Talk:DeLorean time machine

message: A flying De Lorean-like vehicle appears in the 1984 film, The Last Starfighter. Does anybody know whether this was an influence on the Back To The Future design?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ernstk (talk • contribs) 20:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Inspiration

message: What exactly is this section showing us? Different car models the filmmakers used? Obviously not different models of the car in the film itself (it's all the same one car... not multiple cars...). Different modifications made in the film? This is not a "model". I would argue that only the former (different models used by filmmakers) would be valuable info, and I don't see any evidence that that's what this is (no sources anyway) TheHYPO (talk) 20:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Different Models"? 

message: I'd like to know, where in Half-Life is the gravity gun is mentioned to have a "flux capacitor". I just want to know, because I thought I would have heard of that by now.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.222.24 (talk) 08:47, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Put it over on the TV Tropes.org ... 98.223.234.148 (talk) 06:55, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pop Culture" 

message: I believe the material that has been posted there is from the behind the scenes material on the DVD set of Back to the Future. If someone wants to figure out how to cite it, that is where I would look.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.83.222.146 (talk) 03:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Behind The Scenes" 

message: one part of the article says that liquid nitrogen was used to freeze the outside of the car while another part says dry ice. Which is it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uther Dhoul (talk • contribs) 16:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Liquid nitrogen is definitely used for creating some of that frost. However, dry ice is typically more effective for creating theatrical fog that sinks to the ground. My guess is that there was some confusion on part of the contributor. However, we need some sort of citation to confirm my guesses.—Maikeru Go (talk) 12:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

text: I believe that the frozen exterior of the DeLorean was due to the effects of travel through time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cybergothiche (talk • contribs) 15:03, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liquid Nitrogen or Dry Ice

message: "Upon arriving at the destination, the DeLorean is extremely cold, with ice covering much of the exterior (this is only seen in Part 1) for reasons not made clear in the film (although often explained away by fans as a result of Doc Brown's upgrades to the DeLorean with future technology seen at the end of Part 1). In real world terms, it was a matter of production cost/logistics of applying dry ice to the vehicle to achieve the effect, which was felt to be insufficiently important to continue in the sequels."
First, one only needs to watch the movie once to see that there is indeed ice on the DeLorean in part II. At the point when Doc and Marty go back to 1955 and park behind the Lyon Estates billboard. The hood is completely covered in ice.
Second, I don't know how anyone could claim themself a fan if they were to not know this fact in the second film and would explain away that Doc's upgrades reduced or eliminated the accumulation of ice during time travel.
Last but not least, what producer and/or director (Speilberg for that matter) would decide that the COST to produce the ice effect would be too great when it was applied multiple times in the first film and is obviously not a very complicated or involved special effect even for the 80s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Molec (talk • contribs) 18:07, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly, but FTL is not required for TT, TT is a side-effect rather than a requisite. Penyulap talk 02:45, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iced DeLorean in part I only. False. 

message: Both are used. Are they both also correct?  Correct spelling is "DeLorean," after founder John DeLorean - all spellings should reflect this.
P.S. The Flux capacitor chapter says the "what makes time travel possible" part twice. Too repeating.  Apoyon (talk) 10:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  DeLorean or De Lorean? 

message: The same idea is conveyed in more or less the same words on two seperate occasions. Its the part about Doc getting the idea about the flux capacitor from a knock in the head. I will remove one of them to make the article read a little better.  
--Reballare (talk) 03:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repetition 

message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
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thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 

