Go ‘Back to the Future’ at CRC Speedshow 28 May 2015
Related articles
- Niki Roderick Extends Depth To New Zealand Record Sport
- NZ More Interested in All Whites than All Blacks Sport
- All Whites claim historic point Sport
- Prime Minister to travel to South Africa News
- Snow on The Remarkables Living
- Team Selected for Ultimate Ride Jet-ski Sport
- Trubridge Triumphs With Unassisted Freedive Record Sport
- New Zealand 2011 Business Club launched Business
- 300 feet down: two bare feet and one breath of air Living
- Wyatt claims title Sport
28 May 2015
Go ‘Back to the Future’ at CRC Speedshow
A world-class ‘Back to the Future’
DeLorean replica will have its first major public showing at
CRC Speedshow in Auckland this July.
The car is owned by Aucklander Mat Bedogni, who spent the best part of two years and a heap of money converting the DeLorean into the movie’s Hero Car which has been valued at over $200,000.
“Speedshow is Auckland based, so it wasn’t a hard decision to bring it along. The show’s central location and two-day long event time allows ample opportunity for people to visit. So many people are keen for the experience, and can’t justify a private event themselves, so this is a good way for people to see it, touch it, and get their photos taken inside,” says Mat.
The car is loaded with electronics and lighting to mimic the movie car’s functions and sounds making it a real “Back to the Future” experience for young and old.
Mat says that you can punch any date into the time circuits then do a mock time travel complete with sound effects where the speedo ramps up to 88mph, the Flux Capacitor strobes as the Spectrum Analyser peaks at full load, while the plutonium level drops to empty the date changes from 'destination time' to 'present time', just like the real thing.
On the outside of the car the flux bands light up, as do the rear vents and the plutonium reactor core providing an enthralling real movie car effect.
“I like to say it’s 95 per cent accurate to the movie car. I’ve have had an American DeLorean guru and film maker visit the car. He advised it’s in the top two or three in the world, as being the most accurate, and he has seen all of them so I guess I’m not far off,” says Mat.
Mat also hopes to have several movie props also on display, such as the famous hover boards, self-lacing shoes and the Grays Sports Almanac.
CRC Speedshow visitors will be offered the opportunity to buy a ‘time travel certificate’ folder with a photo to prove they’ve experienced the DeLorean as they’ll be allowed to sit in the car while a photo is taken and printed on the spot before a special memento folder is presented for would be time travellers to take home.
This car is an exact replica of the original vehicle and totally accurate in detail, right down to the types of screws used. The original car has been in New Zealand for nine years as a standard DeLorean but in 2013, Mat started the time machine conversion.
“I only finished building the car in
October last year and started showing it soon after. People
react in different ways when they see it. Most are in
disbelief that such a car is in New Zealand. Some just stand
there with their mouth wide open. Others just beam from ear
to ear - seeing makes their day. I get a lot of thumbs up
and big smiles.”
This is the only ‘Back to the
Future’ Time Machine DeLorean in New Zealand, but not the
only one in the world. There are approximately 30 replicas
around the world, but only are a mere five ‘screen
accurate’ models and of these five, Mat’s car has been
classed and the second or third most accurate.
“I did the conversion for myself and was not planning on sharing it with everyone. But when I used the car as a draw card to help a friend sell his Sci Fi book last year, I soon realised how much joy the car brings to so many people.”
DeLorean cars were manufactured in Ireland during a two-year period from 1981 to 1983. Around 8,500 were made, and less than 600 survive today. The car had a fibreglass body with Lotus-designed chassis, and wrapped with stainless steel body panels.
