John DeLorean Explains His Side Of The Story | The Dick Cavett Show

[@e2go]

Wow, DeLorean just calmly and absolutely obliterates Cavett's every attempt to humiliate him😂 A master class in poise and confidence.

[@NorthernChev]

John DeLorean SIGNED the glovebox of my DeLorean at the 2000 DeLorean Convention in Cleveland, OH. It's faded quite a bit in the last 24 years but you can still just barely see the chemical outline of the marker he used.

[@kylekenan2321]

Should take it off and have some sort of protective coating over it

[@NorthernChev]

@@kylekenan2321 I should have back then, but now it's pretty much faded away.

[@peterpiper47]

This guy called out the FBI way before we realized he was right.

[@marvinbrando722]

Correct. But keep mind that generation was smart enough to know that. 66% was the record of winning cases for the feds at that time. Today isn99% 😮

[@georgehenderson7783]

The FBI is totally out of control now. Aside from harassing parents who have the audacity to show up at school board meetings to protest the woke crap being taught to them in public schools, I just found out that Biden's Justice Department authorized deadly force to be used during the raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. Unbelievable. Trump, by the way, bought DeLorean's Bedminster estate that he had to sell to a bankruptcy auction and converted it to a golf course.

[@rancosteel]

A great engineer who walked away from being the CEO of GM to fulfill his dream and try to do something different. Many people call him a failure, but he was not. He built the car and his financial backers (UK Banks) pulled out after forcing him to build his factory in a cow pasture for political optics. IMO, he paved the way for Elon Musk by taking all the blows that life threw at him. A great man will guts.

[@patrickcork7981]

Exactly 😀

[@mgabrysSF]

One bit of his legacy endured. Tesla's first Auto plant used the same 'floating line' used in Northern Ireland - where robotic carriers took the chassis from one workstation to the next. The advantage is it could be reconfigured on the fly.

[@stanleymasterson1135]

@@mgabrysSF That was used by other car makers way before Tesla existed. DeLorean was the first

[@mgabrysSF]

@@stanleymasterson1135 That's what I was exactly saying. Northern Ireland = DMC.

[@stanleymasterson1135]

@@mgabrysSF None of the technology in the factory came from Northern Ireland, only the terrible workmanship from the drunken Irish. I owned one brand new in 1982. It was terrible

[@ksr2059]

Back then people would never have dreamed our government would be so vendictive...now we certainly know better about our US government.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Not just the US, around the world. Corruption is rife in all of them and the thugs that pass as federal police have gotten too powerful with anti terrorism laws allowing them to do almost anything they please for no reason.

[@jeffm7375]

its vindictive ffs.

[@watchingyou245]

Govts have always been vindictive, spiteful and vicious. The only thing new is that it is clearer to see and understand.

[@1maripaul]

Cavet tried so hard So hard to make DeLorean look so bad but DeLorean etiquette and very well spoken attitude never waivers and I appreciate his answer to "why he converted and is living Christian life" now (paraphrased) made DeLorean look SO much more eloquent than cavet ever will be in this interview! I watched DeLorean movie "Driven" which showed his side and was a really good movie too 👏 👌 👍

[@DenkyManner]

Cavett gave him a very easy time considering very few people believe DeLorean's side of the story. He didn't attempt to make him look bad, he pointed out the facts and echoed the scepticism felt by the vast majority of viewers. Cavett's style is always slightly facetious, no matter who the guest is.

[@graxjpg]

@@DenkyManner you are exactly right.

[@gardensofthegods]

7 minutes in ... I have to say this is the weirdest interview I have ever seen with Dick Cavett .... and he looks kind of weird here also his eyebrows or eye makeup or whatever , doesn't look right ? I think this is more than just skepticism here on his part it's just seems that Cavett really does have contempt for DeLorean .

