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- 1999 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning
Click Button to Return Home WELCOME Utilities & Light Trucks 1999 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning Personalize your gallery, add your text here.
- Back to the Future II Time Machine
Click to Return Home WELCOME Movie & TV Vehicles < Back Back to the Future II Time Machine DMC DeLorean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The DMC DeLorean is a rear-engine two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) for the American market from 1981 until 1983—ultimately the only car brought to market by the fledgling company. The DeLorean is sometimes referred to by its internal DMC pre-production designation, DMC-12. However, the DMC-12 name was never used in sales or marketing materials for the production model Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and noted for its gull-wing doors and brushed stainless-steel outer body panels, the sports car was also noted for a lack of power and performance incongruous with its looks and price. Though its production was short-lived, the DeLorean became widely known after it was featured as the time machine in the Back to the Future films. With the first production car completed on January 21, 1981, the design incorporated numerous minor revisions to the hood, wheels and interior before production ended in late December 1982, shortly after DMC filed for bankruptcy and after total production reached about 9,000 units. Despite the car having a reputation for poor build quality and an unsatisfactory driving experience, the DeLorean continues to have a strong following driven in part by the popularity of Back to the Future. 6,500 DeLoreans were estimated to still be on the road as of 2015 DMC DeLorean 1983 DeLorean Overview Manufacturer DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) Production 1981–1982 Model years 1981–1983 Assembly DeLorean Motor Cars, Ltd. (DMCL) Dunmurry, Belfast, Northern Ireland Designer Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign When details surrounding the DeLorean were first announced in the mid-1970s, there were numerous plans and rumours that the DeLorean would have many advanced features, such as elastic reservoir moulding (ERM), a unit construction plastic chassis, a mid-engine layout, an airbag, 10-mph bumpers and ultrawide Pirelli P7 tires; none of these would materialise in the production vehicle. Originally, the car was intended to have a centrally-mounted Wankel rotary engine. The engine selection was reconsidered when Comotor production ended and the favoured engine became the Ford Cologne V6 engine. Appearing in October 1976, the first prototype was completed by American automotive chief engineer William T. Collins, formerly chief engineer at Pontiac. The prototype was initially known as the DSV-1, or DeLorean Safety Vehicle. As development continued, the model was referred to as the DSV-12, before changing to DMC-12, the "12" deriving from the target list price of $12,000 upon release. The Ford V6 engine would soon be abandoned in favour of the complete drivetrain from the Citroën CX 2000—deemed a more reliable choice. The 1,985 cc (121 cu in) I4 engine from Citroën was ultimately deemed underpowered for the DeLorean. When Citroën learned of DMC plans to turbocharge the engine, Citroën suggested that DMC find another engine. Eventually the fuel-injected V6 PRV engine (Peugeot-Renault-Volvo) was selected. As a result, the engine location had to be moved from the mid-engined location in Prototype 1 to a rear-engined location in Prototype 2, a configuration which would be retained in the production vehicle. The chassis was initially planned to use elastic reservoir moulding (ERM), which would lighten the car and lower its production costs. DeLorean had purchased patent rights to the essentially untested ERM technology, and it was eventually found unsuitable. Prototype 1's interior was significantly different from the production vehicle's. Prototype 1 had a prominent full-width knee bar, as it was intended to be a safety car. A medium brown leather covered the seats, but they were much flatter and did not have the comfort and support of the production seats. A black steering wheel with a fat centre was intended to hold an airbag and the driver had a full set of Stewart-Warner gauges. A central warning system would check various fluid levels and even warn of low brake pad thickness though, even at this time, it was suspected that production cars would not have this feature. These and other changes to the original concept led to considerable schedule pressures. The design was deemed to require almost complete re-engineering, which was turned over to English engineer Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars. Chapman replaced most