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  CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Zachary De Lorean was born on January 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn Pribak DeLorean.
De Lorean quickly drew attention to his new employer with development of an improvement to the company's Ultramatic automatic transmission, giving it a much improved torque converter and dual drive ranges; it was launched as the "Twin-Ultramatic".
De Lorean was considering the offer of keeping his job and moving to Studebaker headquarters in South Bend, Indiana when he received a call from Oliver K. Kelley, vice president of engineering at General Motors, a man whom De Lorean greatly admired.
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 DeLorean history
De Lorean was also under the impression that the British government would provide his company with Export Credit Financing, which provided the manufacturer a loan of 80% of the wholesale cost of the vehicles ($20,000) upon completion and delivery to the shipper.
De Lorean Motor Company was testing the use of translucent paint to help provide different color options on the cars while also allowing the stainless steel grain to show through, but no cars were sold with factory painted body panels.
De Lorean himself retired in New England, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict, was shattered.
www.histomobile.com /histomob/internet/92/histo02.htm   (1173 words)

  
  De Lorean Motor Company - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Near the end, in a desperate attempt to raise the funds his company needed to survive, John De Lorean was filmed appearing to accept money to take part in drug trafficking, but was subsequently acquitted, on the basis of entrapment, of charges brought against him.
De Lorean Motor Company was testing the use of translucent paint to help provide different color options on the cars while also allowing the stainless steel grain to show through, but no cars were sold with factory painted body panels.
De Lorean himself retired in New England, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict, was shattered.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/De_Lorean_Motor_Company   (1928 words)

  
 Cartype : Delorean logo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The De Lorean Motor Company was a manufacturer of passenger cars formed by John De Lorean in 1975.
Near the end of the company's demise, founder John De Lorean was made infamous for his alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ploy to raise the funds necessary to revive the company from its financial death-sentence.
De Lorean was acquitted of these charges on the basis of entrapment by FBI officials.
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 De Lorean Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The De Lorean Motor Company (DMC) was a short-lived automobile manufacturer formed by automobile industry executive John De Lorean in 1975.
Although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made, the De Lorean DMC-12 shot to worldwide fame in the Back to the Future movie trilogy as the car transformed into a time machine by eccentric scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown.
De Lorean himself retired in New Jersey, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict, was shattered.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/De_Lorean_Motor_Company   (1945 words)

  
 Edsel Rough Draft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
De Lorean decided he wanted 'to design and build a car that would be as safe as possible, reliable, comfortable, handle and perform well, be enormous fun to drive and unmistakably elegant in appearance' (dmc).
The De Lorean motor company could not meet its payments and fell into receivership in 1982, which 'is a process in Great Britain where the government appoints someone to come in and run a failing company in an effort to fix its problem' (car).
De Lorean was arrested for cocaine in the US and as a result the company was liquidated and bought by a company named Consolidated (angle).
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 De Lorean Motor Company
The career of John Z De Lorean is a classic American success story.
De Lorean’s market projections were for perhaps 12 000 cars a year, but buoyant initial sales led to an upwards revising of production to 20 000 cars per annum.
De Lorean cars can still be bought in the US for $30 000, completely restored by the new incarnation of the De Lorean Motor Company.
www.tech.plym.ac.uk /sme/Interactive_Resources/tutorials/FailureCases/fd1.html   (675 words)

  
 Untitled Document
John Zachary De Lorean was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the De Lorean Motor Company.
He was most well known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, and the De Lorean DMC-12 sports car, which was later featured in the movie Back to the Future.
De Lorean was also well known for his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking, which preceded the demise of his automobile manufacturing company.
www.zeta.org.au /~lanceh/delorean/htm/john_delorean/john_delorean.htm   (361 words)