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@gardensofthegods I've watched lots of Cavitt's interviews, and I've studied lots of interviewers, and I've concluded that Cavitt was HIGHLY overrated, and probably shouldn't have had a show. He is nerdy and socially awkward --- repeatedly, over and over again. And often rude to his guests. He's a weird dude. Someone I would have benignly treated as though I thought he was normal and like everyone else if I had known him in high school or college.

[@gardensofthegods]

@@HomeAtLast501 I guess I haven't watched those as much as you I mean I remember watching his shows when I was a kid . To an extent I do know what you're saying but here is contempt from the very beginning is so much more salient than I've ever seen with any guests before .

[@barrycallan1003]

John lost the world and gained his soul

[@HomeAtLast501]

Damn, DeLorean was a sharp dresser. Cool boots (17:44), no cuff on the trousers looks elegant and stylish, and check out how long that collar is --- looks very elegant.

[@savedandblessed79]

Complete legend of a man

[@jeshkam]

A legend who accused poor Johnny Carson of smuggling drugs. What a legend...

[@mortishastyles1345]

John DeLorean was a great man and more a GREAT automotive design engineer.Everyo e that drives a automobile today is protected by many inventions of John DeLorean.

[@NorthernChev]

My all original, unrestored DeLorean STILL runs and looks great to this day. Quite the testament to their design. That being said, they did have some issues that were addresses with dealership recalls, but once you got them, you were good to go.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@NorthernChev How does it feel to have one of only 9,000 DeLoreans that were built?

[@inuit97]

If wasn´t because of him, we wouldn´t have an iconic time movie machine today, a very special car chosen for the movie

[@NorthernChev]

Yeah, the original script had Marty time travelling in a refrigerator.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

IMO, John DeLorean was the Enzo Ferrari of the American auto industry. John was GM's top design engineer with 44 automotive patents to his name and was slated to one day become CEO of the company. But DeLorean wanted GM to become more innovative by investing in the type of cars he wanted to build but all GM wanted to do was build these little candy-ass 4-cylinders to compete against Japanese imports. DeLorean didn't want to spend his entire career building such cars so he resigned from a position that was paying him $600,000 a year to found his own company. That company may have failed but how many of us would have the stones to risk a secure high-paying position to follow our dreams? And those cars were built to last. Of the 9000 DeLoreans made, 6500 were still on the road 25 years later. Not a bad record.

[@jeshkam]

He also accused poor Johnny Carson of smuggling drugs. Coward...

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@jeshkam Not germane to the discussion.

[@jeshkam]

@@georgfriedrichhandel4390 It is.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@jeshkam How?

[@jeshkam]

@@georgfriedrichhandel4390 How not?

[@efrainluna3546]

I wish John Delorean's car company had an opportunity become a success.

[@zerocool1344]

Go back in time, convince John to invest in Apple, then DeLorean will be the American leading sports car company today.

[@TT_1221]

Apple shares didn't take off for 20 years after DeLorean closed down ....

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@TT_1221 "Apple shares didn't take off for 20 years after DeLorean closed down ...." All right, Google then! Oh wait... Google didn't take off until 2000, a couple of years after Susan Wojicki rented her garage to the two dudes who founded Google, 18 years after DeLorean closed down...

[@oranbhoy67]

He took money off Thatcher and the Brits for Ireland, for that alone he's a hero

[@StilettoCutsQuick.]

Interesting, I love it

[@EricPendleton]

yes, it was for the Irish lol. He had a soft spot for the Irish. He was funneling it through Swiss bank accounts into his personal accounts. Lol at making it sound like he was some Robin Hood for the Irish.

[@brendanbrown3100]

He and his wife did like the finer things in life. All paid for by the British taxpayer.

[@markyinbelfastxx9088]

State of you

[@onekansasmom]

I worked in Irvine, I'll never forget seeing Delorians stacked on top of each other in the parking lot of the factory when it closed. He was ahead of his time!

