The REAL Back To The Future Delorean at Petersen Auto Museum
An up close look at the Hero car from Back To The Future 1985 . Also known as the "A" car , recently restored to its former glory and now on display at the Petersen Automobile Museum in Los Angeles California .
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the Sun is glistening just over the top
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of the Petersen Auto Museum in Los
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Angeles California now about to go
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inside that fantastic looking structure
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don't pay too close attention to the
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facade however he might have an incident
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you could stumble down in there
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that's a bit of a safety concern welcome
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everyone Adam and it's a blue here
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behind this very wall lies a car that I
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hold a very special place in my heart
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from Back to the Future the a car the
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one they used in a multitude of shots
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Chris Lloyd Michael J Fox we're gonna go
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back to the future element show a lot of
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other stuff
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oh yeah Jay Jay's here with me as well
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this is gonna be fun once you enter the
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lobby there are some very ornate
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lowriders but pay close attention to
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this one this is not a real vehicle it's
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a pinata protected by this locked glass
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door you don't want to take a baseball
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bat - they're not even though there
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might be candy in it it's frowned upon I
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do like the flower decor up on the roof
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and check out that relic of the past
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listening to some tunes on an 8-track
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and tucked away up here is a lamp in the
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backseat Hey look at that
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look at that roof lining that's cool
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this is labeled as the first practical
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car it only has three wheels and ran off
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petroleum fueled four-stroke internal
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combustion engine it's like a little
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tricycle streamline scooter was created
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in 1947 and the size I am I don't know
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if I could fit comfortably the
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handlebars would be right upon my waist
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there's not a lot of not a lot of room
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in there for a big guy back in 1914 you
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could have seen silent film star Fatty
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Arbuckle cruising around Hollywood and
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this bad boy we're getting into the
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movie cars now while there were 24
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plymouth Furies used in the movie
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Christine there were only two stunt cars
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this is one of the remaining ones and
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notice how the window is blacked out
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because she never really know if the
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driver the high school student in the
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movie was going a little crazy or if the
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car itself was doing the stalking
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because the window was darkened out he
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never saw inside no introduction needed
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for Herbie the lovebug this is not the
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one from the late 60s film however it
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was used in 2005 fully loaded starring
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Lindsay Lohan she was behind the wheel
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of this car that goes a hundred and
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thirty-eight miles an hour according to
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the information placard in front in the
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early 80s Tom Selleck was sitting behind
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the wheel of this classic television
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icon look at the controls down near the
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bottom
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very dated but also very retro and
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fantastic I wonder if Higgins ever took
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this out for a spin possibly next to the
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television series the 1989 Tim Burton
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Batman are probably my favorites this
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one has been deemed the winged warrior
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almost twenty feet in length it was
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based on the platform of a 1967
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Chevrolet Impala and the front a
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rolls-royce engine ooh
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dramatic music some museums have their
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artifacts behind glass casing not here
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you can get right up into the action now
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we're not allowed to reach in and touch
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anything but you can get a little bit of
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a bird's-eye view
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Michael Keaton was sitting right behind
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that steering wheel
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fighting crime the area is secured this
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gentleman with the jacket to the left is
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watching closely to make sure no one
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puts their fingers or hands on what
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seems to be the most popular item at the
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Peterson tan tan-tan tan tan-tan tan
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tan-tan tan tan-tan
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after appearing in all three films and
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spending 25 years as a tourist
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attraction at Universal Studios
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Hollywood this particular time machine
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showed signs of wearing a skilled team
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of fans meticulously restored this
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iconic car the flux capacitor and all
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its components to its former glory
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designated the a car you could still see
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these Sharpie mark right there on the
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inside of the door that was placed by
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the restoration team this is the vehicle
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that nearly all the interior shots were
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used for and a lot of the exterior is
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when Doc's explaining about how did it
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travel through time so my favorite
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relics can be seen on the back here look
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at the burn marks almost from fire has
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charred the very back that is that is so
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so cool the plutonium chamber looking
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nice and cleaned up this is not from
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part - there was no missed effusion this
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is old-school
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he just dropped the plutonium right down
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in that little shaft first he turned the
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time circuits on say you want to see the
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signing of the Declaration of
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Independence her witnessed the birth of
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Christ here's a red letter date in the
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history of science November 5th 1955 yes
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of course
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November 5th well the keypad doesn't
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coordinate with what I'm saying but you
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get the idea a friend of mine who lives
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up in Washington was part of the team
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that helped fix the car up and I was
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here a couple of months ago with him and
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he shared with me a couple key points
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that I'm gonna pass on to you we'll come
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back to that area a little later they're
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doing a presentation
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a movie screen with very loud music so
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we'll wander around some of the other
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sections and make our way back to the
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DeLorean momentarily the 1927 Model T
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almost has a life of its own
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it has a face
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you staring at me
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once you take a picture the last longer
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tucked away in the corner against the
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wall is a really fantastic mural of Los
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Angeles and Hollywood there's the
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Capitol Records building the Chinese
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Theater city hall traffic is shown
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bumper-to-bumper but then it clears up a
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little bit farther you go this is not a
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accurate portrayal of law saying oh Nana
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Nana Nana Nana bat a race car there's a
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race car on the freeway and whoa is that
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the shaggy dog the shaggy dog has taken
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the wheel shaggy dog take the we he'll
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that's not how the song goes