message: "The Behind The Scenes" section lists the count at 3. While there may have been 3 for the first film I have a source that says 6 real ones were used with 1 lightweight, full-scale fibreglass model used for flying shots. One of the real ones was an easily disassemblable "process" version that was used for interior shots. The fibre-glass model was used in sequences where the miniature could not be used (shots where the actors are clearly visible and the landscape/set pieces are shown—eg. landing in 2015, rising up from beyond the roof's edge in alternate 1985, hovering above Marty while lower the rope of flags at the end of the film, etc.)
This information is from the book Back to The Future: The Official book of The Complete Movie Trilogy by Michael Klastorin and Sally Hibbin, London: Hamlyn, 1990. . "Seven DeLoreans, including one 'process' car which can be dismantled for easy access, and a lightweight fibreglass model, were used in the filming. (pg 40)" In a later part of the chapter, in a separate paragraph of text, it clarifies with, "A lightweight, full-size fibreglass DeLorean was built, complete with radio-controlled wheels. This DeLorean was flown by wires with the aid of a crane.(pg 43)"
So we can account for 1 of the 3 (the "process" car for interior shots) the original section author stated. We subtract that from the 7 total cars—as well as the lightweight full-scale, fibreglass model—and we have 5 cars left. So we can officially cite it as 7 used (one of them being the fibreglass model) for the trilogy—I'll make that change. Now the question being is what were the other 5 cars used for? This is the part that we really need citations for. I recall that there were at least 2 that were built near identically with the latter being a spare that wasn't really used, but I can't find support of that and thus we can't use it. I haven't seen the commentary or any of the behind the scenes shows on the DVDs so we may have our answer there. If someone can account for the other 5 cars and cite it that would be great.—Maikeru Go (talk) 12:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  6 Cars, plus a full-scale fibreglass model 

message: Doc said that the damaged time circuits could not be repaired until 1947 (the year the transitor was invented). However, when we see the modifications it looks like Doc-1955 used vacuum tubes. Transitors were not used much for computers until the 1960s... So whats the deal? 98.207.171.2 (talk) 13:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was the 1955 modifications vacuum tubes or transitors? 

message: It is now obvious that advertisements for renting this car should be removed just as advertisements to rent any other car should be removed from corresponding articles. UPDATE: This is my original reference to preventing solications/advertisement of rental and replica services. Retrotechexpert (talk) 18:34, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  External sites advertising rentals 

message: Is it possible that the flux capacitor was derived from something like "The Philadelphia Experiment"? Was it not an intense magnetic field that was helping to make the ship invisible, and supposedly moved it in time? If you take what a capacitor does (stores up an electrical charge, perhaps for a quick release later) and what flux is (measurement of a magnetic field), it seems to follow that a flux capacitor would build up a "magnetic charge" to be released in an intense burst, moving the vehicle in time (don't come down too hard on me folks... I'm no physicist and this is imaginary tech). Any thoughts? Thanks! 98.148.24.191 (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flux Capacitor Tech 

message: The page says that the 4th DeLorean in 1955 would have only appeared in the mine shaft after the other one was struck by lightning and sent back to 1885 but wouldn't have been there earlier in the day. If it was there in 1855, wouldn't it have also been there earlier in the day? Therefore, I think it should be edited to reflect that for a brief moment there were 4 DeLoreans in 1955. Any thoughts? 98.115.0.204 (talk) 04:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ripple Effect/ fourth Delorean 

message: Isn't it the case that <I>all</I> speedometers were limited to 85 MPH by the NHTSA in 1979 (55 MPH Speedometers)? This would make the joke accessible to anyone driving a vehicle made for the American market in the period 1979-?. I know my first vehicle, a 1987 Buick Century, had this limitation. I got the 88 MPH joke. This was not specific to DeLorean drivers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Byronshock (talk • contribs) 06:49, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there any supporting evidence that this was done on purpose as a "joke"? It doesn't seem very funny. Also it seems to give the impression that the DeLorean couldn't go 88 mph because its speedometer doesn't go that high, which seems pretty silly. TastyCakes (talk) 15:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Holy god. THAT'S THE JOKE. 118.209.79.252 (talk) 10:57, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

text: Not only does the spedometer clearly go to 95 in the movie, contrary to what the article currently states, it hardly explains the "joke". Why 88? Why not just 86 miles per hour or, say, 90 miles per hour? DMAJohnson (talk) 19:07, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Just checked the DVD commentary. In the scene where they're testing the DeLorean with Einstein in it, the commentary notes: "People frequently have asked why... what's the significance of 88 miles per hour? And the only significance to it is that it's easy to remember." DMAJohnson (talk) 19:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Because *in REAL LIFE* the speedometer goes to 85mph. In the movie it doesn't, because movies are fictional, and thats a part of the joke. Why is this such a tricky concept on this talk page? 118.209.79.252 (talk) 11:01, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infinite Velocity Joke (88 MPH) 

