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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 134: The Rise of the DeLorean
Description: Barrie Wills
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When most people think of The DeLorean, they immediately think of the time machine from Back to the Future. In reality that car (called the DMC-12), was the center of an amazing story albeit having nothing to do with time travel. It was the vision of John Z. DeLorean to build an ethical and eco-friendly sports car, complete with a stainless steel exterior and plastic gas tank. That short lived dream lasted from about 1979 until it DeLorean Motor Cars closed its gull-wing doors in 1982.
Barrie Wills was the...