ENDS
News
Hilary Timmins' Award-Winning UK Documentary Series To Inspire NZ Students
29 Jun 2020 Education
Dream Catchers, produced and directed by Hilary Timmins, celebrates the success stories of more than thirty inspirational New... more
New Zealand reaffirms support for Flight MH17 judicial process
7 Mar 2020 News
Ahead of the start of the criminal trial in the Netherlands on 9 March, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has reaffirmed the need to... more
Business
NZ Government's Economic package to fight COVID-19
17 Mar 2020 Business News
The Coalition Government has launched the most significant peace-time economic plan in modern New Zealand history to cushion the... more
NZ Government announces aviation relief package
19 Mar 2020 Business News
Transport Minister Phil Twyford today outlined the first tranche of the $600 million aviation sector relief package announced earlier... more
Living
Diversity was Key at New Zealand Trade Tasting in London
6 Jun 2022 Food & Wine
New Zealand Winegrowers Annual Trade Tasting was recently held in London, on Wednesday 4 May, in Lindley Hall.
It was the first... more
Kiwi author stuns Behind the Butterfly Gate
12 Jan 2022 Arts
Hidden behind the Butterfly Gate is where the secret has been kept for 76 years...
New Zealand writer Merryn Corcoran’s... more
Property
Fairer rules for tenants and landlords
17 Nov 2019 Property
17 NOVEMBER 2019
The Government has delivered on its promise to the over one million New Zealanders who now rent to make it fairer... more
New Zealand Government will not implement a Capital Gains Tax
17 Apr 2019 Property
The Coalition Government will not proceed with the Tax Working Group’s recommendation for a capital gains tax, Jacinda Ardern... more
Migration
Boosting border security with electronic travel authority – now over 500,000 issued
19 Nov 2019 Migration
19 NOVEMBER 2019
We’ve improved border security with the NZeTA, New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority, which helps us to... more
Christchurch reinstated as refugee settlement location
18 Aug 2018 Migration
18 AUGUST 2018
HON IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY
The announcement that Christchurch can once again be a settlement location for refugees... more
Travel
Gallipoli Anzac Day services cancelled
19 Mar 2020 Travel & Tourism
The New Zealand and Australian Governments have announced this year’s joint Anzac Day services at Gallipoli will be cancelled... more
New Zealanders advised not to travel overseas
19 Mar 2020 Travel & Tourism
New Zealanders advised not to travel overseas
more
Sport
The Skipper's Diary: Sir Richard Hadlee honouring his father and NZ's Forty-Niners
27 Oct 2019 Cricket
NZNewsUK London Editor Charlotte Everett spoke to Sir Richard Hadlee about why he’s chosen to publish his father’s... more
PREVIEW: All Blacks v England semi-final
26 Oct 2019 Rugby
The two most convincing quarterfinals winners are set to square off in a semifinal showdown for the ages when the All Blacks meet old... more
Columns
Gordon Campbell on the Gareth Morgan crusade
11 Nov 2016 Opinion
Gordon Campbell on the Gareth Morgan crusade
First published on Werewolf
The ghastly likes of Marine Le Pen in France and Geert ... more
Gordon Campbell on the US election outcome
10 Nov 2016 Opinion
Column - Gordon Campbell
Gordon Campbell on the US election outcome
Well um.. on the bright side, there (probably)... more
Kiwi Success
Congratulations to Loder Cup winner
26 Sep 2018 People
25 SEPTEMBER 2018
The Loder Cup, one of New Zealand’s oldest conservation awards, has been awarded to Robert McGowan for 2018... more
Appointments to New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
16 Aug 2018 Appointments
16 AUGUST 2018Appointments to New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
HON JENNY SALESA
Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa is... more
Recruitment
Historic pay equity settlement for education support workers
14 Aug 2018 Recruitment
14 AUGUST 2018Historic pay equity settlement for education support workers
RT HON JACINDA ARDERN
HON CHRIS HIPKINS
Prime Minister
The... more
Historic pay equity settlement for education support workers
22 Aug 2018 Recruitment
14 AUGUST 2018Historic pay equity settlement for education support workers
RT HON JACINDA ARDERN
HON CHRIS HIPKINS
Prime Minister
The... more