I Took EVERYTHING Apart On My Abandoned DeLorean & Discovered Its TRUE Condition! This Is Heavy!
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In this video, I take everything apart on my abandoned DeLorean to discover its true condition. The restoration begins now and my deadline is Halloween! The car needs a ton of work, I discover rodent damage, a secret message under the front bumper, and more! Enjoy the show and subscribe for more!
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Do you guys think it's realistic to have this car restored and running and driving by Halloween?
Yes. You can do it🎉
Halloween 2024
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GL
It’s what you do best, the impossible mission that you make possible. And we get to be there with you! Thanks for the content.
I'm from Belfast, Dunmurry and the Delorean factoy was in the Dunmurry Industrial Estate. It was just behind my secondary school. As kids we would explore it as it was always left abandoned. We would ride our bikes around the parabolic curve on the test track. I believe it's still there today. This was in 1994ish. People from Dunmurry love telling this story, lol. It's our claim to fame. We built the time machine!! Oh and an Irish hardware store is called B&Q(Block and Quayle), and an Irish name beginning with a 't', Tara for girls or Tiernan for boys.
Then maybe you can answer the question as to whether the biggest hardware store in Ireland is "Bolts and Nuts" but said with a goofy Irish accent 😅
@@stevemonkey6666 In Belfast the biggest is definitely B&Q, not too sure about the rest of Ireland. But the goofy accent part can't be denied. Lol
@@stevemonkey6666 His accent sounded more Scottish than Irish, plus the Northern Irish accent is significantly different from.. say, the Dublin or Cork accent that people put on to sound Irish.
Brad Pitt does a half decent Northern Irish accent, it's not an easy one to do because why would you? Unless you are being paid a shed load of money to do it! 🤣@@boilerhousegarage
@@michaelbyrne9737 But in Snatch, his accent was supposed to be "pikey" who are generally from the Southern parts of Ireland, at least in origin as they're their own non-geographical traveller lineage. Some are from Devon and Cornwall, but still have a similar accent--at least to us non-gypos!
I don’t think you’re planning it, but this is probably the best detailed DeLorean video on the internet. What a cool car.
The bracket you found with the spare wheel is the front licence plate holder.
Was gonna say the same. 👍
I strongly advice you to take the body off the frame. Makes all the mechanical bits so much easier.
You can give it a good clean also.
I’ve had a Delorean for 16 years, I restored it, and had the body back off 4 years ago.
Great to see your progress though. 👍🏼👍🏼
craziest thing to me, being a mechanic for the last 15 years, is that a 42 year old car that was cobbled together and sat for 32 years still has better quality interior plastics than a modern high end car. Really says a lot.
I own a dmc 12 and did alot of what you are doing. It's part of the fun. Build quality was pretty good on the later cars. But there are alot of great modern updates you would want to do. Billet front lcas (they were weak), solid state relays, borgeson steering shaft with damper. I mean you get the idea. Dpi has alot of great stuff. I always wanted to do carbon fiber louvers and side pieces, but no one makes them and I am too busy to bother learning how lol. Keep posting more crap!
I sure hope so these years were atrocious quality, Ive seen golf carts with better build quality
Love to see this whole car restored properly and your attention to detail.
Glad to see you rescued this car. I'm slowly restoring DeLorean 3337. I can smell that interior from here 🤮 That sound when you stuck the vacuum in the dash side vent!
Looking forward to the engine swap series! The best thing to do with the old PRV engine is to sit it in a corner and forget about it 😂
Enjoying the build so far, great attention to detail with the resto and subtle upgrades coming.
They were built in Northern Ireland but they had the stainless body panels made at a factory in Carlow that did panels for all kinds of cars. The stainless could not be pressed in one go, so there were 5 stages, 5 giant dies, all weighing 5 tons each. Those dies now hold down a giant tarp at the bottom of Galway Bay. I was in the Carlow factory which is a totally different company today, but they told me that when they bought the place, there were loads of shells and door skins out back which had to be destroyed due to licencing. Ouch! Good luck with the build, delighted for you and feeling the excitement 🎉❤
What happened to the dies for the body panels? Does anyone know?
