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Delorean Motor Car Coming Back, But Not From Dead Delorean

San Francisco Delorean HDR
I've wanted a Delorean for a long time. Probably because I saw it on Back To The Future. I saw one for sale for $10,000 about 10 years ago. I should have bought it.

Looks like I might have the chance to buy a new Delorean. The people who took over the Delorean Motor Company in Texas are considering starting production again. Right now they do frame up restorations that cost about $40,000.

With 200 of the original 2.8-liter V-6 engines still in stock and facing a dwindling supply of cars suitable for rebuilding, Espey figures that within a year or so they'll start making the cars from scratch. Their manufacturing plans are modest — maybe 20 or so cars a year. But it would be quite a comeback for a car that was given up for dead more than a quarter of a century ago.