The DeLorean being auctioned off is the one that Marty McFly “used in the 1955 drive-in movie scene when Michael J. Fox drives it into the past and lands in 1885 to find Doc”. The auction house says it’s one of only three to have survived after filming. I’ve always said when I could afford a DeLorean, I was going to buy one but… I can’t afford this one. The Back to the Future III DeLorean is expected to fetch $US600,000. Gulp.
I guess I’ll have to look past the DeLorean and check out the other stuff which ranges from “original costumes, the Tales From Space comic, Doc’s burned toy Cadillac, Clock Tower cables, Gray’s Almanac, the Doc Brown committed/commended newspapers” and drum roll please: a full set of all five types of hoverboards. Hoverboards, you are mine. The auction starts in December so I’ll be saving every cent until then. [Profiles in History via LA Times]
Shaun
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 12:28 PMNo deal Casey, those hoverboards are mine!
Trjn
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 1:59 PMI think you’ll find that they’re actually mine.
Sam
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 12:51 PMI can’t look at the vacuum tube circuit board on the bonnet without thinking:-
Doc: No wonder this circuit failed. It says “Made in Japan”.
Marty: What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
Doc: Unbelievable.
andronicus
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 2:14 PMAh that was the best! Loved the look on the doc’s face haha. Good work.
Ozoneocean
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 3:04 PMHow things change… Now that idea is that all the “best” stuff is designed in the US but MADE in China (Apple products).
SH
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 8:50 AMI think you’ve got “best” confused with “well marketed but otherwise no better than the equivalents”
Andy
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 5:15 PMI recon that’d turn more heads than any other car. In fact, I think it would turn EVERY head.