@@jwalster9412 What ? Read the comment you replied to . . .
Not a big DeLorean fan so wasn't sure if I'd follow this restoration, but my mind is changed. This is the most satisfying series so far. I love your attention to detail. I already know this thing's going to look immaculate when you're done with it. Keep grindin', Alex! 💪
Same.
It's so cool to see someone working on and restoring a DeLorean, let alone someone who is learning as they go. This video series is something special, and I'm thankful you're making it.
2nd that!
Agree 100%.Nice to see the workmanship and complexity of removing items and their construction.
Always had a admiration for the Delorean. They gained such a bad reputation from some but others really love them.Much the same as i do with my 1982 Pontiac Trans Am.Keep on with this fascinating series.
I truly admire your patience and attention to detail. Great job. I would so overwhelmed taking all that apart at once.
I suggest you slow down and enjoy the ride, smell the flowers and maybe turn on your favorite tunes. Quit time pressuring yourself so you can't even enjoy what you are doing because this is what makes most people stressed out when they would otherwise enjoy the ride,
Hi Alex.
My name is Lucky Omezi, I'm a Nigerian living in Nigeria.... The back to the future movie made most of us love the Delorean (for some weird reason).
I want to say thank you for your Delorean project because that's the only way a person like me would ever get to see it taken apart.....Thank you !
I’ve been waiting with bated breath for this episode. Congrats Alex - can’t think of anyone more deserving of this “time” capsule. 😅
What's your favorite line in the Back to the Future Movies? Mine is " Doc, I'm from the future. I came here in a time machine that you invented. Now I need your help to get back to the year 1985!"
“Are you telling me you built a Time Machine out of Delorean?”
“Watch me for the changes & try to keep up”
"Roads?? Where we're going we don't need...roads"
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Mine was your dad fell out of a tree bird watching 😂and my dad hit him lol when he was actually spying on her (his mom)
Great video, Alex, love you bringing this DeLorean back to life! One thing to consider as you’re putting it back together is the potential for galvanic corrosion when different types of metals are touching-like steel bolts, nuts and washers held tightly against the stainless steel skin. If you truly want this to be your “forever” car, some extra effort to protect these from contacting each other (for the most part) or switching to stainless fasteners might give you some peace of mind. I’m sure DeLorean didn’t do this because of cost, but they also didn’t think that they were building a vehicle that could last 100’s of years. -Don
@@dwk5234 Hey yeah that's right! All those many studs that snapped off trying to remove them must have largely been due to galvanic corrosion as you say!
Yep, you're right. I hope Alex takes heed of your advice & uses stainless fasteners where possible.
Good advice regarding the use of stainless steel fasteners. Galvanic action on dissimilar metals is a real killer!
Wow, you are really restoring this vehicle. I am sure I never seen a DeLorean restoration like this. In this process, it is really cool to see how they built this car. I am Detroiter and this car was iconic here way before Back to the Future. Very cool - thanks.
This is like watching every step of my wife and I with our Delorean. Paid $12,500.00 for ours. It was sitting in a barn for 20+ years. Similar condition but more rust issues than yours. The frame was rusted out. You made some mistakes and had some incorrect info but so didn't I at that stage. The whole time you were cleaning I was saying "Do that later! Focus on getting the car running first!" But...once again I did the same thing. You just can't help yourself!
Not sure why you were doing so much work under the car with it not up in the air. 🤔 I hate laying on the ground.
Are you on the Delorean forums? I have a log of our (my wife snd I) project on there. Up to over 400 pages and over $50k invested so far.
Keep up the good work!
An hour long videos almost and it felt like it wasn't long enough. Could watch this for another hour and noticed the time. Great video can't wait for the next one.
About 15 years ago I worked at a shop that was a certified Delorean repair shop, they were nightmare’s to work on because when they got towed in they were always in rough shape. Still fun to be around so many at one time . Watching this brought back so many memories thank you for that. 👍🏻👍🏻😎
So many have low miles from sitting so long seems like the always conked out before they ever made it to 20k miles one down the street from me has been sitting since 1989 still has its original tires flat 9k miles on it
That's really cool you must know a lot about them what city were u in?
