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The DeLorean time machine is a fictional automobile-based time travel device featured in the Back to the Future franchise. In the feature film series, Dr. Emmett Brown builds a time machine from a DeLorean DMC-12 with the intent of gaining insights into history and the future but instead winds up using it to travel across 130 years of Hill Valley history (from 1885 to 2015) with Marty McFly, undoing the negative effects of time travel. One of the cars used in filming is currently on display in the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood
The BMW 633CSi is a model of BMW built between 1976 and 1989.
In 2015, Griff Tannen owned a heavily modified hover-converted version of the car, which was a convertible orange and black model waxed for him (two coats, naturally) by his grandfather Biff Tannen. Griff accidentally smashed his left taillight with his bat while swinging furiously at Marty McFly.
Actuality
Anyone expecting to see in 2015 a futuristic, flying BMW of the make and model featured in Back to the Future Part II is going to be disappointed, as the BMW 633CSi is no longer being produced.
As far as is known, BMW have no plans to produce a flying model in the foreseeable future. But maybe one day...!
[Text from backtothe future.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/BMW_633CSi
The flying customised BMW 633 CSi from 'Back to the Future II' was the ride of Griff Tannen, the grandson of Biff (from BTTF I & II). Other than landing outside the Cafe 80's and being whacked by Griff's baseball bat, the car does not get to play much role in the movie.
This Lego miniland scale Custom BMW 633 CSi Convertible (Back to the Future II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 57th Build Challenge, - "From Mild to Wild" - the second part of the two=part challenge to take a standard car and modify it in some way. The model is also built to the 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) -
2.849 cc
V6
150 bhp
Vmax : 209 km/h
British Motor Museum
Gaydon
Warvick
England - United kingdom
November 2018
Marty: "Let's land on him, we'll cripple his car."
Doc: "Marty, he's in a '46 Ford. We're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tin foil."
— As the DeLorean hovers over the Ford
The Ford Super De Luxe was a model of vehicle manufactured by Ford during the 1940s. Biff Tannen owned a 1946 version in 1955 which was a convertible, painted black with a red interior, and had the nickname "Shiela". Its license plate number was 6H 96472.
Biff was the only person who knew the trick to starting the ignition, as he told Terry: "You just gotta have the right touch. Nobody can start this car but me." Biff still remembered the technique in his old age — much to the amazement of his younger self, who demanded to know how this "old codger with a cane" knew how to do this.
History
After being provoked by Marty McFly in Lou's Cafe on November 8, 1955, Biff and his gang chased him in the Ford around Courthouse Square before slamming into a manure truck. By November 12, Biff had the car repaired. In order to repair the damage to his car, Biff was pressured by Terry to pay $300 for the job, but refused payment. As he argued with Terry, both Marty and Biff's older self jumped into the Ford, with Marty hiding in the back seat. Old Biff drove the Ford back to his house and parked it in his garage before displaying the Grays Sports Almanac.
Later that night, Marty snuck away in the back seat again as Biff drove to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance at Hill Valley High School. Biff parked the vehicle outside the door of the gymnasium and returned to it after discovering that Marty had been after the almanac. Biff drove the Ford towards River Road Tunnel on the way home before Marty swooped in using the hoverboard. Biff and Marty fought over the almanac outside and in the tunnel, with Biff sideswiping the wall of the tunnel with the right side of the Ford. When Biff reached the end of the tunnel, he turned completely around and faced Marty who was still halfway inside. Biff charged the car towards Marty in the hopes of running him over, but failed when Marty grabbed a string of pennants attached to the DeLorean time machine. As Biff watched the DeLorean hover away, he crashed the Ford into a manure truck again, filling his car with manure.
It is unclear what became of the Ford after 1955, but it reappeared newly restored in 1985A where it was on display at the entrance to the Biff Tannen Museum, alongside a waxwork figure of Biff.
[Text from bactothefuture.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Ford_Super_De_Luxe_Convert...
