Where Is the REAL Back to the Future DeLorean Now?
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Where Is the REAL Back to the Future DeLorean Now?
The DeLorean time machine became one of the most recognizable vehicles in movie history — but the car seen on screen wasn't just one car.
Multiple DeLoreans were built and modified for the Back to the Future trilogy. Some were used for close-ups. Others handled driving and stunt work. One was adapted to run on railroad tracks. Another was built only for flying scenes.
And when filming ended, their stories became even stranger.
Some were dismantled. Some were destroyed. Parts were scattered into replicas and private collections. And the most famous of them all — the original hero car — spent years deteriorating in a Universal Studios prop yard before an extraordinary restoration saved it.
Today, that car survives at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
But what happened to the others?
In this episode of AFTER THE SCREEN, we trace the real physical DeLoreans used during the Back to the Future trilogy, what happened to them after the cameras stopped rolling, which ones survived, and where they ended up.
The movie ended.
The machines remained.
Where are they now?
Subscribe to AFTER THE SCREEN for more stories about the real machines, vehicles and physical props that survived after Hollywood was finished with them.
0:00 The history and current whereabouts of the original DeLorean cars used in the Back to the Future trilogy.
0:44 hero car
1:46 driving car
3:16 third car
9:57 DMC-12
What really happened to every DeLorean built for the Back to the Future trilogy? I trace the surviving cars, the wreckage, the replicas, and the vehicles that disappeared after filming.
I show where the hero car is today at the Petersen Automotive Museum, what became of the driving car, and how another DeLorean ended up in Japan. I also follow the cars used for stunts, desert scenes, flying shots, and the train-track sequences.
Finally, I revisit the hero car’s years of neglect, its restoration led by Bob Gale, and the history of the real DMC-12 that nearly vanished before becoming one of the most recognizable movie cars ever made.
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Where Is the REAL Back to the Future DeLorean Now?
After The Screen
4,489 views
Where Is the REAL Back to the Future DeLorean Now?
The DeLorean time machine became one of the most recognizable vehicles in movie history — but the car seen on screen wasn't just one car.
Multiple DeLoreans were built and modified for the Back to the Future trilogy. Some were used for close-ups. Others handled driving and stunt work. One was adapted to run on railroad tracks. Another was built only for flying scenes.
And when filming ended, their stories became even stranger.
Some were dismantled. Some were destroyed. Parts were scattered into replicas and private collections. And the most famous of them all — the original hero car — spent years deteriorating in a Universal Studios prop yard before an extraordinary restoration saved it.
Today, that car survives at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
But what happened to the others?
In this episode of AFTER THE SCREEN, we trace the real physical DeLoreans used during the Back to the Future trilogy, what happened to them after the cameras stopped rolling, which ones survived, and where they ended up.
The movie ended.
The machines remained.
Where are they now?
Subscribe to AFTER THE SCREEN for more stories about the real machines, vehicles and physical props that survived after Hollywood was finished with them.
0:00 The history and current whereabouts of the original DeLorean cars used in the Back to the Future trilogy.
0:44 hero car
1:46 driving car
3:16 third car
9:57 DMC-12
What really happened to every DeLorean built for the Back to the Future trilogy? I trace the surviving cars, the wreckage, the replicas, and the vehicles that disappeared after filming.
I show where the hero car is today at the Petersen Automotive Museum, what became of the driving car, and how another DeLorean ended up in Japan. I also follow the cars used for stunts, desert scenes, flying shots, and the train-track sequences.
Finally, I revisit the hero car’s years of neglect, its restoration led by Bob Gale, and the history of the real DMC-12 that nearly vanished before becoming one of the most recognizable movie cars ever made.