We did the factory alignments, and the old chassis sucked but the new ones (once they ran out of old stock chassis) were an absolute nightmare!
So satisfying. You are doing this right. Calm. Deliberate. Patient. Respectfull.
Spent a few hours in the Delorean ‘factory’ in Houston, about 15 years ago, talking to their VP about Porsche 928’s of all things, of which he just bought 6 of. I was showing how mine was from factory, so he could rebuild the ones he bought.
It was great, they essentially bought everything from the original factory in Ireland. There were rows and rows of Delorean parts, including transmissions, doors, hoods, engines, etc. etc. They had jigs to essentially rebuild the rusty frames (which were just regular steel), where they’d take the original VIN plate and graft it on to the ‘new’ frame/car, to make a new/old/original/restored car.
The cars were ‘cool’. The engines were dogs and they knew it. Low HP but still there was the cool factor. They even had a red painted car, that was much lower in $ than an unpainted stainless car, but someone wanted theirs painted from the factory. Good times and I have lots of pics somewhere. Thanks for doing this series!!!!
This channel is really really good! Huge detail and long format… heaven
Can’t wait for the power train video for this car. This is like a history class!
The quality and most important the honest hard work showed in your videos is a testament of what a real car enthusiast life is. Never change no matter how great is your success because be so humble and authentic is what makes you great. 👍. Congratulations to all the people giving you a helping hand, real friends.
This is an awesome restoration series on what looks to be an awesome find! Looking forward to each new video. Thanks for doing this, Alex.
I love the DeLorean DMC. Such a beutifull car and iconic. And YES, it is 100% a direct reflection of the iconic Back To The Future (1985) movie(s).
Sadly the car was marketed as a "sports-car", but DMC installed a very weak V6 engine in it (V6 PRV engine), and a very odd mixed one as well with engine parts from
Volvo, Renault & Peaugot (?) and somehow this mix would be cheaper then the suggested V6 engine, V6 Cologne from Ford (?). The V6 Ford engine was a heavily reliable engine that was well used and delivered good power and durability. Beside this, many DeLorean owners have through the years complained that the electric work on these are its most common issue of problems related to typhical British poor electric installation craft.
If it is possible to switch V6 engines in this car I don't know, but it would be awesome it it is possible. There must be some good fitting V6 engines that could work (?)
I feel this car truly deserves a better engine with more power and speed.
Just a note for you on using the wire wheel on stainless, likely the wheel was not stainless as a result you contaminate the stainless with non stainless and then that stainless can actually rust.
It’s so satisfying watching the Delorean come clean and with your attention to detail and perfection I know when this car is done like the rest it will be amazing. Thanks for sharing once again your project with us. This not only brings back memories but is very satisfying. We can always count on you not to disappoint. Thanks again. Cant wait to see the finished product. Have a great day.
Lookin' good! With the interior all stripped down you can take the opportunity to line as many panels as possible with Dynamat to improve noise insulation. I doubt that was even a consideration when it was initially assembled.
Wow. This is a whole new thing. I definitely wouldn’t have the patience to deal with this. Kudos to you Alex, for being our Patient Saint.
Alex: "And now it's time to blast everything back in time." ..I see what you did there. Very nice
_At __11:43__, love the subtle _*_Zoolander_*_ reference. LOL_
These are my favourite car restoration videos! Love how happy you are and I am a big fan of the camera work and the editing!
That's beyond satisfying to remove all the dirt n grime. But what's even better is the feeling when you reach the finish line.. I'm here for all of it!! I'm more than interested in finding out whether you modify this car. You're not the kind of guy to drive something under 200hp. And so many current owners have modified their cars with with the body and or power. I'm with ya for all of it!! Let's go!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Needs an LS swap for sure, or perhaps a Turbo Buick V6 would better fit the engine bay and the overall 80's theme of the car... 😁
I saw Back to the Future part 2&3 last night and chuckled to myself at how much fun Alex must be having with his Time Machine. Never a dull Saturday morning moment with LSC. Max killing the edits too lately. Good work all around.
