DeLorean could never properly market the car, and lost quite a bit of money on it. Still, it was a cool car for the time, wasn't it?

5 comments:

Heff said...

Ace Frehley TOTALLED one of those things, lol !

scargosun said...

I see one around Conchie all the time. I often wonder what the person looks like that drives it. Mullet comes to mind.

Jeff said...

Profits went straight up John DeLorean's nose.

Ink and Stone said...

Definitely a neat car, looks like it should leave a 'tron lightcycle wall' behind it. :)

paige said...

wow...that brings back memories!