message: Has anyone else noticed that the drawing held up by Dr. Brown in the first movie doesn't actually say "Flux Capacitor"? The wording on the paper is Flux Compass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IrrationalSanity (talk • contribs) 02:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have this movie on my PC, and I was able to pause at the moment Doc Brown held up the paper drawing. It does appear to me to be "Flux Compass." The only explanations I can think of are 1) that was the original working name of the device, or 2) Doc Brown simply came up with a better name for it in the 30 years of working on the device. Avicennasis @ 08:35, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: * anybody who knows a little string theory will tell you that the word is derived from compactification in string theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compactification_%28physics%29 flux compactification is how you deal with different dimensions. Aperseghin (talk) 15:10, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flux Capacitor? Or "Flux Compass"? 

message: If MC is 1100 in roman numerals, then MC squared would be 1100*1100 = 1,210,000.
1.21 gigawatts is 1,210,000 kilowatts. 
E=mc^2 is a plausible inspiration for the flux capacitor's peculiar energy requirement: 1.21 gigawatts equals MC squared (in kilowatts) 
Would this be suitable to mention somewhere in the main article's text? I don't know whether it's just a neat coincidence or not. Qdiderot (talk) 03:10, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1.21 Gigawatts, Roman Numerals, MC squared 

message: In the article it says that the Flux Capacitor is located between the headrests of the rear seats. DeLorean's don't have rear seats. Behind the driver and passenger is a sort of luggage compartment with cargo netting and that. No rear seats. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.28.183.209 (talk) 15:33, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The DMC-24 stretched DeLorean had rear seats... though only prototypes were built before DMC went bankrupt. -- 70.51.201.106 (talk) 06:12, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  DeLorean Rear seats? 

message: It would be great to have a subsection for each 'revision' of the car, which are quite distinct. What do people think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.189.106.4 (talk) 18:32, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: A subsection for each version?

message: Section on Mr. Fusion
The appliance from which the prop was made was actually a Krups "Coffina" model coffee grinder.[citation needed]
I own the Trilogy on DVD. 
I also own one of the Krups coffee grinders. 
The Mr. Fusion is indeed created with a Krups, however I don't see where the Coffina came from.
The bottom model info reads "Krups Type 223A COFFEE GRINDER." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.2.122 (talk) 06:23, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  on the Krups "Mr. Fusion" 

message: Why Marty travels to September 2, 1885 instead of September 1? --CoffeeJohn75 (talk) 11:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: If Marty went to September 1, he takes the risk of interfering in Doc's activities when he wrote the letter. Doc would be very careful to avoid changing events they are counting on. As it turned out, Marty could have gone on September 1 and arrived in Hill Valley on September 2.  Instead, he spent all day Sept 2 and overnight into the 3rd at the McFly Ranch. GBC (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  1885? 

message: "A similar, but more primitive, steam-powered flux capacitor is also seen in the chimney headlamp of Doc's second time machine, the Time Train, at the end of Back to the Future Part III" It's the second time machine in the Doc's personal timeline but was actually created a long time before his first. If he had been married as a young man would Clara Clayton be his second wife and if he had kids would Jules and Verne be their younger or older siblings? Btljs (talk) 18:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ordinal numbers 

message: As a heads-up I have listed all the images on this article for deletion from commons . ed g2s • talk 09:45, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Listing has been withdrawn after hearing back from the uploader. ed g2s • talk 10:51, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Is there such a thing? Are we talking about a speedometer or something more sophisticated? Btljs (talk) 08:40, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  m. p. h. scanner 