OMG don't stop this video. Need 24/7 live video! Just can't get enough of it.
(Just hit the wrong bloody key which made the post disappear... hate it when it does that. My apologies if it actually posted, but I don't see it.)
Anyways... Great Job, Alex. You have the patience of Job, so to speak. Detailing is a tedious job.
Barn finds are sometimes (maybe usually?) not unlike what you found with this DeLorean.
I once tried to buy a barn find from a local fellow who's shop repaired cars. He found a 72 280SE 4.5 in dark green with palomino leather and low miles. It all ran but needed a tune-up, rebuilt trans and a new diff. The fuel system was cleaned out (another tedious job) and the rear half was resprayed in the factory color. Looked gorgeous and I made an offer, which was generous, but he had just received a call from a buddy in LA (a director) and he wanted it along with a Porsche Speedster. Ugh. We'd still have that car if he had accepted my $7k offer. That was back in 1983.
I love the consistency and length of these videos, brother. Keep them coming. That's why DeLorean went broke he used all those nuts and bolts to secure a bumper 😂
Thanks!
@@LegitStreetCars I'd watch 8 hour videos. Just livestream it!
@@LegitStreetCars ask regular car reviews.....he knows a dude in Pennsylvania that has and does LS swaps
@@clevelandmaker386 Josh is in Chicago and works with Mike at DMC Midwest Alex has already met him.
If you stay committed to this car and don't get side tracked with other projects.. ABSOLUTELY I see you having the car ready to take the wife and daughter out in for Halloween.. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK BUDDY !!!
Hey Alex, Love this content, huge BTTF fan here! Watching your videos on this car it seems like it has a lot more miles on it than you were thinking. The wear on the seats, the sludge caked on the engine. I think it has 116k not 16k. Which makes sense as it was driven for 10 years before being put away. Not sure it matters, just something I have been thinking about. I am very glad you got one of these, have fun!
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Really liked the pace of your teardown, and not afraid to tackle whatever unknowns. These are extremely under powered from factory. Would be cool to turbo charge!
It prob would have a bit more power if it was a manual
@colinhayward9184 this thing is an automatic? 🤢
Great restoration project. Learning how to further inspect barn find vehicle's. Don't forget to pull the dash to see what mice left inside there.👍
Alex you are like a machine! Once you get going there is no stopping you! Great work so far and love the car...
It actually looks pretty good, not that I'm conducting the restoration work, but yeah, it looks doable for Halloween. Just don't specify which year, and you'll be fine.
I had never seen a DeLorean taken part before.I really learned a lot.very fascinating.
So fun to watch someone clean and detail this project that he just loves. Reminds me of when I first got my 2004 Toyota MR2 Spyder. I cleaned everything and explored every nook and cranny of that car. Pretty fun in deed.
You definitely had me cringing when you were prying on the T panel. It is possible to remove the headlight assembly without taking the front off. The number with the X on the door is the key code. Overall your doing a good job. Fun fact a lot of the little shims were added when they arrived in the states. The QAC guys used cases of them. If your state allows for it, ditch the original exhaust. VIN 3500
I was thinking that same thing watching him yank on the T panel. It fun to watch new delorean owners learning about their cars. I was yelling those are the front body bolts when he was washing the trunk lol. Vin 3408
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hello alex Been waiting for this episode, which seems like ages.And you seem to be so particular in everything you do.And I think if anybody can do it, you can.
I find it really refreshing and honest from you to add the outtakes in the end. Shows that what your doing is not easy peasy and that the filming is a task of itself ....
ALEX WE NEED MORE SPACE VAN CONTENT!!!!!!!!!!!, but i love the delorean to lol
The way the headliner cover wraps over the structure, then the trim goes on, is almost the exact same way you'd find a Fiero headliner with a sunroof going in. Guess who forgot to leave the extra material once! *cough*
And that seal you're taking off looks REALLY like generic off the shelf D-seal that we used at a trailer manufacturing place I worked at recently. Should be easy to find.