This Lego miniland scale 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) - in this case, this model is created and loaded to the interweb in the lead up to October 21st 2015 - the day that Marty and Doc Brown arrive in 2015 from their original timeline in 1985.
Marty: "Let's land on him, we'll cripple his car."
Doc: "Marty, he's in a '46 Ford. We're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tin foil."
— As the DeLorean hovers over the Ford
The Ford Super De Luxe was a model of vehicle manufactured by Ford during the 1940s. Biff Tannen owned a 1946 version in 1955 which was a convertible, painted black with a red interior, and had the nickname "Shiela". Its license plate number was 6H 96472.
Biff was the only person who knew the trick to starting the ignition, as he told Terry: "You just gotta have the right touch. Nobody can start this car but me." Biff still remembered the technique in his old age — much to the amazement of his younger self, who demanded to know how this "old codger with a cane" knew how to do this.
History
After being provoked by Marty McFly in Lou's Cafe on November 8, 1955, Biff and his gang chased him in the Ford around Courthouse Square before slamming into a manure truck. By November 12, Biff had the car repaired. In order to repair the damage to his car, Biff was pressured by Terry to pay $300 for the job, but refused payment. As he argued with Terry, both Marty and Biff's older self jumped into the Ford, with Marty hiding in the back seat. Old Biff drove the Ford back to his house and parked it in his garage before displaying the Grays Sports Almanac.
Later that night, Marty snuck away in the back seat again as Biff drove to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance at Hill Valley High School. Biff parked the vehicle outside the door of the gymnasium and returned to it after discovering that Marty had been after the almanac. Biff drove the Ford towards River Road Tunnel on the way home before Marty swooped in using the hoverboard. Biff and Marty fought over the almanac outside and in the tunnel, with Biff sideswiping the wall of the tunnel with the right side of the Ford. When Biff reached the end of the tunnel, he turned completely around and faced Marty who was still halfway inside. Biff charged the car towards Marty in the hopes of running him over, but failed when Marty grabbed a string of pennants attached to the DeLorean time machine. As Biff watched the DeLorean hover away, he crashed the Ford into a manure truck again, filling his car with manure.
It is unclear what became of the Ford after 1955, but it reappeared newly restored in 1985A where it was on display at the entrance to the Biff Tannen Museum, alongside a waxwork figure of Biff.
[Text from bactothefuture.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Ford_Super_De_Luxe_Convert...
This Lego miniland scale 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) - in this case, this model is created and loaded to the interweb in the lead up to October 21st 2015 - the day that Marty and Doc Brown arrive in 2015 from their original timeline in 1985.
I added TOPACES door fix to my model that add props to the model to allow you to prop the doors open so they do not drop closed.
See here for details of this fix: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-107117/TOPACES/delorean-time-mac...
I also improved the detailing of the centre console, you can find details on this here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-110625/Simon%20Lenz/back-to-the-...
One of my "bucket list" items is to drive one of these babies*!
*Flux-capacitor not included
Tech stuff: Cleaned off some leaves off of the car hood and roof via PS Healing and Clone brushes; and used Topaz Adjust's "Dramatic" filter at 100% to give the image some "oomph"!
The DeLorean time machine is ready for a trip. Are you?
I was pleasantly surprised to not find any stickers included in this model.
The Hilux 4X4 is a pickup truck manufactured by Toyota, marketed just as "Toyota Truck" in North America from 1973-95 with no model name mentioned in advertising, promotional material, or on the trucks themselves after 1975.
In 1985, Statler Toyota received a delivery of a new truck painted in black. When Marty McFly returned from 1955, the improved present placed the vehicle in his garage and he had possession of the keys. Its license plate number was 2BAK860.
His plans shifted to driving Jennifer Parker up to the lake; however, Emmett Brown's arrival in the DeLorean time machine from 2015 halted those plans. Marty would return on Sunday to find Biff Tannen waxing his new truck. He drove to Jennifer's house and woke her up from the porch swing he and Doc had placed her on back in 1985A.
