Delorean Build VIN:[Wooden Digits]

[silverlux]

preparing door upper surface to apply extra wood for extra strength

wood sliced/cut in pieces ready to be glued on to door

all pressed together with clamps for strength

glued now, ready for sanding


done and dusted

my first love waiting to be started
seats from DMC fits OK

[silverlux]

decided to chop off upper part of rear to rebuild it with straight parts

could be pick up truck DMC

after some sanding new panels glued on

and after sanding looks better

more panels added

and more


both sides complete, looking good

[silverlux]

time to straighten the roof

middle and front panel added on top of existing frame for extra strength and sanding

roof top sanded down in one level

doors open and close perfect

[silverlux]

Indian mahogany block getting ready to become rear fascia on my DMC

temp glued on for part picture visualization

drawing up some guidelines

top and sides cut off

starting to sand, cut and carve out space for lights

after a while getting there

and after another while, test fitted to see if lines match etc

temp engine bay cover cut out to see if everything matches

lights cut out, more room made for them

test fitted

[silverlux]

drawing

painting

covered with clear plastic for protection and test fitted

edges sealed

rear bumper in progress

[silverlux]

preparing space on bumper to carve DeLorean letters

first letter done

all letters carved with paper knife

filled with white paint

turned out well for a first try

[silverlux]

decided to redo rear lights so starting to work with few tiny wood pieces

pine wood for rear lights and red mahogany for the rest

all pieces in place, quality of image is not great as I'm shooting with my phone, my other camera broke down
there is 3 different wood colors to imitate lights

wood splitters glued individually between wood pieces(lights)

one side sanded down and done, other to go

job done on lights and surrounding area



got the chance to be with BTTF car few days ago
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[silverlux]

time to finish rear bumper pieces





next piece

[silverlux]

time to put together rear pure wooden Louvre

putting in place parts for frame

sides for frame in place, all other parts can go in

all in and sanded, time to cut some holes

holes cut and sanded, time to put in some detail

all in place and sanded down

[silverlux]

now starting with engine cover, first pieces glued together


sanded down and test fitted

sides added


looking good altogether, need to add few more bits on that engine cover next time

[silverlux]

[Hermit]

The De Lorean Big Bang!

This is looking really good mate. You're doing a great job.
I'm in for the remainder of the ride.
(By coincidence, I was looking at a De Lorean only last night, on 'American Pickers'.)

[silverlux]

The De Lorean Big Bang!

This is looking really good mate. You're doing a great job.
I'm in for the remainder of the ride.
(By coincidence, I was looking at a De Lorean only last night, on 'American Pickers'.)

Thanks for cool comment mate.
Stay tuned

[crowie]

WOW AND WOW, G'Day Silverlux,

This arn't no back to the future project but very much today, a master class in scratch building....

What a top posting with all the beaut "Work In Progress" photos and build notes; inspiring to say the least.

Cheers, crowie

[TKO]

Fantastic work and the detail is unbelievable Eddie