well . . . I should say that the driver intended for others to think they were seeing a Delorean . . .

I say that because, although visually the car looked correct, it was PAINTED . . . red no less.

That didn't seem right to me . . . I figured anybody with interest enough to want to own a Delorean would have the sense to know it's something special in it's natural state, or would at least have the respect to try to keep it in it's natural state. I dunno . . .

I figured it was probably a kit . . . either way, it's a disgrace, if you ask me . . .

Actually, I've heard of people painting them before. My fiance' knew a guy with a yellow one. He also had a steel one, too.

Agree with you on that one i-rebel....you dont paint a Delorean.

S2000,

Didn't it look real funny though? Something about the shape, design of the car makes it look a little overwhelming when you add color to it . . .

Some people just have no respect . . .

There's a bloke down the road from us at work who owns one and i had a look at it today.....YOU DONT PAINT THEM !!!!!.....LUCKLY he hasn't painted his and it looks just right :cool: :cool:

WO! A painted Delorean!? Next time you get a chance take a picture and post it in the funny pages:bloated:

What was the driver thinking?!

Got a friend who is a big time Delorean lover, if I recall correctly he has gone through 3 and is restoring his 4 one now. Limited edition model with a turbo. We have to pick on him cuz it came with an automatic:D but his soon to be wife likes it:p

I know another guy at work who drove his Delreans passenger door into the side of his garage with the door open:eek:

Took him forver to replace it. At least that was an accident, painting it requires you to turn your brain off.

Stupid:flipa: stupid:flipa: stupid:flipa:

IMO, they actually don't look bad painted. I wouldn't do it just because it's such a rare and classic car in just steel, but color can really bring out the lines. I guess the factory originally planned on painting some, if not all. Apparently about 1000 or so of the '81s were painted from the factory. There is a white one for sale in one of my duPont Registry's. They also made 3 (4?) 24K gold plated ones.

If you paint it, then the flux capacitor wont be able to efficiently distribute the 1.21 gigawatts throughout the stainless steel body, rendering the DeLorean incapable of time travel!!!!

hahaha....very good :D :D :D

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/290681yellow_dmc_rare.jpg

Although it's also painted, I actually like this one...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/497267modified6.jpg

I just saw a red one online somewhere in the past week, and I can't remember where!!! Its driving me nuts!

I have seen three over the past two weeks, all steel. My sister was dating a guy that had one....he went to a drive-thru and couldn't reach up to the window to get his burger, so he opened the door:eek: It hit the brick, but didn't scratch it too bad. All I can stay is stupid, stupid, stupid...

There are 3 for sale in the local AutoTrader.

Ooo...that makes me cringe no matter what car it is...I hate it when they get hurt. :(

That's one problem with the gullwing doors, though. With the way the bottom of the door is shaped and it's size, you cannot make the entire window go down, so only a very small section opens, similar to a Countach or Subaru SVX.

Heep's right. The factory authorized a few to be painted. I think they were 1982 and 1983 models, though. A handful of 1981 models were gold-plated and sold through the American Express catalog. And not a flux capacitor among them.

Originally posted by Hudson
And not a flux capacitor among them.
I wonder how many aspiring Doc Brown proteges made their own... ;)

Heck, if somehow fate left a DeLorean on my driveway, I would most definately replicate the Doc's work. It would be my tribute to the '80's. Great Scott!

No one is quite sure if there are 3 or 4 gold plated D's. Most think three, but a fourth is rumoured. There is one of them for sale in my 1988 duPont Registry, around the east coast I think.

Another is located in a bank in Texas (I think it's Texas). The onwer of the bank bought it new, planning to make big money off of it because of it's sure-to-be-collectible properties. However, instead of selling, he's kept it inside the bank building on display. The car has 0 miles, the engine has never been started. It was rolled into the bank. There is a site somewhere about the gold D's...I'm too lazy to find it now, but it's an easy find with any search engine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=594290132

That's a red one for sale on eBay. 5-speed.

Over the last few weeks I've been seeing a DeLorean under a cover parked in the K-Mart Parking Lot. What do they sell for? I would guess around 20K, but I'm not sure.

Good guess! 20K is just about right, that's pretty well the average.

The bank in Texas has one and the National Auto Museum in Reno, Neveda has the other. Someone thought Delorean painted these, wrong. The two gold plated cars was for an American Express promotion. All other Deloreans are stainless steel silver. Personally, I don't like them painted. The stainless steel body is part of the history. It is also one of the major draw backs due to the weight and it is a pain clean.

Yes, they can be a pain to clean...the only car that you clean with kitchen sink cleaner!

I remember reading somewhere that turpentine gets marks off as well, again, the only car you'd dare use turpentine on

Now is it just me or, do they look better painted?

i think its just you ;)

Delorean's are badass just as they are. My delorean is painted (previous owner had it done, and it was the only DMC for sale within 200miles) and I think that it looks cooler than with plain stainless steel. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the fact that I have a painted Delorean, but almost everyone I've met has said it looks better painted than stainless.

Check it out >here< (http://www.geocities.com/reagan_for_president/Deloreans_0wn_me.html)

That is one Badass car. I am thinking of gettin one...they are so sexy, and the parts warehouse is just about an hour or so from me! Traffic being good...

