BTTF 3 Delorean goes on sale on SYFY network Wednesday Jun 8th.

[David T]

According to the DoD production Chronology VIN 4689 is listed as an '81 in Woodland Hills, CA and sold by dealer # 5153 so it is a California car. This lends some credibility that it could have been in CA when it was purchased to be customized for the movie. Further investigation of the Chain of Ownership could possibly be done from Motor Vehicle records to authenticate the car's provenance. For $1M I would expect no less!
David Teitelbaum

[Mark D]

The DeLorean itself IS well documented as being a screen used Part III off road car, so there is nothing to debate there. However, the entire car it is NOT "100% screen used"

Much of the restored car as it appears today contains non-original restoration parts. The car was in such horrible shape when it was purchased there wasn't a whole lot left on it that was screen used. Everything not seen in the photos of the car all spray painted black on the inside had to be added after the fact.

Some of the new parts were replicated to the highest degree of accuracy (Like the hood box) while others were done poorly, like the flux bands and mesh that don't have accurately sized rod or mesh hole sizing.

Joe M on Hollywood Treasures throws some wild numbers around for what things are worth. He also said Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was worth 1M (which is where the auction price started) and there were no bids. Nobody knows what this car is actually worth until it goes up for auction.

[Michael]

Estimates are just that. They can go either way. If you are a Star Trek fan then you know about Christies auction a few years ago of all the movie memorabilia including the screen used models. The USS Enterprise was valued at around 30k, it went for a quarter of a million! The Next Generation Enterprise went for one half million, so those estimates were off quite a bit too, in the other direction.

I personally think the part III car is the ugliest of the three. If it were the original first version, I think the interest(and money)would be greater. If the hype stays up, I will guestimate 80-120k, but wouldn't be surprised if it were even less.

[David T]

If much of the car is not original to the car and was not used in the movie then what you have is a very nice reproduction of the screen car. I also agree the BTTF III car was the most ugly of the series. Even so it can still be worth a lot of money, just how much is anyone's guess till it is actually auctioned off. The car was not authenticated by Joe so that was not even a # that might actually be used. If you watched other shows, some things, after some research, were not even offered for auction so that $1M # is not really even a starting point yet. There was what they thought was the BD-5J from a Bond movie, it turned out to be just a mock-up replica worth nothing. The thing to learn from this is you cannot value a movie car just using Delorean car values. You need to know what other movie cars have sold for and the condition. IMHO $1M would be on the high side but then again, that is only my guess for what it's worth!
David Teitelbaum

[jmrydholm]

I always hated those ugly tires. I mean, I have my whitewalls on my Goodyear Eagle GT's facing out, but eegh...50's treads on a DeLorean *shudder*