Hi Carl Hmm, I'm sure I uploaded it. Im trying to put some into the folder you created but I cant get to the page for some reason. Also, Ive been trying to find the disk I had with all the pics I took on it and one of the VIN plate...I can't find it!! disaster! I'll keep looking.... Scott Miller DOC 279 What draws a crowd, is stainless and looks beautiful from every angle? - what else! The De Lorean DMC-12! >From: Carl Hammond <carlhammonddoc@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: [doc] Original BTTF DeLorean in Cornwall! >Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:21:15 +0100 (BST) > >Hi Scott, > >Yes the owner of the car and the Goldsmiths (a very wealthy guy I imagine!) >I was told does live in Jersey. So is most definitely the same car you saw. > >D'oh, I can't believe I didn't think to check the VIN! What is the no? > >Also the time circuits were working fine (they were even showing the >present date) it was just the handle itself that was missing. I did take a >small video which I'll try to upload to the group file. > >Didn't appear to have anything attached to your last e-mail, can you try to >send it again please mate? > >All the best > >Carl >DOC361 > >Scott Miller <scott_delorean@xxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi > >If this is the car I think it is, I had a private viewing last summer in >Jersey. I have been trying to find out if it is an original by using the >VIN. No luck as of yet. I also noticed the bonnet not fitting the >original's >spec. The time circuits worked perfectly when I was in it. Maybe they just >took the handle off to stop people switching them on and off? > >Im off to Jersey again this coming Saturday so I will be able to find out >if >its the same one then. I know the Mechanic that serviced it whilst it was >(or still is) there. Does the attaced pic show any key similarities to the >one you saw? > >Scott Miller >DOC 279 > > > >What draws a crowd, is stainless and looks beautiful from every angle? - >what else! The De Lorean DMC-12! > > > > > >From: Carl Hammond > >Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [doc] Original BTTF DeLorean in Cornwall! > >Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 16:44:07 +0100 (BST) > > > >Hi All, > > > >Have just returned from my jolly hols in Cornwall, where I've made an > >amazing find, a DeLorean, and not just any DeLorean, the original BTTF > >DeLorean! on display at a Cornish Goldsmiths of all places (a bit random >I > >know!) > > > >Best of all though, I was lucky enough to get to sit in the dream car! >All > >because I told them I was from the UK DeLorean owners club (flashed them >my > >membership card). I said the club would be very excited about this, and > >that they will no doubt see a lot of other members down their way very > >soon. Perhaps even some of you would take your own D's down there? Do we > >have any club members with cars in the Cornwall area already? > > > >Apparently it has only been there a few months purchased by the owner of > >the Goldsmiths chain who is a big car collector (they also have an Aston > >Martin DB7 on display). They claim that this is the original car that was > >used in the first bttf film, which was then put on display at Universal > >Studios in Florida ages back (but not the one next to the ride) They said > >that the car was in a pretty sorry state when the owner bought it, and >has > >undergone a big cleanup op since then. > > > > > >However there's one or two things with the car that don't quite add up. >The > >car looks identical compared to the movie one but to start with, the >tyres > >are not originals (but the originals could have easily perished), the > >bonnet is not the original 81 with the grooves. The handle which switches > >the time circuits on is missing. But the glaringly obvious one is the > >speedo which only goes up to 85mph (that certainly won't get you back to > >the future!) I also don't recall there being any switches on the steering > >wheel in the first film. > > > >Please let me know if any of you can shed some light on this, or you have > >any information regarding the history of the original movie car, as I'm > >very keen to find out. > > > >If it really is the real deal then, what a bonus it is having it in our > >country! 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