Abandoned Time Machine - Anyone know someone in New Jersey

[Gary Weaver II]

Holy cow. Gotta wonder where the owner is:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...67432070045773

"My buddy works for a tow company in jersey city New Jersey. Today they got a police call about an abandoned car in a parking garage. The garage manager said the cars been there for 2 years and the owner can not be contacted. This is what they found when they got to the call. Car has universal studios paperwork in the glove box along with credentials that may prove that this car was actually used in the back to the future movie. Lastly the car has under 2k original miles. There are no keys but we are working on getting one made to get it running."

The car in question is a VB Conversion - his 7th one according to his Facebook Page.

-Gary

[Kane]

Yep, his work definitely "stands on its own"... abandoned in a parking garage for 2 years...

[louielouie2000]

Yeah, the fact

1) it's an automatic
2) it has a 21st century stainless shifter surround
3) stainless doorsill letters
4) incorrect tires
5) non-stock din radio on top of time circuits
6) incorrect looking Mr Fusion

...and this is without my knowledge of BTTF conversions. There's no way in hell this was ever a Universal car.

[martydmc12]

It's really quite astonishing how so many people still try to pull-off "it's a screen-used DeLorean Time Machine" bit. We just saw that happen a month ago at the Detroit Auto Show. (see thread: http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?89...hlight=Detroit) The company was literally telling the attendees (and reporters) that it was a screen-used car. I heard that some DeLorean and BTTF people tried to correct them, but they refused to acknowledge that it wasn't what they were advertising it to be.

I know there are some people who could easily be duped or tricked into being told they have a screen-used car, but with so much information on the internet, DeLorean nuts like ourselves who have the VIN numbers, amongst so many other pieces of information that can verify the authenticity of these claims; but people still continue to try. Not sure what this guy on Facebook is trying to prove my making statements that there's paperwork from Universal in the glove box; who is he kidding? He may get some attention for the moment, but the truth will finally come out.

For future reference when anyone states they have a screen-used DeLorean, I just point to these two unaffiliated websites...

http://bttf.com/delorean/location

http://www.bttf3delorean.com/Where_are_they.html

[thirdmanj]

Yep, his work definitely "stands on its own"... abandoned in a parking garage for 2 years...

Oh, dude That's...

[Michael]

Yep, his work definitely "stands on its own"... abandoned in a parking garage for 2 years...

Actually it says more about the owner than VB. And your statement and poorly executed try to use this to slam VB says a lot about you too. How the Hell is VB in any way responsible? Why not just blame JZD for hundreds of DeLorean hulks rotting away?

Has a anyone considered the owner may have become sick, dillusional, or even died with no family or no family knowledge this car existed? Now that it has finally been towed, an attempt to contact them may be made, but I doubt it.

[David R]

So what happens to this car if the owner or their next of kin cannot be contacted?

[Gary Weaver II]

Sounds like the towing company would get to keep it and sell it off if it sits around their shop long enough (6 months or so).

At least that's what they guy who's claims to be friends with the towing company infers in the comments on that Facebook page.

Sounds really screwed up to me that someone can have a Delorean Time Machine conversion and NO ONE apparently knows how to reach the guy. I call bullshit.

-Gary

[DL4567]

Oh, dude That's...

Hey, that particular screencap sure looks familiar....

[thirdmanj]

Hey, that particular screencap sure looks familiar....

Yeah, I think it's from Back To The Future.