Marty and Jennifer drove past Hilldale where they had a recollection of the future, when Douglas J. Needles and his gang drove up beside them and challenged them to a drag race. Marty declined but after being called "chicken", he braced for takeoff. Marty drove in reverse at the turn of the green light and watched as the near lane was soon taken by a Rolls Royce, which he might have hit had he continued racing.
Marty drove Jennifer to the site of the DeLorean's destruction along the train tracks when they heard the sound of the pedestrian warning bells at the railroad crossing.
Vehicle specifications:
Hilldale1985-1
Marty drives the Toyota up to Hilldale.
1985 Toyota Hi-Lux pickup Deluxe 4x4 Xtracab
Solid front axle
22R-E 2.4L 4cyl EFI
5 speed manual transmission (W56)
RF1A transfer case (gear drive)
Smitty built tubular bumpers (front and rear, double tube)
Single tube roll bar
KC daylighter's (4 - 6" round, 2 - 3x5" rectangular)
US wheel model 94 Black Modular wheels (15x8)
31x10.50x15" Goodyear Wrangler radials
Black exterior, gray interior
Rear slider window
Tinted rear slider and cab extension (approx. 20%)
Black grille, with black headlight doors (chrome accented)
[Text from backtothe future.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Toyota_Hilux
This Lego MotorCity scale 1985 Toyota Hilux 4x4 Pickup (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 33rd Build Challenge, - "Size Matters" - a challenge to build any vehicle in more than one scale - stay tuned to for the next scale model. The model is also built to the 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) -
Check out my review for New Elementary here:
www.newelementary.com/2022/03/lego-review-10300-back-to-f...
If you’re still on the fence about asking Lorraine to the dance, hopefully this will serve as an adequate motivator akin to Darth Vader and Van Halen.
Because if you do not ask Lorraine to the dance, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life!
The Packard was a make of car in the 1950s.
Emmett Brown owned a cream-colored Packard Custom Eight Victoria and let Marty McFly borrow it for the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. The car became the scene of the scuffle between Biff Tannen, Lorraine Baines, and George McFly.
When Marty returned for the second time to 1955, he drove Doc home after he fainted.
The Packard's license plate number was 8N39742.
[Text from Backtothefuture.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Packard
My favourite car from the trilogy of the 'Back to the Future' films is the Packard Convertible owned by the 1955 era Doc Brown. Not necessarily obvious to recent viewers of the film, the Packard is one of the subtle references to the privilege background that Doc Brown would have come from. The Packard of the post-war period were a challenge to Cadillac as the very best car one could buy. The Custom Eight Victoria sitting toward the higher end of the Packard range. The 1948 was the first new Post-War Packards, still utilising the pre-war chassis and straight-eight engine.
One of the other markers of Doc Brown's status in 1955 is his house. The following are a couple of interesting links regarding both his house and the garage used in the first film:
Doc Brown house from the film is a fantastic early 29th century home; 'Robert R. Blacker House' (no relation). I encourage the reader to investigate this house further, as it is really exceptionally finished.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Blacker_House
The second home used was 'Gamble House', designed by the same Architects:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_House_(Pasadena,_California)
This next link shows a visit by the SCCA to Gamble House with some great photos of very beautiful cars:
www.vaultcars.com/gamble-house-so-cal-ccca-tour
This Lego MotorCity scale 1948 Packard Custom Eight Victoria Convertible (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 33rd Build Challenge, - "Size matters" - a challenge to build any vehicle in more than one scale. The MotorCity 1:28 scale shown here joining the Miniland 1:20.5 scale model shown last week.
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
One of the first National's if not the first, to roll off the Leyland production line in 1972 at Workington, was this SELNEC liveried dual door Leyland National TXJ507K (EX30), now part of the Manchester Museum of Transport collection.
Captured between shadows on Boyle Street outside the Museum of Transport, returning from shuttle duties on the occasion of the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester 'Back to the Future' event celebrating buses from the 80's, 90's and 2000's
30th March 2025
You may be able to spot that I've made a number of cosmetic mods to this set and I've closed up the gap between the windshield and roof. All-in-all I'm now really happy with this model and it's already in my collection!
