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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    12/07/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    Whoa. These shots are approaching classic status.

    The strip that contains the Studebaker seems to have a constant rotation of cool classics. I'm trying to figure out who lives there that keeps owning oddball classics for 3-4 months at a time.
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    12/07/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    From my understanding, DMC painted a small number of cars from the factory. I think most were red, some were black. There were less than 50 total. One popped up on eBay a few years ago with documentation to prove the factory origins. So, it's likely this is a factory job, and if not, a recreation of a car that could have been. So really not blasphemous at all.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    12/07/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I like it!
    [/Lina Lemont voice]
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    there are three or four DMCs running around the Indianapolis metro-area...i always look.. but never think to take pics... i know i'll see them again... much like the all electric fieros (there are at least three running around the northwest side of Indy... red, white, & blue (blue is the one i see the most))
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    Fantastic shots, Mr. Science. FWIW, the Jaaaag is a Series II, as it has the tombstone shaped taillights. (Series IIIs had larger, multicolored lenses.)
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    So, has anyone ever mirror polished a DeLorean?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I found a couple in an image search.
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    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: I'll take that one, thanks. Nice hunting there.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Thanks is not necessary; just send money. ;)
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    Image of zarchitect zarchitect
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: said individual's DMC has a nice friend in the garage as well! Can't tell, is that a 328? The wing is silly, btw. "Hmm, how do I blow more money on this?"
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: where does one have to live to have two oil dump holes in the the driveway.......?
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    Image of Paul-Michael Van Hook Paul-Michael Van Hook
    12/06/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I'm not usually a fan of chromed cars, but those DeLoreans look great! Seems almost like a natural evolution of the stainless steel finish.

    I also love that red car in New York. If I had to choose between a painted or natural stainless finished car, I'd go with stainless, but that red does look quite nice, and it's an appropriate 80s'-ish shade red at that.

    Props all around!
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Paul-Michael Van Hook was starred Paul-Michael Van Hook was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/07/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: Jiffy Lube.
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    12/07/09

    @zarchitect:...It's a Ferrari 308. What an awesome pair of cars!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I'm almost ashamed to admit that I think it looks good. Would it be my choice, though? Nah... I'm thinking charcoal.
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    Image of Plasma X Plasma X
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I wonder if this is the same car I saw parked in a driveway down the street from me a month or two ago. I spent about ten minutes staring at it in incredulity that someone had actually painted a DeLorean.

    If there are two DeLoreans in existence painted that shade of red, that is stranger still to me.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    What! I work five blocks from there, yet never see any DeLoreans.

    Yesterday, however, I got to see an Aston Martin DB7 Convertible slithering through the sleet and snow.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    The stainless steel on the DeLorean looked great when new, but as the cars aged, the surface often took on a rather unattractive yellowish-gray tint that was hard to remove. Also, the front nosecone always seemed to be a different color than the rest of the car. A well-applied solid color looks really good on the car.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    12/06/09

    In reply to Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V Down On The San Francisco Street
    What a car... Something that the Italians truly blessed us with.
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    Image of das_borgen das_borgen
    12/06/09

    @Xelmon:
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    The stainless steel may have been distinctive but it didn't mesh well with the plastic silver front and rear bumpers. Painting the car a regular color avoids that problem -- at least until the plastic starts to fade.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I wouldn't paint my DeLorean (if I had one). To me, the stainless steel makes it unique. To each their own. I've only seen one DeLorean in the flesh. It's like about 40" tall......or am I thinking of another car?
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    Image of das_borgen das_borgen
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: you're good
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @das_borgen: I'm predictable.
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    Image of das_borgen das_borgen
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: i've never been lucky enough to have seen a DMC

    but I did see a couple of De Tomaso Panteras in my life
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @das_borgen: Well, you're two up on me, as I've never seen even one. Where were they?
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    Image of TriumphRacer TriumphRacer
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: It's like a Taxi from a 70's sci-fi movie.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/06/09

    @TriumphRacer: Yeah, that's it! I do like the yellow better than the red though.
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: you know... you don't make not stalking you easy....

    (and since i said that.. here goes)

    predictable, that's one of the things i like in a woman....
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    Image of chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling
    12/06/09

    @skaycog: show up in Indianapolis within two weeks of any of the races. you'll see all kinds of stuff you never thought you'd see this side of the atlantic.................. (even now that F1 is gone....) the crazy sh*ts show up for the nascar/truck races... and of course, the indy 500

    any car you could want to see is normally 'on the circle' (downtown indy) the week before the race/the night of qualies etc..... and then they're all parked in special lots as you walk to the track from your parking spot (someone's lawn...)
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/07/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: It seems that any type of automotive event brings out the 'car people'. I think it's an excuse for them to get their car out of mothballs.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
    I used to search DeLoreans on eBay motors just about weekly. I don't know if it was my weird luck or if this car stayed on the proverbial block for a while, but one of the cars for sale always managed to be red.
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    Image of Epic2112 Epic2112
    12/06/09

    @A strolling player got drunk and: I always thought they made a handful of red ones form the factory.
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    12/07/09

    @Epic2112: That was my understanding, as well as a few black ones. I think it was on a special order basis, and given the already high expense and demand, they didn't get many orders for the painted ones. But I have seen a red eBay one with papers to prove authenticity, so...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/06/09

    In reply to Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!
    I think the Studebaker might be the only thing I'd be truly surprised to see, but all of these are well worth documenting - and hell, well worth owning. I'd go for the Cadillac or perhaps the Suburban or C10, as better mechanical minds than I could do so much more to the others.
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