DeLoreans Getting Outfitted To Celebrate "Back To The Future" 30th Anniversary

Above, a DeLorean "Back To The Future" car on display at the Mad Monster Party.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Can it really be 30 years since the first Back To The Future movie starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly was released?

Well, it will be in 2015 and many DeLorean owners are having their cars outfitted to look like the one in the 1985 movie.

According to The Japan News:

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP)—It may not time travel, but the DeLorean sports car is finding its way into the future. 

People are spending thousands of dollars to have DeLoreans outfitted to resemble the one that starred in the 1985 movie “Back to the Future” starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
About 9,000 DeLorean DMC-12 cars were produced from 1981-82 before the original company went bust. About 6,500 are believed to still exist, easily recognizable with their boxy, stainless steel bodies and gullwing doors. 

The current brand owner, DeLorean Motor Co. of Huntington Beach, handles everything from oil changes to full reconstructions. But as the 30th anniversary of “Back to the Future” approaches in 2015, there’s been an increase in requests to re-create the movie’s iconic car, according to the Orange County Register.

Above, Haruo Nakajima with Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine Baines McFly in
 1985's "Back To The Future" at the Mad Monster Party.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Last March, a DeLorean outfitted to look like the time-travel car from the movie was displayed at the Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, North Carolina. The original Godzilla, Haruo Nakajima, posed for photos in it and with actress Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty's mother.

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