[DML] Planet Hollywood/DeLorean Replica Accuracy

[Tom Watkins <dmctom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope this isn't straying too far off our group focus but since it 
deals with our cars and their placement all over the world I figured 
this would be allowed by the moderators.    From the looks of some of 
these pictures,  these DeLoreans are not original movie cars and have 
been made for the restaurant.  The reason I can be so sure about this is 
becasue when I lived in Los Angeles many years ago,  a dear friend of 
mine was a professional aquirer of many famous original props from T.V 
and film.    He worked with a special effect house in the San Fernando 
Valley and made some deals with them to make knock-offs of each of his 
props so that they could all make some $$ selling them.  These 1:1 
re-casts where professionally made and looked pretty good so they had no 
trouble selling them to Planet Hollywood.  One ship in particular was 
one the original hero model of the Jupiter 2 from "Lost In Space".  

I have many pictures of these props at my website.   I was there and 
took some of my photos during the restoration process of the Jupiter 2 
model, so don't believe everything you see at Planet Hollywood.   The 
DeLoreans they have are probably a combination of busted up parts they 
have been able to buy and slap together to look semi-authentic.   I have 
always had an issue with the fact that Planet Hollywood tries to pass 
these off as the "real" thing when in fact many are not.   It's all 
perception  and illusion.   I'm sure they do have some original stuff 
but on the whole I believe most are re-creations.  Getting the "real" 
item would be very expensive to have hanging around upside down!!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/outatime81/Props01.html    click on "Travel On" 
to see more after this page.

Tom
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