Imagine if republicans had access to a time machine, what are some of the things they would go back and do?
Where is Johns coke straw tho??
What does the flag with the constellation represent? I saw them everywhere in Derry and when I asked a woman selling memorabilia with it on she didn’t know.
I grew up in America. Moved to Ireland in 2010.
In 1983 my grandfather bought a used Delorean because he wasn’t ready to be a grandad. And he wanted a sports car like a younger guy would have.
This despite the fact that young people can’t really afford the insurance or purchase price of proper sports cars anyway.
In his time owning it my older sister was born. Then I was born. Then he died in 1992.
My father took the car when he passed and set about fixing it. It had apparently gone into a state of disrepair over the years. And needed some love, and money spent on it.
My father was a really lousy dad and there’s a reason my parents split up. But on our birthdays when he would come round to visit us he’d cruise up in that delorean. With the gull wing doors, tiny little windows, smell of leather, and burnt fuel, floor mats that had DMC stitched into them. He had either removed part of the exhaust or modified it to be louder. But the car roared up the road. And inside it screamed. It felt like the fastest thing on four wheels when I was 8. I realise now that I’m older it wasn’t.
Just being in the car made you feel cool. And people would smile, give you a thumbs up, they’d want to take pictures, talk about back to the future, shout “Hey McFly!” At you.
It was an experience that I hope I don’t ever forget. And sparked in me a joy and love for cars I won’t lose anytime soon. I suppose a flag like this makes me imagine the human side of things. Factory workers, assembling the stainless steel machines. Disgruntled, bored at work, wanting something more from life, and knowing this wasn’t their dream.
Almost all the cars they built were exported to the American Market. So they hardly got to see their handiwork. What a shame. And what a cool piece of Delorean, and Irish history.
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Imagine if republicans had access to a time machine, what are some of the things they would go back and do?
Where is Johns coke straw tho??
What does the flag with the constellation represent? I saw them everywhere in Derry and when I asked a woman selling memorabilia with it on she didn’t know.
I grew up in America. Moved to Ireland in 2010.
In 1983 my grandfather bought a used Delorean because he wasn’t ready to be a grandad. And he wanted a sports car like a younger guy would have.
This despite the fact that young people can’t really afford the insurance or purchase price of proper sports cars anyway.
In his time owning it my older sister was born. Then I was born. Then he died in 1992.
My father took the car when he passed and set about fixing it. It had apparently gone into a state of disrepair over the years. And needed some love, and money spent on it.
My father was a really lousy dad and there’s a reason my parents split up. But on our birthdays when he would come round to visit us he’d cruise up in that delorean. With the gull wing doors, tiny little windows, smell of leather, and burnt fuel, floor mats that had DMC stitched into them. He had either removed part of the exhaust or modified it to be louder. But the car roared up the road. And inside it screamed. It felt like the fastest thing on four wheels when I was 8. I realise now that I’m older it wasn’t.
Just being in the car made you feel cool. And people would smile, give you a thumbs up, they’d want to take pictures, talk about back to the future, shout “Hey McFly!” At you.
It was an experience that I hope I don’t ever forget. And sparked in me a joy and love for cars I won’t lose anytime soon. I suppose a flag like this makes me imagine the human side of things. Factory workers, assembling the stainless steel machines. Disgruntled, bored at work, wanting something more from life, and knowing this wasn’t their dream.
Almost all the cars they built were exported to the American Market. So they hardly got to see their handiwork. What a shame. And what a cool piece of Delorean, and Irish history.
made in belfast of all places