  
 GTO Info | All the Goat 411 you'll ever need!
John Zachary De Lorean (January 6, 1925 — March 19, 2005) was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the De Lorean Motor Company.
The executive offices of General Motors headquarters continued to clash with DeLorean's non-conformity, and he was still not able to fit the traditional mold of conservatism that was usually expected of someone of his stature.
John De Lorean died at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey on March 19, 2005 from a stroke, aged 80.
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 De Lorean Motor Company
John De Lorean garantì un minimo di ossigeno alla Lotus attraverso il versamento, in una delle aziende del gruppo Lotus, tramite una società svizzera, di 12 milioni di Sterline, dovute per il lavoro di engineering della nuova auto.
Il motore era posteriore longitudinale, posizionato a sbalzo oltre il retrotreno e le sospensioni a quadrilatero deformabile anteriormente mentre dietro erano indipendenti e dotate di puntone longitudinale.
De Lorean faticò non poco a guadagnarsi la fiducia dei consumatori, giocando soprattutto sulla presenza di elementi come, ad esempio, un certificato d'archiviazione, in cui v'erano le firme dei responsabili di produzione.
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 Delorean - Wikicars
Near the end, in a desperate attempt to raise the funds his company needed to survive, John De Lorean was filmed appearing to accept money to take part in drug trafficking, but was subsequently acquitted, on the basis of entrapment, of charges brought against him.
The De Lorean DMC-12 shot to worldwide fame in the Back to the Future movie trilogy as the car transformed into a time machine by eccentric scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown, although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made.
De Lorean himself retired in New Jersey, and the dream with which he had mesmerised Britain's Labour government, of industry rising out of the ashes of Ulster's sectarian conflict, was shattered.
wikicars.org /en/Delorean   (1855 words)

  
 NIAO: Press Releases - De Lorean: The Recovery of Public Funds
Over the 20-year period to 2002, a wide range of actions, including a number of litigation proceedings, were undertaken in the bid to recover public funds lost as a result of the failure of the project.
These claims were based largely on Andersen’s failure to disclose the £8.8 million fraud in its reports on the De Lorean accounts, as a result of which the Department had continued to invest in the project.
The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on ‘De Lorean : The Recovery of Public Funds’ is published as HC 287 of Session 2003-04.
www.niauditoffice.gov.uk /pubs/onepress.asp?arc=True&id=142&dm=0&dy=0   (1706 words)

  
 News | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
De Lorean's comparison literature noted that the DMC-12 could achieve 0–60 mph (0–96 km/h) in 8.8 s, which would have been good for the time, but Road & Track magazine clocked the car at 10.5 s.
In 1981, the De Lorean came stocked with a Craig radio; this was a standard 1980s tape radio with dual knob controls.
The De Lorean Owners Association, founded in 1983, is the largest international De Lorean group to date.
www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=De_Lorean_DMC-12   (4813 words)

  
 Delorean Motor Company Articles of Incorporation signed by John De Lorean - Michigan 1981   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
John Zachary De Lorean (January 6, 1925 — March 19, 2005) was an American personality, engineer, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the De Lorean Motor Company.
John De Lorean's Detroit homeJohn Zachary DeLorean was born on January 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn Pribak DeLorean.
Packard Motor Company DeLorean's time in the employ of Chrysler lasted less than a year, when he was offered a $14,000 per year position at Packard Motor Company under supervision of noted engineer Forest McFarland.
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 Motor Authority » eBay Watch: Sketches of the De Lorean sedan that never was
John De Lorean was famously arrested in 1982 for drug trafficking offences, which preceded the demise of his automobile manufacturing company and left him in a dire financial position.
In fact, even up until his death last year at the age of 80, De Lorean was still working on a business venture project to develop high-end wristwatches.
De Lorean’s death caused the dissolution of the company and the ensuing sale of all his assets.
www.motorauthority.com /news/odds-and-ends/original-de-lorean-design-sketches-up-for-sale   (280 words)

  
 Diecast Models - De Lorean DMC-12 1981 LK Coupe Gold Finish 1:18 Scale (Sunstar Toys)
De Lorean had many successful years with Pontiac, and in 1969 was promoted to the position of General Manager of Chevrolet.
Free from General Motors, De Lorean was now able to focus his attention on fulfilling his own dream of making the De Lorean DMC-12 a reality.
De Lorean planned to debut the DMC-12 in 1978, but it wasn't until 1981 when the car made it's U.S. debut.
www.toysandhobbies.com /store/hbtoys/SUNS2702.html   (328 words)

  
 Northern Ireland News - Lawyers winners on De Lorean case costs says report
Although De Lorean receivers paid out £17.6 million, the cost of legal fees in the ten-year court battle in America reached £20.3 million.
Previously the sum of £20.7 million had been paid out by De Lorean's auditors Arthur Andersen for alleged negligence in respect of their failure to disclose that £8.8 million in funds had been misappropriated from De Lorean accounts.
The De Lorean Motor Company was placed in receivership in February 1982 following the injection of £77 million of government grants into a project that promised 2,000 jobs for Belfast.
www.4ni.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=25710   (657 words)

