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DeLorean Afficionado Makes Monster Truck, Limo and Hovercraft

Earlier this month, we showed you a man who turned a DeLorean into a monster truck. As it turns out, we’re talking about a collector and it seems that the man also has other extremely modified DeLoreans to show us.
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His name is Rich Weissensel and, like we said, the monster truck is just a part of his DeLorean collection. This also includes a stretch limo that holds six gullwing doors, as well as a Roadster and a hovercraft.

If you watch the adjacent images closely, you’ll notice the excellent attention to details - the man clearly loves his cars. These custom projects debuted back in the year 2000, when Weissensel met John DeLorean, the founder of the company, at an event held in Cleveland.

Speaking of the DeLorean, you guys may want to know a little bit of its history. You see, many in the industry have wondered whether or not it was the great Back To The Future movie that made this car famous or if it would have become that anyway. The truth is the DeLorean DMC-12 was a sportscar that simply wasn’t in the right place at the right time, sort of speak. The first prototype appeared in October 1976, and production officially began in 1981 in Dunmurry, a suburb of south west Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Throughout the time it was produced, several features have been changed, such as the hood style, wheels and interior. Even though the DMC-12 came with promising features, it lacked the style and performance to resist the crises the US car market went through back in the 1980s. After all, it was the largest slump since the 1930s, and many other players in the game suffered from it.

That does not mean the DMC-12's unusual construction details, including gull-wing doors, unpainted stainless-steel body panels, and a rear-mounted engine were not great.

Via: autos.yahoo.com
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