I heard Chris Theodore do a presentation on his adventure with JZD and his proposed turbo kit/handling package for the DMC-12

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I heard Chris Theodore do a presentation on his adventure with JZD and his proposed turbo kit/handling package for the DMC-12

In Response To: Not the kit, but the 1:1 car. They weren't very good as sports cars either...not too fast, handling not great *NM* ()

A consortium of engineers who were on the industry sidelines in that era saw the struggle of the company, and developed a bolt-on turbo kit for the DMC-12 that brought it into legitimate contention with other popular exotics of the era.

(IIRC, the benchmark was a 2-Valve 308 Ferrari? ) Chris and his cohorts had a neat arrangement to take cars directly from the port of entry to a conversion line, then distribute to the dealers. I don't recall what he said the cost bite was, but in that corner of the market, it was not a deal breaker.

Not long after, the roof fell in on everyone, Chapman and DeLorean squirrelled away the millions and a decent car with potential went Tango Uniform.

Anyone with an interest in the subject will love a terrific independent film - "Framing John DeLorean" - highly recommended you can probably stream it.

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Which company released (or is going to release) a stock DeLorean without all that BTTF stuff? *NM*
- Pretty sure it's Aoshima, who made several BTTF versions earlier *NM*
  - You're right Mark... Aoshima with an October release date... Can't wait... Gorgeous car without the "accoutrements"... *NM* *PIC*
    - Looks good, but extremely poor build quality on the original cars. I remember looking one over at a new car show back then, by far the worst one there *NM*
      - They had a lot of problems with QC when new. They had to basically rebuild the cars (lots of fit and finish problems) when they got to the states. *NM*
        
        So....... we should be okay with a low quality kit, poor fit and need to build it, then rebuild it??? LOL *NM*
        
        Not the kit, but the 1:1 car. They weren't very good as sports cars either...not too fast, handling not great *NM*
        
        I heard Chris Theodore do a presentation on his adventure with JZD and his proposed turbo kit/handling package for the DMC-12
      - Friend of mine (Tom the guy I bought my 61 Impala from) bought one a year or so old thinking he would make a killing from... Well things didn't end well could sell it. 2-3 yrs later he sold it or I should say traded it for a Mid-Year Corvette which he made up his money. *NM*

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