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Thread: The D Rex Goes to Hollywood !!

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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Big DeLorean...Small World

    As big as the world seems to be, there always seems to be something that happens to make it seem small.

    Case in point...the D Rex and another story of it's origin...all connected to this recent TV Pilot.

    As fate would have it, one of the TV Pilot's writers, Steven Cragg, was born and raised in Texas.
    As the story goes, Steven had a cousin who did all sorts or crazy things and had some crazy projects.

    One day, Steven went to his cousin's house, to see a project he was working on...a DeLorean 4x4.
    Although Steven did not tell me too many details, he said that the vehicle was stuck in his memory.

    Flash forward a couple decades and Steven Cragg gets a chance to write a TV Pilot about two brothers
    who do all kinds of crazy things and Steven's thoughts flash back to an idea to include the DeLorean 4x4.

    Not knowing if the DeLorean 4x4 still existed, Steven and crew check the good old internet, identify D Rex
    and contact me through Tamir's website. The D Rex is cast in a leading role and makes a trip to Hollywood.

    It was not until I met Steven in person that he told me the back story to selecting the DeLorean 4x4 and
    why it needed to be in this TV Pilot. And it was at this time that Steven learned that D Rex was the very
    same DeLorean 4x4 that he had seen, decades before, in Texas (with a few improvements and upgrades).
    And as they say, the rest is history.

    Later,
    Rich W.
    Last edited by Rich W; 01-08-2013 at 07:14 PM. Reason: fixed type-o's

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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by jawn101 View Post
    ....anyone else notice Christopher Lloyd is credited in the cast??
    With some other threads and posts about Christopher Lloyd being filmed with and next to other DeLoreans,
    I thought this would be a good time to post a few photos of Christopher Lloyd with the D Rex last Spring.

    Chris-sitting-next-to-D-Rex.jpg

    Chris-by-D-Rex-end-of-day.jpg

    Later,
    Rich W.

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    Robosaurus is now for sale, if you fancy another vehicle:

    http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/4504946742.html

    $37k seems quite decent for such a vehicle



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    I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans

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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Hollywood comes to D Rex

    The Highlight of the DCS 2014 for me was after "being paged" while helping other DeLorean owners move their cars out of the tents.

    "Paging Rich W" ... "Rich W, please report to the D Rex in front of the hotel, immediately"

    I get out front, and Christopher Lloyd is waiting to see my DeLoreans out front. (I had just closed all the doors, minutes before)

    Not only did Christopher Lloyd want a ride in the D Rex, he wanted to take his own photos of the D Limo, with all the doors open.

    How cool is that? (thanks to Tony Swann for getting a photo with me and Christopher Lloyd in the D Rex, before our "Ride")

    Chris-Llyod-Rich-W-and-D-Rex.JPG
    Last edited by Rich W; 06-17-2014 at 02:12 PM. Reason: fixed type-o's, as usual

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    Nice shot
    Dermot
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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich W View Post
    Day 1 of filming (Friday) went well.
    Off for the weekend.
    Day 2 of filming (Monday) still to go.
    More details soon.

    Later,
    Rich W.

    (maybe a few sneak peek photos too)
    March 30th ...

    Five Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)

    D-Rex-vs-Robo.jpg

    The D Rex also had it's 15th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)
    Last edited by Rich W; 03-30-2017 at 05:57 PM. Reason: added March 30th date

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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich W View Post
    March 30th ...

    Five Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)

    D-Rex-vs-Robo.jpg

    The D Rex also had it's 15th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)
    Wow ... Time Flies.

    10 Year Anniversary of the first day of filming in Hollywood. (2012) Kings of Van Nuys (TV Pilot)

    The D Rex also had it's 20th Birthday about 2 months ago too. (2002) World of Wheels (Chicago)


    And ... a surprise addition ... a link to a clip of the TV Pilot that I found today:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0V3eqiukg

    The D Rex makes a couple brief appearances from about 48 second mark to the 55 second end.
    Last edited by Rich W; 03-31-2022 at 11:04 PM. Reason: Added TV Pilot clip link

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    Custom DeLorean Builder Rich W's Avatar
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    Finally … Full TV Pilot leaked to Internet … 11 years later

    Well, it only took about 11 years for this to leak to the Internet.

    Wow … has it been that long?

    I was doing some backstory research on the Johnny Carson car
    over the weekend and I decided to take a look for the TV Pilot
    again, and sure enough, there were a few links out there since
    earlier this Fall, along with a few UK based commentary links.

    I know the UK TV Show, Only Fools and Horses is a revered UK
    comedy series through the 1980s and early 1990s, so there was
    little chance that Hollywood could duplicate lightning in a bottle
    with King of Van Nuys, but I have seen worse TV Pilots.

    Yes, a few too many BTTF jokes (less than half made it in Pilot)
    and many of the other jokes fell flat (too much laugh track). The
    commentary links appear to be spot-on, even though I did not
    grow up watching the original Only Fools and Horses.

    Only a few minutes of D Rex video footage made it into the Pilot,
    after filming for two days, but after having to squeeze onto the
    Parcel Shelf for this Pilot in 2012, Christopher Lloyd sought me
    out at DCS 2014 to ride in the passenger seat in the parking lot.

    A little early Christmas present for all the D Rex fans out there.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob02R52HK3U

    Thanks,
    Rich W.

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