[@NorthernChev]

...the factory was in Dunmurry, Ireland. Them's some good eyes you got there. I think you meant the processing centers where they were IMPORTED to and cleaned before being loaded on trucks and shipped to the dealers. They sat in those staging lots, baking in the sun, for a LONG, LONG time. My DeLorean still has the "tape marks of royalty" on the front and rear bumpers where the tape that held the Styrofoam protection slowly melted into the paint from having sat in the UV radiation from the Sun too long while waiting to be shipped. That's how you can tell if you have an unrestored, all original DeLorean vs a rebuilt or restored one --> the tape marks in the paint on the bumpers.

[@analogdesigner-Jay]

Thanks for posting this interesting interview. I am a former DeLorean owner.

[@coreyham3753]

Agreed ... very interesting.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Why did you sell your DeLorean and what did you think of it while owning it?

[@analogdesigner-Jay]

@@arcanondrum6543, I bought it in September 1983 in Irvine, CA. I had a friend that worked for the DeLorean Quality Assurance department, so he helped me make numerous modifications as he was aware of the problems that it had. I sold it in 2004 because I had purchased a 2000 Acura NSX. I am still in contact with the person that purchased it from me. I considered my DeLorean to be the best one in existence with all of the updates that I did to it. I would recommend that a modern-day owner be proficient at repairs and servicing. The feel that the motor can easily last a few hundred thousand miles if it's properly maintained. Hope this helps. J

[@ledfloyd9035]

He made the pontiac GTO... This man can do no wrong.

[@superfuzzymomma]

The forward thinking young man at General Motors responsible for the Pontiac GTO

[@dkapone]

As well as my favorite... The Trans-Am! Peace.

[@paulharvey7453]

He designed the69 Grand Prix also.

[@superfuzzymomma]

@@paulharvey7453 67 GTO vs. 69 GP SJ, to me, for the best looking american muscle car.

[@paulharvey7453]

@@superfuzzymomma Yea I loved the grand prix to I had 69 428 SJ boy did it run loved it!!!

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I didn’t know Mr. DeLorean got saved at this time. Praise the Lord!

[@tripjet999]

Yes, he had a savings account. Pray to the invisible man in the sky!

[@brettzimmerman4566]

John was so well spoken, so elegant in the way he presented himself, such a shame he fell so hard. He should have walked from the company or slowed down his production to not over extend himself. Sad story.

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

I always knew in my heart that John was a good man, this interview just proved it. Good Catholic man. Rest in Peace my Idol.

[@brucerobertson5919]

Yes, he lied and deceived like a true good Catholic. And for his reward god made him rich and everyone around him poor.

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

@@brucerobertson5919 why dont you watch "Framing John DeLorean" and tell me how "rich" he was when he died.

[@rajesh8bibin]

He got off due to entrapment. The man is a legend at GMC.

[@BraddLaRocca]

Gmc? DMC

[@BraddLaRocca]

@Ivan Zivojinovic I stand corrected, good catch

[@PuppyPetite]

Throughout the entire interview Dick Cavett tries to get the better of DeLorean, John's not let that happen. It's almost like Cavett seemed annoyed when he introduced him, if you listen carefully he mumbled something as John is coming in and later during the interview John called him out on it

[@MrGoo514]

Great to see this interview!

[@dhaley8847]

i didnt like how Dick Cavett had made his mind up about Delorean's guilt even thou he won in court and the Jury agreed that he was set up by the FBI and did nothing wrong or with wrong intent. Cavett keeps prodding him in a way that is disrespectful and I wonder if Cavett was put into a situation like Delorean was put into if he could come out of it with the same grace.

[@briancornish1296]

Cavett was the devils muse in this interview...

[@amirkazemi2517]

the original fake news

[@chickenjo23]

I swear has Delorean ever been interviewed by anyone that would atleast show some sympathy and respect during the interview.

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Cavet was a total dick to John

[@farhan7393]

@@OWOT-re5jf that's in his name

[@1maripaul]

Agreed! The FBI was salivating to get this bust and did everything they could to make that happen...."entrapment" is the most loosely defined word in law enforcement. WE however know the Actual meaning! Bravo delorean!