  
 The Four Trigons
John De Lorean worked his way up from engineer to the head of General Motor’s Chevrolet division to the founding of his own company, formed to manufacture his uniquely designed sports car.
De Lorean used this Sagittarian energy to found a company to manufacture a specific automobile.
De Lorean dealt with power and a great deal of money, both coming under the rulership of Jupiter, lord of Sagittarius.
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 Delorean Parts - Delorean Accessories - Partstrain.com
The Delorean, or De Lorean, is a car manufactured by the now non-operational De Lorean Motor Company (a brand of car accessories and products bearing the same name still exist today but is not related with the original company).
The De Lorean Motor Company was founded by John De Lorean in 1975.
The company has a number of designs for cars in mind, but these concept cars were never completed and sold.
www.partstrain.com /ShopByVehicle/Delorean   (401 words)

  
 National Automobile Musuem - collections
John Z. De Lorean began his career in the automotive industry with Chrysler in 1948, later serving Packard and General Motors.
Production of "De Loreans" began early in 1981, with a first shipment of 500 cars to the United States taking place in April.
The De Lorean cars were styled by Giugiaro and featured gullwing doors and unpainted stainless steel bodies.
www.automuseum.org /NAM_collections_delorean2.shtml   (312 words)

  
 DeLorean Antique, Vintage and Classic Cars For Sale
Although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made, the De Lorean DMC-12 shot to worldwide fame in the Back to the Future movie trilogy as the car transformed into a time machine by eccentric scientist Doctor Emmett Brown.
The combined efforts of quality assurance improvements at the factory and the post-production QA done at the Assurance Centers were generally successful, although workmanship complaints would still occasionally arise; as the 1981 De Loreans were delivered without warranty, this sometimes led to dealership-customer disputes.
In particular, DeLorean Motor Company of Texas (entirely new ownership which acquired the original company's name and logo, as the trademark registration for them had lapsed) now owns the large remaining original parts stock from the factory, US stock and original suppliers.
www.antiquecar.com /index/listings/category1100.htm   (1815 words)

  
 Retro Junk | Celebrity Cars
In honor of the Mustang in the film, the Ford Motor Company produced a limited edition 2001 Ford Mustang GT "Bullitt Mustang," which took styling cues from the '68 movie car and even mimicked its exhaust note.
Also there was a company that made the nose with the red moving light and the dash board complete with all the lights and switches and crazy steering wheel to convert your car into a KITT look alike.
A lot of people thought he used the coke money to invest in his company, so in the cocaine-obsessed US in the early 80's, the De Lorean was the coolest car around.
www.retrojunk.com /details_articles/1341   (2793 words)

  
 Article - News - Man dreams of making De Lorean cars
The De Lorean company came crashing down in 1983 after founder John De Lorean was charged with drug trafficking.
A new De Lorean Motor Company was formed in 1997 and now has locations in Ireland, Houston, Florida, The Netherlands, Chicago and Seattle.
It was five years ago at a convention in Cleveland when he and his buddy caught De Lorean's attention with a stainless steel guitar that Steger crafted from the hood of a De Lorean in his garage.
www.ocregister.com /ocregister/news/local/gardengrove/article_1646672.php   (1313 words)

  
 SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER ST-02-2/82
While De Lorean Motor Company has test painted three vehicles which are very attractive, we have not yet completed adhesion or durability tests.
De Lorean Motor Company therefore makes no specific recommendation with regard to the advis- ability of painting the stainless steel, or to the process and materials for such painting.
In addition, De Lorean Motor Company does not offer a paint warranty, except as contained in the published new car warranty applying to those painted components which are standard on production vehicles.
www.dmcnews.com /bulletins/ST-02-2.82.html   (1608 words)

  
 Gold DeLorean Car of Texas
General Motors hired DeLorean when he was 24, and he began his rise in the automobile industry.
When he was 41, he became the youngest division manager in the company’s history, and many suspected he would eventually be tapped as the president of General Motors.
Then in 1973 he walked away from his $650,000 job at General Motors and, according to news reports, said he was going to show them how to build cars.
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