ABANDONED 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 | Untouched For Over 25 Years! RESTORED

For recent subscribers I have to make a shout out to the hidden hero of these great videos. What most people won't notice is the: excellent video quality, excellent production quality, that takes hours and hours to produce, clear vocal quality from all participants and the music, wow the music. For all the above I congratulate and honor little sister Christian. Your hard work and training / education makes these videos excellent works of art. Nice

This car will never go out of style. It's good that there are still people restoring these jewels.

Definitely a cool trade. Can't wait to see the restoration/build of this great 80's icon. Not a bad DeLorean at all. Also that 80's gbody cutlass looked like a really clean car. 👍

Awesome find guys! Blessings to you

can't wait to see this one on the road!

This ol guy used to live in Post Oak Bend, passed by it many many times. Glad it's being saved.

I used to work not far from the DMC in Houston back in the late 90s, and I remember seeing that red DeLorean sitting in the parking lot. I always thought it looked odd sitting there with the others. It looked pretty good back then, though.

The cinematography, audio and music in this one is next level. An absolute joy to watch from beginning to end. Not only a talented wrenching crew but the video quality Christian can produce is off the charts. Wow man, just wow.

Nice looking Delorean, can't wait to see what you do with it.

I don't think I've ever seen one of these painted. It's crazy that DeLorean went out of business 3 years before the movie even came out, and then it ended up becoming one of the most popular cars in the world. Why someone didn't figure out to reopen the business and start selling again is beyond me. At least someone started using their brain, and ended up buying the business and name. The new concept DeLorean looks insane!

Back to the future that's what it all about ..hope to see this one back up and driving . Great video .

Check out Alex at Legit Street Cars. He has been doing a series on the restoration of a DeLorean barn find. He goes over quite a few topics related to the restoration of DeLorean. He has worked closely with DeLorean Midwest in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Back in the day a friend's dad bought one new in 1981, his decision was either the DMC or a Corvette. After about four months of the DeLorean he went back and bought an '82 Vette. He kept both for a number of years but the DeLorean proved to be a major headache motor and trans wise. The V6 engine in those was what was known as the PRV V6, it was a joint venture motor between Peugeot, Renault, and Volvo. All three used the engine, but in the US, Volvo was the most common place to find one. As a mechanic back then we hated to see one roll in the door. They were underpowered, hard to work on loads of junk. They were known for head gasket issues, overheating, and fuel injection issues. Unlike modern cars, that fuel injection can't spit out a code and tell you what's wrong, so diagnosing a problem takes both experience, lots of spare parts, and some special gauges. The DeLorean itself was an oddity, the front suspension looked to be mostly Chevette parts, the rear end was its own but with a Renault 5 speed trans. The advertised 130hp felt more like about 80hp when driving it. The dealer I worked at actually had plans to take on a DeLorean franchise but they failed before it ever happened. We did go through some training on them though. My buddies dad would let me take his from time to time, (he rarely drove it once he bought the Corvette). The last time I saw it the car had only 8k on it. He traded it in in 1984 for a new pickup truck after the AC quit working on it for the third time. The AC in those cars was poorly designed too, there was too much glass and too much engine heat making its way into the cabin for the amount of cooling it could provide. It was okay at best on a mild summer night but nearly worthless on a hot summer afternoon in the sun. At work, we got a lot of calls for customers stuck in their cars due to failed lift struts, broken handles, and dead batteries. Automatic cars had trans issues due to heat and most owners were tired of all the quarks the car had by the time something major failed and they dumped the car at that point. They were a cool novelty back then but in reality they were a miserable failure as a car. If it wasn't for the movie, I doubt anyone would give them a second look, especially once they got a good look at what they were made of.

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I was 23 when my friends dad bought a DeLorean. Cool looking car, but it was an absolute dog on the road. He had it for one year and traded it for a 69 Mach1.

Im a Turning Rust loyal subscriber # stay blessed and let the sparks ignite =s tire smoke.

This was a good video. I would really like to see you guys get it running I'm interested in learning something about the engine.

All I can think of is hoping you don’t have an engine Valley of Death situation. You should reach out to Alex at Legit Street Cars who has done a LOT to his barn find Delorean and can really help with your project. Good luck! 👍🏻

All the DeLorean spares are in a Texas warehouse. They even offer LS swap kits!

Someone wanted it red and painted it red...I don't know what mystery there is in that. Thanks for the videos, fun as always. I would like to see it restored.