Modification & improvement instructions can be found here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-110625/Simon%20Lenz/back-to-the-...
Video showcase and explanation of the mods here: youtu.be/CnvKxRzuFG0
The Packard was a make of car in the 1950s.
Emmett Brown owned a cream-colored Packard Custom Eight Victoria and let Marty McFly borrow it for the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. The car became the scene of the scuffle between Biff Tannen, Lorraine Baines, and George McFly.
When Marty returned for the second time to 1955, he drove Doc home after he fainted.
The Packard's license plate number was 8N39742.
[Text from Backtothefuture.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Packard
My favourite car from the trilogy of the 'Back to the Future' films is the Packard Convertible owned by the 1955 era Doc Brown. Not necessarily obvious to recent viewers of the film, the Packard is one of the subtle references to the privilege background that Doc Brown would have come from. The Packard of the post-war period were a challenge to Cadillac as the very best car one could buy. The Custom Eight Victoria sitting toward the higher end of the Packard range. The 1948 was the first new Post-War Packards, still utilising the pre-war chassis and straight-eight engine.
One of the other markers of Doc Brown's status in 1955 is his house. The following are a couple of interesting links regarding both his house and the garage used in the first film:
Doc Brown house from the film is a fantastic early 29th century home; 'Robert R. Blacker House' (no relation). I encourage the reader to investigate this house further, as it is really exceptionally finished.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Blacker_House
The second home used was 'Gamble House', designed by the same Architects:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_House_(Pasadena,_California)
This next link shows a visit by the SCCA to Gamble House with some great photos of very beautiful cars:
www.vaultcars.com/gamble-house-so-cal-ccca-tour
This Lego miniland scale 1948 Packard Custom Eight Victoria Convertible (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 45th Build Challenge, - "Everything Under the Sun" - a challenge to build any vehicle with an open roof, showering the occupants with sunshine (or rain if there is no closing roof mechanism). The model is also built to the 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) -
Final frame of the VHS copy of Back to the Future, announcing to the world the inevitable release of Back to the Future Part II. I freaked the F out when I rented Back to the Future from Blockbuster and watched it for the first time and then this popped up. Seriously. LOST IT.
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
Photo credit Chris Payne
Despues de 1 intento fallido de hacer algo un poco original para este projecto, he tenido que sacar otra alternativa en el ultimo minuto.
Cada vez se me esta haciendo mas dificil hacerlo, pero lo intentare desde luego.
Check out my review for New Elementary here:
www.newelementary.com/2022/03/lego-review-10300-back-to-f...
If you’re still on the fence about asking Lorraine to the dance, hopefully this will serve as an adequate motivator akin to Darth Vader and Van Halen.
Because if you do not ask Lorraine to the dance, you're gonna regret it for the rest of your life!
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
Photo credit Chris Payne
The BMW 633CSi is a model of BMW built between 1976 and 1989.
In 2015, Griff Tannen owned a heavily modified hover-converted version of the car, which was a convertible orange and black model waxed for him (two coats, naturally) by his grandfather Biff Tannen. Griff accidentally smashed his left taillight with his bat while swinging furiously at Marty McFly.
Actuality
Anyone expecting to see in 2015 a futuristic, flying BMW of the make and model featured in Back to the Future Part II is going to be disappointed, as the BMW 633CSi is no longer being produced.
As far as is known, BMW have no plans to produce a flying model in the foreseeable future. But maybe one day...!
[Text from backtothe future.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/BMW_633CSi
The flying customised BMW 633 CSi from 'Back to the Future II' was the ride of Griff Tannen, the grandson of Biff (from BTTF I & II). Other than landing outside the Cafe 80's and being whacked by Griff's baseball bat, the car does not get to play much role in the movie.
