21st January 1981

[Stuart Rees]

35 years ago today the first DeLorean car rolled off the production line

[88mph]

And I was 11.
I always thought it was the late, flat bonnets that had the "delorean" badge.

[Domi]

(21 Jan 2016, 19:42)88mph Wrote: And I was 11.
I always thought it was the late, flat bonnets that had the "delorean" badge.

This one is just a sticker, not the badge we all know on later models

[Chris P]

And it IS a grooved gas flap bonnet.

[bjbrownie]

It must must have been a rush job, the outer door seals appear to be missing!

[Stuart Rees]

Some more pics found on the Internet of the preparation of VIN 500 before the unveiling...

[Chris P]

Some of my pictures actually…..from my Esler Crawford archive….Barrie W has been free at sharing them!

[88mph]

Ha, there has got to be some good captions for that lot. Thanks for sharing.
Apart from JZD, who are the people in the pics?

[Chris P]

Its all in our book! …If you've not got one i'll list em all tomorrow…early night now.

[Stuart Rees]

Hi Chris, let me know if you're ok having the pictures in this thread.

*Shameless Plug alert*

Chris and Andy's Book has hundreds of similar pictures & a ton of information

Highly recommend picking one up 

http://deloreans.co.uk/product/delorean-...ible-book/

[Chris P]

Hi Stuart PM sent.

[Chris P]

Hi Folks, 

here are a couple of relevant pages from our book. (with a close up of the words)…For those who still haven't got one,  i'll still do a 'show price spacial'. PM me. 

[TristanC]

(24 Jan 2016, 10:00)Chris P Wrote: Hi Folks, 

here are a couple of relevant pages from our book. (with a close up of the words)…For those who still haven't got one,  i'll still do a 'show price spacial'. PM me. 

I can highly recommend Chris P's book.
It's an absolute must for any DeLorean fan.

Tris