I went to a Honda parts place the other day, and noticed a Delorean parked on the street a little farther down. So, I pulled ahead to check it out. Then I looked around to see 9 Deloreans. :eek: Wow!!! :D :D :D Well, turns out there's a Delorean place two doors down from the Honda place. Good to know. :)

BTW, 1 of the 9 was red. :flash:

That is one Badass car. I am thinking of gettin one...they are so sexy, and the parts warehouse is just about an hour or so from me! Traffic being good...

If you buy one these Deloreans you will be going to the parts warehouse all the time. Interesting looking cars, but not built to last. These Deloreans can be money pits. This is true of many unique cars.

LOL, yeah, i would buy it reeeeeally cheap if i could and try and keep it as a project car. Right now, it will probably be the same pain in the ass amount of mainenece and crap as my current car.

i think the dmc's look hot painted, but i could never bring myself to do it, the stainless is just too cool for that

There are enough painted De Loreans for sale that one should NOT paint one that is currently Stainless Steel. I think the car looks good either way, but if you've got the stainless now... PLEASE don't change that. Just go out and buy one that is already painted!

hehehe, just buy 2 :D

Good idea!

I owned two at one point. I got rid of the Stainless Steel one because modding that would have been blasphemous! It was showroom fresh.

The painted one is definitely more fun (at least to me, since I like mods).

here's a painted one.....

Here is a Ford V8 in a Delorean, looks good.

Originally posted by destroyer
here's a painted one.....

That green one is one of my favorite painted D's...very sharp color, and the rims are beautiful on that car.

This red one looks kinda tacky......

How about a Delorean limo?

Delorean 4x4 anyone?

This one looks pretty cool in an 80's kinda way......

Haha, that 80'sish one is sweet :D

A nice red one from up here in Ontario

I still like a the Stainless, all polished up, better.

Originally posted by YogsVR4
I still like a the Stainless, all polished up, better.
I know you technically meant "brushed", but I'd like to see one "polished" like a mirror!!!

That would be awesome (and blinding):dogpile: Gives a new meaning to BLING BLING:spit:

Hello all

I'm new here and very stunned to see that some people think it's OK to paint a DeLorean...

For me it's the death of the car . The cars character above all is about the stainles steel and the gull wings IMHO.

I live in sweden and we have about 50-60 DeLoreans here but about a half of them is not in traffic. Just to "look at" at some carshops and so on. There is also some difficulties to take them in her and have them into traffic.

If you look at my profile I have one. As of today that is not really the truth. BUT i'm very near. you know the bank and the money... I'll be bacxk in two weeks to tell you...

The price here in sweden for the car I'm about to buy is 20.300$
The car is in very good driving shape but not for extensive exhibitions at meetings.
36000 miles and everything in the original shape.
VIN #1598 (with the old hood and the gas lid)

Please respond with comments.

// Radioman

The price here in sweden for the car I'm about to buy is 20.300$
The car is in very good driving shape but not for extensive exhibitions at meetings.
36000 miles and everything in the original shape.
VIN #1598 (with the old hood and the gas lid)


Sounds like a good buy :D

As far as spotting, I saw one on the road for the first time last night in Kissimmee :D

bah!!! :bs: :banghead:

Ok?? What are you calling BS on?

Most stay silver...but..
http://kindtimes.com/content/places/IN/Evansville/events/2003AutoFest/images/images/DSC05830.JPG

you always have that one guy that breaks the mold...

http://kindtimes.com/content/places/IN/Evansville/events/2003AutoFest/images/images/DSC05829.JPG

I saw one on the road for the first time last night in Kissimmee :D
Kissimmee?! Florida or Canada?

Florida. I saw one a couple days after that in Pensacola.

You were near me & didn't say hi? :banghead: :nono: :grinno:

Hmm. I thought you were in Cali. :dunno:

i love the car but i must say that i would paint one black and hook that ish up sorry!!!!!!!http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/271309Picture_001.JPG

i love the car but i must say that i would paint one black and hook that ish up sorry!!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

I agree.

I think they look better painted - never liked silver cars anyway - plus that stainless steel must be hard to keep bright and shinny esp if you live in a city with all that pollution corroding it.
No - that yellow colour (or any bright colour) makes it look like the supercar it is. :lol2:

They look good either way. Ideally, I'd own three DeLoreans... one painted black, one brushed stainless and one polished stainless.

Hmm. I thought you were in Cali. :dunno:
LOL It seems that I tend to move around the globe. I'll prob be back in Cali later, but for now I'm in the FL... enjoying the lack of emissions control laws.

They look good either way. Ideally, I'd own three DeLoreans... one painted black, one brushed stainless and one polished stainless.

Have always liked the polished look as well. There was one at the DeLorean Car Show last summer that was partially polished:


http://deloreancarshow.com/dcs-2004/2004-thu/IMG_3312.JPG (http://www.deloreancarshow.com)

If you are going to start a good DeLorean collection though don't forget about one of the Gold cars - can't beat a 24-k gold plated DeLorean!

Sorry I didn't read all the posts. just the first and last page. so it may have been mentioned but if not.... some of the painted deloreans have been in accidents and the owner couldn't afford new panels. since body filler was used, the car got painted. for example a flawless left fender for a DeLorean is a couple of thousand. There was an error when they were making them and not as many were produced. most of the body panels aren't easy to come by anyways. those are not something that have been reproduced since the original body dies were destroyed.

painted delorians look like crap i agree with u guys looks better with steal look, but yet again the black looks ok.http://www.eliseusa.com/rotary.htm