This Lego miniland scale Custom BMW 633 CSi Convertible (Back to the Future II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 57th Build Challenge, - "From Mild to Wild" - the second part of the two=part challenge to take a standard car and modify it in some way. The model is also built to the 6th build challenge, - "Your Claim to Fame" - a challenge encouraging the builder to create an iconic model with some level of popular culture reference (to ensure lots of interweb exposure) -
The Packard was a make of car in the 1950s.
Emmett Brown owned a cream-colored Packard Custom Eight Victoria and let Marty McFly borrow it for the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. The car became the scene of the scuffle between Biff Tannen, Lorraine Baines, and George McFly.
When Marty returned for the second time to 1955, he drove Doc home after he fainted.
The Packard's license plate number was 8N39742.
[Text from Backtothefuture.wikia.com]
backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Packard
My favourite car from the trilogy of the 'Back to the Future' films is the Packard Convertible owned by the 1955 era Doc Brown. Not necessarily obvious to recent viewers of the film, the Packard is one of the subtle references to the privilege background that Doc Brown would have come from. The Packard of the post-war period were a challenge to Cadillac as the very best car one could buy. The Custom Eight Victoria sitting toward the higher end of the Packard range. The 1948 was the first new Post-War Packards, still utilising the pre-war chassis and straight-eight engine.
One of the other markers of Doc Brown's status in 1955 is his house. The following are a couple of interesting links regarding both his house and the garage used in the first film:
Doc Brown house from the film is a fantastic early 29th century home; 'Robert R. Blacker House' (no relation). I encourage the reader to investigate this house further, as it is really exceptionally finished.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Blacker_House
The second home used was 'Gamble House', designed by the same Architects:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_House_(Pasadena,_California)
This next link shows a visit by the SCCA to Gamble House with some great photos of very beautiful cars:
www.vaultcars.com/gamble-house-so-cal-ccca-tour
This Lego MotorCity scale 1948 Packard Custom Eight Victoria Convertible (Back to the Future I & II) has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 33rd Build Challenge, - "Size matters" - a challenge to build any vehicle in more than one scale. The MotorCity 1:28 scale shown here joining the Miniland 1:20.5 scale model shown last week.
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
Photo credit Chris Payne
Back to the Future Mr Fusion made from Krups Coffee Grinder like the Original in Back to the Future with Mike Mozart
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
Photo credit Chris Payne
Enchantment Under The Sea Disco
Fri 9 Dec
HOME, Manchester
We’re threw an ‘Enchantment Under The Sea’ disco, inspired by the much-loved opening night feature, Back to the Future. This free event played host to the UK’s premiere DeLorean Time Machine, illuminated and wreathed in dry ice in Tony Wilson Place come nightfall as the party was getting underway.
Inside, the film itself was screened whilst the ground floor bar was transformed into a kitsch, underwater setting inspired by the vintage party that Marty McFly gate-crashes to save his family’s future. Local artists were commissioned to create sea themed ‘your face here’ standees, ranging from mermaids, King Neptune and eaten-by-an-octopus!
A split music programme saw Vintage 78 DJs playing music from the 1950’s on gramophones, embracing the start of Rock n’ Roll, Rhythm and blues, Doo wop and Blues records from the greatest artists of the day including Chuck Berry, Wynonie Harris, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hayley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Chordettes and many more from 20.00 onwards.
At 10.04 – the moment that the clock tower in the movie is struck by lightning – the party flipped to hits of the 1980s, presided over by Christopher Dresden Styles of Manchester’s popular Pop Curious? club nights. Co-host Tilly Skreams flashed her retro moves on the dance floor to tunes from Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, a-ha, Dead or Alive, Eurythmics, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, The Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths, Kylie, Soft Cell, Bros, Whitney Houston, Erasure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and more.
Undersea Bar Tropicana was serving classic 80s cocktails plus authentic diner-type hotdogs and steaming piles of mac’n cheese keeping revellers fuelled and able to air-guitar with gusto, with complementary soap bubbles distributed to enthusiastic dancers and the best/worst-dressed.
Photo credit Chris Payne