[@int53185]

The major force behind Pontiacs' best designs which are now classics.

[@janeporter818]

Thanks for posting

[@fantasticninja3305]

Thank you for this post!

[@ronwilliams357]

He was acquitted at trial by the way.

[@Zeldarw104]

(We) know and remember.

[@c.i.a.4618]

Dirty FBI

[@HollywoodNobody]

So was O.J. Simpson

[@rodmoore1577]

So was o.j.

[@akumar7366]

I remember this from when I was about 15, I loved the car and could not understand what happened as a child, this gentleman comes across as a nice person, fantastic he found his faith in Jesus Christ.

[@tatters1232006]

Yes christ come in handy sometimes. When your a crook

[@artsomniacv-logcitybydanie1249]

@@tatters1232006 what did he steal?

[@akumar7366]

@@tatters1232006 Naturally you make a obvious point but hopefully you will at the same time understand the value of salvation through Jesus Christ.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

The major problem Ashok was that the car was too expensive and in the middle of a major recession in the early 80s, few people were willing to buy a car that cost around $25,000. That meant high costs with no cash flow.

[@akumar7366]

@@georgfriedrichhandel4390 In reality the Delorian car was ahead of it times, it will always be in people's memories because of the movie, Back to the Future.

[@bucktharrington2591]

DeLorean's button-down collar is insane.

[@kevincooper3834]

No wonder he got "collared". Kevin Cooper. Comment section clown.

[@bricago2302]

Can't believe I didn't notice that. I think Gianni Agnelli wore those collars. Must have been from the J.C. Penney Auto-Magnate collection.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Your comment is pointless

[@angiejeffrey3508]

Beauty on a Barn Budget no, not at all. Very rare

[@watchingyou245]

Didn't know the UK Govt took the engineering moulds from N Ireland worth $18m in 1982 and threw them into Eire's Galway Bay. Shocking.

[@jjcross3560]

He came forth in truth I believe John DeLorean.

[@EmmettLBrown2015]

John Z. DeLorean..my hero.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

I suddenly feel like watching Back To The Future.

[@georgehenderson7783]

Back to the Future 3 was great too! I can do without 2 though.

[@michaelparylak5649]

My college history teacher told me it was the North Sea the the molds were thrown in. In any event this is the first footage l come across that even touched on that fact.

[@oranbhoy67]

Hmmm I haven't watched it yet, but the North sea is a bit of a distance from the North of Ireland, closest would be Irish sea or Atlantic Ocean

[@oranbhoy67]

Having watched the video he says Galway which indeed is the Atlantic Ocean, but it also doesn't add up as that is in the Republic of Ireland , Johns factory was in Belfast ( Northern Ireland - offically the UK) and at that time things were very fraught between both areas with heavy borders, if it was dumped in Galway bay it wouldn't have been by the Brits directly, they very well could have paid someone else though, they are snakes

[@michaelparylak5649]

@@oranbhoy67 thank you for your curiosity

[@sputnik8407]

He said the best that came out of it was getting a relationship with Christ , then it's all worth it .... God is life .....

[@oldndayzd9281]

AMEN God Bless you and YOURS 🇨🇦🙏🇨🇦👊

[@tomitstube]

riiight. a marketing scheme to scam silly religious dupes like yourself.

[@clarkkent3730]

amen!

[@Wilantonjakov]

@@tomitstube please re-evaluate your fucking attitude. It makes sense if you are an atheist.

[@theostragonidis7548]

@@Wilantonjakov Religious people are not smart. Truth hurts.

[@Czechbound]

I recommend the recent movie about him and his downfall. He was obviously very good at his jobs in big corporations. When they asked him to come to GM he was only 30 or thereabouts. They gave him the pick of any job he wanted, and a high salary. And he went from strength to strength. Good for him for having a dream. It's only a shame that things ended as they did.

[@tleilaxu42]

If anyone needs the backstory, go watch Driven (2018). Yeah, it's embellished, but It's good. P.S. In the movie, Lee Pace's fake chin is more realistic than the real John DeLorean's.

