LOCKED UP: Will It Run After 25 Years?! | Abandoned 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 | RESTORED

Try being the first to fix the valley of death… weld the hole! Take a pressure washer to the bottom end to get that sludge out. It’s obviously going to need a new motor but it wouldn’t hurt to see if you could bring it back. Who knows y’all might get lucky. And that milkshake might be from that coolant leaking in from the hole and not head gaskets!

Thank you so much for taking off the engine cover, rear hood, and mounting the camera above the back glass. I've watched a lot of delorean revives and y'all are the first to do that. It's a much better view for me to tell what's going on. As a fellow revivalist, God bless y'all!

I would love to see More episodes of this DeLorean Rebuild.. Don't give up the ship. Hopefully you will continue to move forward on this worthy project!😊

What a job you guys have. Incredible someone let this car get totalled. I guess you guys see this all the time. Thanks for being such an example when you work together. You guys are in inperation!

Great to see this beauty in the hands of Lance and Wyatt! Couldn't have ended up in a better place!

Nobody can say you didn't try your best! I think VGG may have an engine for it, he LS swapped one. It would be cool to see the original engine with a turbo or something on it to give it a little more power.

Unless you want to go stock, your best move money wise is to go with an LS setup. There are kits to mount them available and use a Porsche transaxle. You get 3 to 4 times the horsepower with stock engines depending on which one you go with.

I'd like to see another video -- take the engine apart and find whatever else that was causing leaks besides that hole. Then rebuild the engine with new parts as needed. You'll have that Delorean that you've always wanted, Lance!

This car is a a perfect candidate for a LS motor swap. With your guys talents it’s the perfect combination to bring this car back from the dead and not have that anemic 6 cylinder engine any more. Love the content, let’s see this become a classic hot Rod! God bless

I've been waiting all week for this. It's popcorn and coke. Time.!!! Such great clean entertainment.

I say restore it from the ground up! (Doc Brown would agree!) i love these cars and this one couldn't of found its way into better hands. God Bless you both! Looking forward to seeing it on the road again.

I’ve always loved these cars but my goodness I never knew how complicated those engines are. I learned a lot from watching this video. I hope you guys can find a used motor or block and get this ol’ car back on the road. Good luck fellas! Merry Christmas and God bless!

It would be awesome and a MIRACLE to get the original motor running but that's ALOT of time, patience and dedication right there. I like to see you guys attempt a V8

On the Motortrend Show, Roadworthy Recues, they took a similar Red DeLorean and swapped in an LS Engine, with a Porsche Transmission.

I believe that the engine is a PRV V6 unit found in Volvo 760 models and quite a few French cars of that period. Might be worth looking into and save you a whole lot of time and stress if you could source a used unit. Great watching though, you guys make such a good team..

Many years ago i spoke to a gentleman who drove around the USA restoring the stainless panels on delorens special directional brushes and fibre wheels. And the parts catalog is interesting reading Renault engines are crap head gasket and carbs are useless .can't wait to see this back on the road with the love of you guys .Great videography

Lance and Wyatt....in my opinion, the easiest and best direction is to LS that car. If you don’t think you have room then a twin turbo V-6 would fit right in. From the looks of that car, it is not going original through your shop. As always, budget will dictate what is done. If it was mine, I would not go original. I would go with a bored and stroked LS crate engine. If money is not an issue install both a supercharger and large twin turbos. All drive line and suspension would have to be upgraded. All new disc brakes. New rims with wide wheels to handle the power. Strip the paint to see if the aluminum is still good. If not then maybe a stainless steel looking wrap. Interior need full upgrade. You will be putting a lot of cash into this build unless you have sponsors to help cover most of the changes. Also, don’t forget the frame may require work. With the above, you have just fully built a new car. There are cheaper was to go but they will look cheap as well. You want to go cheap ? Put in a used junkyard engine. Recover interior panels yourself. Sand it down and give it a silver paint job. New tires on existing rims and you might have an acceptable driver. Have fun and stay safe.

Hard to imagine someone abandoning such a rare and collectable car. Glad you guys got hold of it!

You guys finally did it! Was waiting for yall to find one of these for a while. Now you have a real one other than that hot tub! I would love to see a crazy engine swap like a cummins or duramax. Maybe an LS. Excited to see what yall have in store for this old gal!

Great to see some NEW content, y'all! Love it. The shop is looking good - I like the drive through you have now. and kudos to Christian for the great camera work - and the inset of the cylinder camera work is a professional touch!