Allritey Buddy, We all know what you are feverently looking for on all of those little compartments & Crannies About the car, Does Anyone know if YahYo holds up in time? I r never had aged Blow? Humhh... I just bought A 77 Vette as my 1st project ever! I got it for 6k it runs & drives Sweet, It's all about the money to get it painted, I think I got the rest, You will knock this one Out like you have all of your other Projects!!! Cheers to the Master!!! Stay Legit Alex...B~
There is a lot of that interior that appears very similar to the Fiero my buddy had back in 1992. Center consul and controls, maybe it was the style back then lol.
@@dmcgOR7644 - John D DID work for GM going back decades, so no doubt styling cues rubbed off on him.
You are a pleasure to watch/listen to even when you are faced with stuff that would piss the heck out of most working on a car! Amazing how you do things without fear. That's what experience will show us and what it takes. Enjoyed watching and look forward to the next one in the near "future". Had to say it.
Just awesome... DeLorean are a work of art. Its great seeing you do this restoration. Keep up the great work... its much appreciated
I love this resto. Not gonna lie the DeLorean's 130 hp engine is a severely under powered specimen. Would love to see you modify it for more power or even an engine swap of some kind. I hear the Kia Stinger GT Twin-Turbo V6 with 365 hp fits nicely (hint hint)
No one made a stand-alone harness for the stinger yet
@@funnypranker34dont most people build their own harness for engine swaps anyway?
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Loving this project! Great work Alex!!!! Good luck👍 love from the U.K 🇬🇧
Eat your heart out Hoovie lol Alex has taken your throne for buying the most hooptie of hoopties 😂 😂 Alex please keep these Delorean Vids coming, i love this car even though it is the slowest sports car of the 80s. I mean Lotus was the only other company making cars out of a shed back in the day.
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Amazing……had a friend who had one……and now I know a DeLoren inside and out…….KUDOS…..can’t wait for further videos…… keep up the good work…..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Amazing what you can do with all that space and equipment on hand! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. So much work going on behind the scenes.
Love this channel! Your restoration tips have been incredibly helpful.
Great content. I'm here for the long haul cause you don't see such a cool project every day. That stainless steel looks so good after the cleaning. It's really kitchen worthy. 🌟
Outtakes are awesome. Love the transparency and dedication.😎🇺🇲🙏
My favorite part is the T roof panel removal. I was rooting for you to find the tape! This is an awesome restoration project. Thanks!
This is an absolutely fascinating series, thank you so much for taking us on the journey with you! So much more interesting because you don't know what to expect!
I love how bodged together this car is :D
LS swap it
My father in law was a quality manager in the Dunmurry factory. Although, after watching this and seeing the shims flying everywhere I'm not sure how much quality management there really was 😂. He once told me he was in charge of developing the quality standards, someone "got hold" of a Ford factory quality manual and they basically copied it......perhaps with some shortcuts.
So excited for this series
You got this!!! Just replace the flux capacitor 😂
28:00 Life in the auto power washing lane.
I'm OCD, and this is so satisfying to watch.
Seems like it’s worse than I would’ve thought, but glad you are persevering and getting through it.👍
Alex, these cleaning video’s are so satisfying! Keep up the hard work.
LOVE this series!! So cool to see this beautiful special car restored!
This is bringing back my childhood. My mom and dad had a later 81 DeLorean and I would be taken to school in it and even taken to go see BTTF in the car. Sadly, they had to sell the car in 2003. I just wish I had a garage to put that car in before it was sold. There is the DeLorean HQ in Houston that has everything since they bought the rights to DMC and are able to start manufacturing them.
Although I was 16 years old when the DeLorean came out in "Back To The Future", I was 13-14 years old when I first saw one at a Pontiac Dealership in Downey, California. And prior to that, I had seen them in car magazines. To me it has never been a "movie" car. To me it was as the "Marty" character said "You made a time machine, out of a DeLorean". It was a good looking car modified for a purpose.
