DeLorean Car Show 2012, Florida, U.S.A.

[tourettes tony]

yeah i read it and knew what you were on about mr monk i thought you were still over there TT

[Dangermouse]

Well to be fair, they were all the same except for the 26' long one and the 12' tall one. And the electric one. And the one with the corvette engine. And the one with the Supra engine.

And for Bozzy, the three BTTF ones.

Definitely more BTTF themed than Eurofest or Eurotec.

I did the parks about a fortnight ago so I know how tiring that can be

[bozzzydmc]

Corr THREE !

Looks like a really good event ... if they would like to hold it here next year then they would be very welcome

Did you get to see / hear anything about the film car restoration?

Mike

[Dangermouse]

Corr THREE !

Mike

Actual Screen Used BTTF III car
The Hollers fund-raising part I car
A new "contemporary" conversion from Louisiana

[bozzzydmc]

Corr THREE !

Mike

Actual Screen Used BTTF III car
The Hollers fund-raising part I car
A new "contemporary" conversion from Louisiana

Sounds great and to see an actual screen used car even better !

"A new "contemporary" conversion from Louisiana"

Any pics ?

Mike

[Dangermouse]

Here is the "contemporary" as I call it.

I'm sure you have seen plenty of pics of the BTTFIII car and the Hollers car

[Dangermouse]

Did you get to see / hear anything about the film car restoration?

Mike

The final presentation of the show was by J Ryan and Terry Matalas, along with Bob Gale and they gave a run-down of where they are to date.

In a nutshell , when Universal rolled out the A-car for the Nike Fox shoe commercials last year, Gale was dismayed at the poor condition of the car and decided that something had to be done. A combination of the elements and visitors “liberating souvenirs” has left it pretty sad looking. He, and the restoration team, made a presentation to Universal, showing Terry Matalas’ car as an example of what they could do for the car to return it to “screen accurate”.

They got the OK and have started work on the car, stripping it to the tub for a real clean. DMCCA are refurbbing the stainless, and the resto crew have been searching a military parts salvage yard looking for all the missing correct parts. As I’m sure you know Bozzy, they have a facebook page about it:

http://www.facebook.com/timemachinerestoration

They showed a bunch of pictures at the show, but asked the audience not to photograph them, supposedly as requested by Universal, but I suspect that was more for the benefit of videobob who was compiling his DCS12 DVD but is obviously a rival builder.

Two interesting side notes/rumors.

During one of Bob Gales talks (at least I think it was his), he mentioned that JK Rowling had been at Universal Studios park in Orlando (doing something to do with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter) and was looking at the BTTF Time Train. The story he told as that someone from Universal offered to convert it to the Hogwarts train and she rejected it outright saying “No way, this is the Time Train” and supposedly undertook to pay for it’s restoration. The speaker didn’t specify when this took place, but I was at the park a couple of weeks ago and it was there (along with the car) and it looked to be in good condition. So I took it to mean that Rowling had this conversation before WWoHP was started and I was seeing the results of the labor, particularly as there is a Hogwarts train also. Until…..

Right at the end of the show, an attendee stood up and said that she had been at the park on Saturday and that the BTTF car was gone. A park employee told her that it had been removed for “cleaning”. She didn’t comment on whether the train was gone also. So the rumor started that JKR was paying for the BTTF car to be restored also.

[Suz Haldeman]

Yeah Alan and I kept waiting and waiting for you to actually show up. The Hooper's were there, they wanted to have a word with you too.

[mnickels]

Yeah Alan and I kept waiting and waiting for you to actually show up. The Hooper's were there, they wanted to have a word with you too.

Taxi!

[bozzzydmc]

Cheers for the reply DM .. All interesting stuff

Wish I could have been there !

Mike