of the unproven material and manufacturing techniques with those then employed by Lotus, including a steel backbone chassis. In order to train the workforce, a small number of pre-production DeLoreans were produced with fibreglass bodies and are referred to as "black cars" or mules. After several delays and cost overruns, production at the Dunmurry factory, located a few miles from Belfast City Centre, finally began in late 1980. Around this time DMC officially dropped the name DMC-12 on its now $25,000 car in favour of the model name DeLorean. The DeLorean sports car, as it was described in advertisements, began production in December 1980 with the first production car rolling off the assembly line on January 21, 1981. The DeLorean Motor Company was placed into receivership in February 1982 and filed bankruptcy on October 26 of that year, just a few days after the arrest of its founder, John DeLorean, on drug trafficking charges. Consolidated International purchased the unsold DeLoreans and partially completed DeLoreans still on the assembly line and assembled approximately 100 cars to finish the remaining production on December 24, 1982 Body and chassis Class Sports car Body style 2-door coupé Layout Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive Doors Gull-wing doors Powertrain Engine 2.85 L (174 cu in) V6 PRV engine ZMJ-159 Power output 130 hp (132 PS; 97 kW) and 153 lb⋅ft (207 N⋅m) of torque Transmission 5-speed manual 3-speed automatic Back to the Future Main article: DeLorean time machine The fully restored "Hero A" car from the Back to the Future trilogy on exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum The DMC DeLorean is most notably featured as the time machine in the Back to the Future film trilogy. Six DeLoreans were used during the production, along with one manufactured out of fibreglass for scenes where a full-size DeLorean was needed to "fly" on-screen. The cars used in the first film had the original V6 engine (whose sound in the movie comes from the V8 engine of a Porsche 928).] Two of the cars used in Back to the Future Part III were equipped with Volkswagen engines and dune buggy chassis for filming the scenes in the Western terrain. Only three of the cars still exist, with one that was destroyed at the end of Part III, two additional cars were abandoned, and the fibreglass replica used in Part II was scrapped. Universal Studios owns two of the remaining cars, occasionally putting them on display or using them for other productions. The third car, used in Back to the Future Part III, was restored and was sold at auction for $541,200 in December 2011. A fully restored Back to the Future DeLorean can be viewed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Back to the Future II
- 2009 Nissan GT-R
2 Click to Return Home WELCOME Sports Cars & Luxury Vehicles 2009 Nissan GT-R 2009 Nissan GT-R Model Description Model Details Name of Model: 2009 Nissan GT-R Scale: Manufacturer: Collection: Sports & Performance Collection Museum Number: 24 - SV101 - 19 - 01 Date Added to YouTube: Description
- Bugatti Diva
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- 1958 Chevy Apache Fleetside Pickup
Click Button to Return Home WELCOME Utilities & Light Trucks 1958 Chevy Apache Fleetside Pickup 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup This is a 1:24 Scale die-cast metal with plastic parts of this Chevy pickup. From a distance this looks better than it looks closeup. It's what I call a baseline mode in that instead of most outside parts like door handles, petrol cap and main emblems, have been included in the casting of the main body. Apart from the exterior mirror, those parts mentioned are painted on. So let's look at the exterior. Body paint wise, this has no cracks bubbles, or any other paint problems. So at least in this area no problems. But body panel in just about all parts, have too wide a gap between them causing bad fitting doors and bonnet fit.. Its been put together quickly with no attention to good detail. The wheels however are at least one deeming factor and look well and set off the model nicely. Interior is basic, but parts like gear shift and foot pedals to scale. As with models this size, you need to give some compromise. Other interior parts like seating is good with door panels fitted OK. Engine also suffers as the interior in every thing black. Makes taking images very hard. Detail of this engine is very basic and only rates a 1 in engine detail. I have not much to tell you about this model. Its basic in every section. Not put together well and is not one for real collecting, though for the museum, it is a model from the 1958 year. So it shows design types for that year. I can only give this a 2.5/5.00. Robin Finlay 15/11/2022. Visit robinsmodelcarsinternetmuseum.net for more! Personalize your gallery, add your text here.
