Thanks to Back To The Future, the DeLorean is an international icon. But what if you want to travel back in time from the UK? Now, DeLorean Motor Company will build you a right-hand drive version. Here's the first shots.

Despite being built in Ireland, the DMC-12 was designed for the American market and therefore not mass-produced in RHD by the factory. There were plans to create such a version for other markets, but only 17 were ever produced and most of those were converted by an outside company. Existing examples are rare and retail for nearly twice the amount of a regular DeLorean at roughly $60,000.

Rather than attempting to track down one of these rare examples, a customer approached the Houston-based DeLorean Motor Company to build his own RHD version. As you'll remember from our recent visit, DMC is the biggest restorer of the stainless steel rides in the world and has approximately 150 years worth of factory-created parts. They also are making a limited number of Series II "new" DeLoreans out of all the parts...

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