So I said I was excited for this series but i lied, im over the moon for this series! I cant wait to see the process and what this car looks like when your done! So excited Alex, and your doing a great job so far!
Me 2..
Hi Alex, What a real shame the previous owner of the DeLorean did think to set out a series of mouse traps/bait around the car while in storage. Unfortunately the mouse damage is horrible and just about everywhere in the car. Had the owner taken the necessary precautions early on, your workload would have be significantly reduced. A lot of hard work ahead. Oh well, best of luck with the restoration!
Hey Alex, I'm lovin the DeLorean videos!!! You are an excellent instructor, you explain what you're doing in a way that everyone can understand!!! Great Scott!!! 👍👍🙂
Hi, I'm from Northern Ireland, just round the corner from where the Deloreand were built. My neighbour was a manager in DMC, and I so remember him coming home with one... awestruck and really loved BTTF. I would love to be in a position to buy one too.. but I'll just have to watch you rebuild yours. Keep er lit big lad.
Fantastic video. Its so cool to see the nooks and crannies of a car like this that you would normally never get to see
How are not more cars made with stainless steel bodies? It's insane how there's zero rust and this car cleaned up so well! Props to the Tesla Cybertruck for bringing back stainless steel
Aluminum is less expensive, lighter and easier to form
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If I remember right, DeLorean went bust while they had enough parts to build another hundred cars sitting on the shelves, they guy tried to revive the car about 20 years ago but failed again.... all those parts are sitting there somewhere
Love the channel buddy. When I initially saw one of your videos it came after a Mat Armstrong video and it seemed similar so I took a gamble and I’m really glad I did. It was the space van, and your dedication to complex investigation and fearlessness to discovery had me hooked. You, like Mat are always positive and that’s refreshing. Now for my one and only complaint from the myriad videos I’ve watched. It’s pronounced New-Clea-Urr, not New-Cue-Lurr!! You’re too intelligent to ever mess this up again. I mean, you are the one to mention Oppenheimer after all. 😀. And as far as this Delorean is concerned, holy hell I’m pretty sure you got the holy grail of barn finds. I haven’t watched the third video yet, but it’s my guess that this thing is going to clean up to be ridiculously clean and the motor runs, and I’d bet it’s actually in good shape. This car find is truly unheard of, and I’m glad it was you that found it as in a way your experience is our experience. Thanks for all of that, and I’m glad your living revolves around your passion instead of a job.
Alex I’m loving the Delorean series!!!! I can’t wait for the next video!!!!!
This is the right way when getting a car and do a real detail job and he doesn't go cheap and always very clean . Thank you Alex
Now this is different!! Love to see you tear it apart!
Yeah that PRV is definitely not a very efficient engine, so even with the relatively light body, it does not surprise me that the DeLorean weren't that good on mileage... maybe the manual could be a little bit better.
Absolutely amazing detailed video on how to disassemble a DeLorean, this (series) should be marked as a whole tutorial. Just amazing job!
I don't know why but watching Alex vacuuming it's so satisfying..
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Those weird little brackets on the bumper could be for the alignment of the bumper to the hood. 👍
I remember working on the power windows or door locks of an Escort in the 90's. The wires broke where they flexed as the doors opened and closed - and I think you have the same thing going on. From what I can tell, newer cars are set up so the wires twist instead of bend, but this requires an offset in the passageways so the wires run parallel to the hinges. If that's not possible, consider splicing in a length of very finely stranded wire such as is used for test leads. Finely stranded wire holds up much better to movement. Enjoyed the video and learned a lot about the internsls of a car that I always admired!
Its interesting because not a lot people take a delorean apart.
Love your Videos
Wow Alex the fun you where having taking about this car especially the bumpers is crazy but definitely worth it. The cleaning you do is incredible this car is gonna be almost brand new when your done.
So satisfying seeing the tuffstuff making a reappearance in a video that stuff is amazing
Very fun to watch this series
The goop in the door hinge looks like a type of ribbon calk putty used to seal out or at least redirect water from areas it’s not wanted. It’s used in RVs and manufactured homes a lot.