- 1952 Chevrolet COE Flatbed
Click Button to Return Home WELCOME Utilities & Light Trucks 1952 Chevrolet COE Flatbed 1952 Chevrolet COE (Cab Over Engine) Truck From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Volvo FH16.700.jpg Volvo FH cab-over lorry Overview Manufacturer Various Also called COE, forward control Production 1899 – present Assembly Worldwide Body and chassis Class Light, medium, and heavy Body style Cab over engine Cab-over, also known as cab over engine (COE), cab forward (U.S.), flat nose (Canada), or forward control (UK), is a body style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front, "flat face" or a semi-hood, with the cab of the truck sitting above (or forward of) the front axle. This contrasts with a conventional truck where the engine is mounted in front of the driver. Autocar, the oldest surviving motor vehicle manufacturer in America, produces primarily cabover trucks. Although cabover trucks were popular among United States heavy truckers and trucking companies during the 1970s because of strict length laws in many states, when those length laws were repealed, most heavy-truck makers moved to other body styles. One of the reasons is the Federal Bridge Formula, which is unique to the US, and encourages spreading out the load. If axle distances are too tight, the maximum load allowance is reduced. For COEs operated at maximum weight in the US, this required an axle directly behind the front bumper. This cab design caused an awkward climb into the cab for the driver, forcing them to climb up behind the front wheel, then moving to the front and into the cab. The Model. First of all, you must forget the colour. The main reason the museum purchased this 1:24 Scale die-cast with plastic parts was not because of its flashy colour. It's because of it unique shape. So looking at this model, the first thing that struck me was the quality of the paintwork. There are no bubbles, scratches, cracks or paint drip. It obviously has a great deal of effort been considered in relation to this model. The doors open and close nicely and fits well with excellent gap clearance all around the doors. I wasn't sure whether the bonnet opened, because there appeared to be the gap all around the bonnet. But my policy is not to use force on any part. If it opened, it would have been nice to see the type of it. If it didn't, they missed a great opportunity to add something new to it. The back tray extends out. However on the real vehicle, there would have been a hoist. Or maybe they used ramps, found none if that's how they used it. But its a truck that gave birth to the Kenworth and Peterbilt Cabs over engines that most would recognise It not often one gets to see these trucks only at car 7 truck shows where they mostly have been customised like our model. or maybe we see then in farmers fields as we drive past. at least the museum has one of these unique trucks and for that we are grateful. I give it a 4.0/5.0. Robin Finlay 09/10/2022. Visit robinsmodelcarsinternetmuseum.net for more! Personalize your gallery, add your text here.
- Back to the Future III
Click to Return Home WELCOME Movie & TV Vehicles < Back Back to the Future III Back to the Future III (Road Wheel Version) Here we have a 1;24 Scale die-cast metal with some plastic parts model of the De Lorean car that was used in the very popular series of movies “Back to the Future”. This model is one of the two cars that you would have seen in the movie. One was with the road wheels like this model. And the other was with the train wheels as seen in the last parts of the movies. We will show both models in the museum, even though the difference in each is in fact the wheels. But first the model itself. It is a very surprisingly well put together model. You are not able to open the bonnet, but the gullwing doors open very high and this gives a very good look at the interior of the vehicle. The outside body gives the very exterior look of the bare metal that is all the real Delorean. Everything in regards to the De Lorean is very much as expected. The addition of the parts that are included in the movie have been reproduced in great detail. I very much doubt that any fan of the movies would be unhappy with this reproduction of the vehicle. The wheels are as used in the movie and with the red with the chromed hub caps are well done and keeps in character with the movie. The interior, and this is in consideration the scale, has itself been reproduced as exactly to the original De Lorean vehicle that was sold when it was produced. With the wide opening doors, you are able to see a remarkable amount of detail that in most models of this scale you would not see. All parts of the interior have been scaled well with even the gearbox shift is done well for the size, with other models of this size, you can get parts that look oversized. Details of the dash are well constructed with no difficulty in seeing everything as in the original. So to sum this model up. A very well made model with a very good attention to detail and with one of the best finishes I have seen in this scale model. I can find very little to fault it, but it only has one detail that I find is a little off putting and that is the chromed part on the bonnet. It just feels a little out of place in respect to the amount of chrome in relation to other chromed parts on the model. But overall, a nice model and very collectable, especially if you have all four models from all the movies. I give it a 4.5/5.0. Robin finlay 06/11/2022. Visit robinsmodelcarsinternetmuseum.net for more! Back to the Future III ( Road Wheels Version)
- 1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R
4 Click to Return Home WELCOME Sports Cars & Luxury Vehicles 1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R 1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Model Description Model Details Name of Model: 1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Scale: Manufacturer: Collection: Sports & Performance Collection Museum Number: 24 - SV103 - 22 - 01 Date Added to YouTube: Description
- Black Widow & 1966 Chevy Corvette
Click to Return Home WELCOME Movie & TV Vehicles < Back Black Widow & 1966 Chevy Corvette Black Widow & 1966 Chevy Corvette Vehicles shown in Movies and Television have in their own way, enabled a lot of collectors to specialise in this type of collecting. so the museum has an entire wing dedicated to these models. While in a lot of cases, a lot of these models are based on actual vehicles, and a lot don't appear in the actual movies or TV series, but are based on actual real vehicles that if you discount the paintwork, are in fact detailed copies of the real vehicles. As with models of the non entertainment area, are still designed as if they are the original. Every detail of the original model are transferred to these models in every area. The scale in these type of models are in the 1:24 scale but still as accurate to the original vehicle. If you remove the title and in most cases over large wheels, it would be as the original model. Collectable for those who love their Movie memorability. 3.5/5. Robin Finlay. 26/07/2022. Visit robinsmodelcarsinternetmuseum.net for more! Black Widow & 1966 Chevy Corvette