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while this looks like a traditional
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bicycle in fact it's a motorcycle four
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cylinders to be exact located between
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the tires this dates all the way back to
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1904 1905 nicknamed the brass era Beauty
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Jay was my ride but it appears he's
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leaving without me where you going
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you taking off course me over
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I hate to tell you buddy you're not
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going anywhere no no I hate to tell you
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you're not moving you're not moving
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I should probably address that this is
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one of the few items you're allowed to
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sit in and touch in fact they want you
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to hashtag the museum this is one of the
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few that you can sit in all right back
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over to this piece of fantastic glory
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from my all-time favorite film in the
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doorframe is the manufactured plate even
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though the film came out in 1985 you'll
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notice it's dated October 1981 flux
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capacitor still fluxing also notice the
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fake piece of paper that's been placed
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over the speedometer signifying that
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this car could really get up to 95 which
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if you're familiar with DeLoreans that
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is a feat that does not happen too often
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the regular real speedometer below the
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prop paper speedometer movie magic all
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the circuits you see in the background
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were screen-used they were in the movie
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including these little beauties up here
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that have their own writing in marker
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detailing what each one does now they
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have been restored and cleaned up but
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when you watch the film this is what
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you're looking at every few minutes or
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so they show a presentation on the back
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wall explaining the restoration process
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and they sell a DVD
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of what they're showing on the wall
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behind us in the gift shop downstairs I
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have to be honest I could just sit here
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all day and stare at this thing I've
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seen the movie way too many times and
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just to be standing in front of an
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artifact that was used so prominently in
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that classic film I just I just can't
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can't wrap my head around it
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Great Scott and I'm also noticing the
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burn marks I showed a little bit ago are
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also on the opposite side unless I got
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very warm well what is it hot and it's
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called well showing a few more details
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you don't normally see I've got another
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chassis at the bottom of the door the
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wiring goes through this tubing as not
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to get ripped off of course that wiring
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was reclaimed up and reattached but
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nonetheless create quite see the aura of
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goodness da-da-da-da-da-da-da they
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restored this thing and it's looking
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quite originally it was on the backlot
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tour at Universal Hollywood and it fell
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into quite decomposed decay and then it
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was cleaned up and put behind glass on
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the lower level the lower lot at
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Universal but you couldn't get close you
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couldn't really look at it or get a good
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photo of it because it was enclosed
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completely in glass and it was hoisted
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up on a platform kind of pushing the
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tires away from the chassis now it's
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back to how it originally looked
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heck yeah if you had the privilege of
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riding shotgun
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sitting in the passenger seat you would
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not be staring on an airbag but this
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dial stating the status of the plutonium
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chamber if that red light starts
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blinking we got a problem
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cassette tape located below the compass
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in case you brought your van Halen
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cassette try to convince someone that
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you're from the from the planet Vulcan
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Steve McQueen formerly owned this Indian
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cycle James Dean I believe in his life
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also owned an Indian motorcycle they're
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very popular back in the day stepping
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out of the path now and into the present
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or sort of kind of the future even
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though this was made in 2015 the hybrid
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hypercar top speed 217 miles an hour now
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I know why it's called the hyper car
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because when you're hyper you just you
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move really fast what are you doing
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right now you holding that car in the
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air hold it hold it tightly don't let it
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drop keep holding it keep I wait I'm
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ruining the illusion I gotta hold the
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camera still er okay take two are you
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hold what are you doing right now Jay
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all right get to get to get the lug
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wrench under there and change that oil
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while you hold it up keep holding it up
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in the late 80s this was used as part of
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a 2,000 mile trek to show how solar
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power can help fuel to maneuver
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something that looks very similar to a
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rocket the Sun is soaked into this back
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compartment and it just keeps on a
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moving I've ridden in a go-kart or two
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in my day but this takes it to a whole
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other level but check this out they have
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one of the 1968 Disney Land Autopia cars
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you'll notice back then there was no
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track there was no railing if you wanted
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to veer off the road you could I can't
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do that anymore as I make my way out
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once again the big pinata I didn't think
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this was accessible but here it is
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impressive
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most impressive
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I'm not kidding
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it's dangling from the roof but cool is
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that it's the biggest pinata I've ever
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seen
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inside the gift shop they have a very
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nice array of cars themed to movies an
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interesting story about this particular
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model I ordered it off a line because
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it's very difficult to find before I
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realize you could get it here before my
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national lampoon's vacation video which
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you could find over on youtube / Adam
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the woo
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this got lost in the mail is said it was
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delivered to my home and I had a
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tracking and everything but it never
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showed up
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womp womp womp and now here it is in
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front of me after it was needed as a
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prop but I had the cardboard car so it
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kind of worked out this Hot Wheels setup
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is pretty neat made to look like Los
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Angeles we got Randy's donuts there the
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Staples Center LAX it's behind this
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piece of glass I don't know if they use
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it but the Hot Wheel would Kareem
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through the donut that's gonna do it
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next video thanks for watching give this
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video a big thumbs up if not for the
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amazing artifacts and vehicles in there
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but for the Back to the Future a car oh
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heck yeah