Gold Delorean pics

[Chris Burns]

http://the-car-addict.blogspot.com/2011/06/golden-delorean-part-1.html

[dvonk]

so supposedly he has the 3rd saddle brown interior and built his 'gold' D around that, eh? i remember this car from the old DMCTalk, but that detail was missing before.

anyone know the VIN?

[jmrydholm]

What I've always wanted to know-

1.) How do you clean the gold DeLoreans?? Regular car soap? Jewelry cleaner?
2.) What do you tell your insurance company if someone keys, scratches it, or worse...

I shudder at the thought! Beautiful car, though. I always love seeing the gold D's. :biggrin:

[louielouie2000]

That saddle interior makes me drool! 8) I do remember this car from the old DMC Talk now that dvonk mentions it.

[Dangermouse]

here's it at a recent show in Germany. Love the props

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1860&d=1309382014

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1859&d=1309382013

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1861&d=1309382015





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[vwdmc16]

that is a bright steering wheel!

[SIMid]

that is a bright steering wheel!

Make sure your hands are clean! :tongue:

There are build photos of this car on Facebook, showing the owner deciding the shade of gold and other samples before completing the build.

[dvonk]

this photo shows some of the colors he was considering:

http://www.deloreanclub.de/images/gold_aussen_01.jpg

for many more photos and a details (in german) the website is here. (http://deloman.mwp-server.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=67)

[vwdmc16]

so its not actually gold? from what i understand it a mix of vinyl wrap and tinted brass plating?

only the dmc emblem, lug nuts, light fixtures and a few other small items are actually 24kt plated

[dvonk]

thats what it seems. at today's spot prices i think he'd be bankrupt trying to use real gold :lol: i think its definitely a nice tribute to the real gold DeLoreans! :cool:

[jmrydholm]

aw man, I thought that was one of the original 2&1/2 gold ones. (4300, 4301, and 20105)

[Chris Burns]

Here are some more pics..

http://the-car-addict.blogspot.com/2011/06/golden-delorean-part-2.html

[uhhair]

aw man, I thought that was one of the original 2&1/2 gold ones. (4300, 4301, and 20105)

no, this is just a guy trying to create a replica of them, so the panels are not real gold as the original 3 deloreans are.

That being the case, I actually really like the car in gold as a color though. Looks better than a lot of other painted D's out there.

[louielouie2000]

Kinda odd how he made the headliners tan, but didn't get tan carpets for the car. Those are readily available now through the vendors.

[jmrydholm]

no, this is just a guy trying to create a replica of them, so the panels are not real gold as the original 3 deloreans are.

That being the case, I actually really like the car in gold as a color though. Looks better than a lot of other painted D's out there.

I agree, gold color is great looking on a D. I'm not one for painted DeLoreans, but the red ones are nice too.

[dvonk]

Kinda odd how he made the headliners tan, but didn't get tan carpets for the car.

it looks like he was trying to replicate the dark brown carpet color of 4300 and 20105. it might be a bit of tan overkill if he did everything the same color. :biggrin:

[Citizen]

aw man, I thought that was one of the original 2&1/2 gold ones. (4300, 4301, and 20105)

Anyone know the VIN of that car? Should we actually classify it as a 4th gold car? Or just a painted (gold) car?

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[dvonk]

the 4th gold car is VIN 01542, it was privately gold plated with 23k gold in the early '80s.

the car in this thread appears to have a gold-colored vinyl wrap of some sort... it does, however, supposedly have the 3rd factory saddle-brown interior, since 4301 has a black interior. im not sure if these claims have any credibility, but it seems logical to me that there would be a 3rd brown interior lying around somewhere...

[T_Stanley]

The car looks good, but I'm not sure about those DeLorean decals...

[Karin]

I like the way the gold looks. The fascia and the rear look a bit bright though.

[deloman]

Hello from Bavaria! I´m the guy who build this car.
This golden Delorean is just a nice styled packaging for the original interieur. I own this interieur since a few years and it came out of the bankrupt's estate from DMCL in Dunmurry.
The VIN is 10853 and I use an accident car as base for this project. You will find a lot of detailed pictures here in my album "golden Delorean".
So we saved one demaged Delorean from the scrapyard and find a nice platform for the original interieur.

Skin: I was dissatisfied with stickers and foil, so we use a special transparent stainless steel adhesive base with a golden glaze and a varnish clear coat fnish.

I hope you like it!

http://www.deloreanclub.de/images/goldskin01.jpg

http://www.deloreanclub.de/images/gold_innen14.jpg

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=3949&d=1313531465

[Dangermouse]

Once again, Wolfgang, awesome!!!

[sean]

I am a sucker for that tan interior, LOVE IT!

[Chris Burns]

Very nice job Wolfgang!:thumbup: John Delorean would be proud.

[dvonk]

10853 looks amazing Wolfgang! its a great tribute to the original gold DeLoreans! :biggrin:

[Mark D]

Absolutely beautiful work!

The tan interior reminds me of how Ferrari's of the same era look. Very classy looking car.:thumbup2:

[DeBro]

Looks pretty good, but I'm a bigger fan of the red one. :rock_on:

[deloman]

Looks pretty good, but I'm a bigger fan of the red one. :rock_on:

DeBro! Do you think about this red one?

http://www.deloman.de/deloman/Bilder/redrunner.jpg

[Mark D]

Love those BFG raised white letter tires. Are they still available? What size are they?

[deloman]

Love those BFG raised white letter tires. Are they still available? What size are they?

Mark!
I bought this tires 5 years ago from tirerack.com and they sold the correct sizes 195/60R14 and 235/60R15. At the moment tirerack just can sell BFG with white letters for the rear axle. I love them too and they fit perfect to the red runner! ...and my other red cars Nissan KingCab D21 and HUMMER H2 have BFG with white letters too... nice trio!

[Mark D]

I was really hoping you were going to say you bought them last month and that the fronts were still available with RWL! :(

It seems like all the tire manufacturers are going to black wall only, at least for the fronts. Cooper Cobras used to be available too with white lettering on both front and rear sizes and now you can only get the whites on the rear.

The removed black rub strips on the sides also gives the car a really sleek look. It's one of my favorite painted D's for sure.

[louielouie2000]

DeBro! Do you think about this red one?

http://www.deloman.de/deloman/Bilder/redrunner.jpg

I love red DeLoreans... and this one is the absolute perfect color. Now it just needs the saddle/tan interior of the gold delorean! :thumbup2:

[Chris Burns]

I love this pic!

[nimaside]

For anyone one with the white writing on there tire wall, I was wondering if it is difficult to keep clean. Is it something you have to keep washing or it will look like crap...or does it stay pretty clean on it's own.