message: In the main article, it states that the DeLorean's fuel line was damaged after Marty went offroad. It's been a while since I saw BTTF3, but I thought the fuel line was ruptured by an arrow, not by offroading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.216.156 (talk) 20:37, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This is incorrect. The arrow is lodged in some of the electronic components that are housed in the driver's rear quarter window. Marty pulls it out, throws it, grabs the photo of the tombstone and cowboy boots, closes the door, and puts the photo in his pocket. At this point, he pauses, notices a smell and sound, and bends over to see the fuel line damage (which is below the rocker panel, far below where the arrow struck, and no liquid is visible running down the car, as it would if the fuel line were punctured by the aforementioned arrow), when he then exclaims "Damn, I ripped the fuel line". "I ripped the fuel line", as in he pinched it or something while offroading. The scene can be viewed here Doctor W117 (talk) 18:57, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fuel line damage in Back to the Future 3 

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thread_title:  infobox change 2016 

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message: Other than the fact that it travels in time, I can't see a similarity.
Also, it's mentioned in the "pop culture" section, which infers that the DeLorean and the movie series influenced Dr Who - a TV show which is now over fifty years old. In fact, I would suggest that it's possible that the TV show influenced the Back To The Future series - especially as Spielberg is reportedly a fan of the original run of the Dr Who series. --24.182.92.247 (talk) 17:40, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The TARDIS is "similar"? 

message: I was always wondering how come nobody ever mentioned what colour exactly was DeLorean. It was never specified whether it was grey or silver, when it comes to colour. Does anybody know the right answer to this question of mine, or should I just ask Marty and Doc instead? Or take a guess? Help! Wikster X (talk) 00:12, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It is metal colored. The car body panels are unpainted stainless steel. -- 70.51.201.106 (talk) 06:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  What colour was DeLorean anyway? Was it silver, or grey perhaps? Is there any difference between the two at all? 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: Added a couple paragraphs about the vehicle's cameo in the Seth MacFarlane film. As the director's own copy of the car was used, I felt it was germane to mention it both as an appearance and in the section about replicas. 70.73.90.119 (talk) 14:27, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Million Ways to Die in the West

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thread_title:  Replica Solicitations and Advertisements 

message: How did Doc program the time circuits?  Did he allow for the Julian/Gregorian calendar changeover?  If so, then entering the dates October 5 to 14, 1582, inclusive, should result in rejection or some kind of anomaly indicator.
On the other hand, Doc could simply program it so that the Gregorian calendar would have been in effect on the device since A.D. 299.  If you wanted to go to October 4, 1582, Julian calendar, you would have to enter October 14.  The discrepancy would increase by a day almost every century from 300 onward until it was a ten-day discrepancy. Doc would also have to be careful of New Year's Day references - in the British Empire, March 24, 1750 was the day before March 25, 1751, and 1751 was made a short year by moving New Year's Day from March 25 to January 1 effective with 1752.
If we stick with the original premise, that Doc would allow for the deletion of ten days in 1582, then if your target was a date/place (always the same place as place departed) where the calendar being used was still the Julian calendar, he would have to know the Gregorian date.
It is entirely possible that Doc simply didn't care about dates that far back, so he didn't worry about it except as a speculation of how he would travel to such times. That the time machine could not change location limited him to traveling through time only at the place he has moved the car to without time travel, i.e., if he did want to watch the signing of the declaration of independence, he would have to drive (or transport the car) to Philadelphia before using the time circuits.  In this case, he likely would ignore the 1582 change and instead delete September 3 to 13, 1752. (If he was Russian, he'd delete January 1 to 13, 1918.) GBC (talk) 20:37, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calendar Fiddling 

message: Hey there, editor here. I saw something that had been erroneously listed on the article regarding a post credits scene of the ride that apparently featured Clara traveling to a farm sometime in 1947 with a repaired time machine. Kind of impressed that the information had been listed for as long as it had been with nobody catching it or possibly second guessing themselves on this supposed scene as riders got out of the ride vehicles and there were no credits to be seen anywhere since it was a theme park attraction. 71.47.74.163 (talk) 02:47, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Back to the Future: The Ride post credits scene