[@bleuzy3247]

tleilaxu42 just finished watching it and here I am, loved the final scene where the Delorean didn’t start up

[@PP-um7kk]

Watched Driven tonight, great film and accurate to true events

[@mgabrysSF]

I don't remember the Dick Cavett show past the 70s - was this a cable thing? And where in the world was this filmed (in LA obviously - but where)? Everyone has an opinion on the man and the car - but he DID bring jobs to a country that was ripping itself apart - and for a brief spell succeeded in providing for those same people (regardless of their religion). And I think that alone is a win. Not a big win perhaps, but more than most might experience in their lives - that affected and helped many other lives. And that's a good thing.

[@ronniemeyhoff8306]

Wow what a nice post👍

[@paulmc3457]

The father of my baby.....my 68 GTO. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

You can tell by my name I am a fan of John DeLorean. I am also a fan of Dick Cavett, but I thought he had pre-judged DeLorean in this interview and was unfairly aggressive, and that DeLorean maintained his good humour and poise throughout

[@eileen1820]

Dirty FBI. STILL

[@TheBasher-_-]

What an interesting man. And also shout out to gta where I also drive a delorean!

[@FRITZI999]

I drive a real one *lol*

[@tommym321]

He seems like a perfectly decent person. Cavett made a mistake here.

[@cl759]

Holy crap. Made me watch three interviews with Lester Maddox just to get my head around this. Driven is the only thing on the telly tonite , was trying to decide if it was worth it

[@CarLos-jt3wu]

Big 3 and UAW loved the smearing the three letter agencies and their buddies in the TV networks did to him. He was a threat and they needed to make an example of him. Absolute legend and he bowed to no man.

[@dmcnamara9859]

Delorean was no threat to the Big 3, after all people that make whimsical purchases for boutique cars have plenty of resources to do so. With one exception for Delorean,GM had let Delorean know; the supply of Harrison HVAC boxes somewhere around 7,500 units would end. Delorean would have had to find new HVAC component supplier. Remember, country was coming out of Jimmy Carter economics in Reagan and Corvette sales were on the slump long before DMC12 arrived to the party. Delorean posed know threat to Chevy, Chevy folks were just looking for an excuse of continued slumping C3 sales.

[@sergeygolovin2760]

I think Dick Cavet has no sympathy or respect.. Just because of how he question John and comment.. John DeLorian is a very smart man.. No way to put him down.

[@yardmama3660]

This was the year I met him.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Yeah, we all remember 🤪

[@yardmama3660]

Frankincensed were you at that meeting too ??

[@angiejeffrey3508]

The FBI at its worst

[@montestu5502]

Angie Jeffrey - Unfortunately we now learned it wasn’t. What they did to General Flynn is as bad or worse.

[@johndelorean2284]

These comments warm my heart.

[@luizalmeida9399]

Dmc deLorean de volta para o futuro

[@GrlLeastLikelyTo]

He seems like a very intelligent man... but I can't stop thinking about how he looks like Sam the Eagle from the Muppets.

[@zanemurcha2675]

People always forget that he did nearly send Chrysler down the drain.

[@Billkwando]

I've never seen Cavett display this level of hostility toward a guest (other than an asshole like Lester Maddox). Of course, I've only seen like less than 10 interviews of his, but he clearly doesn't like this guy and isn't shy about making it known, in his own polite way. I think he was actually nicer to Maddox, probably because he wasn't trying to paint himself as a nice guy/victim.

[@Wilantonjakov]

DeLorean showed absolute class in this interview. Calm and collected answers, I would like to know what a body language analyst thinks of this

[@gardensofthegods]

@@Wilantonjakov I think a lot of that body language stuff is nonsense and people have to stop thinking it is the gospel truth what the so-called experts say . People really need to pay attention to their own body language and then they will see how often the so-called experts are wrong about a lot of it

[@Frankincensedjb123]

I don't know why, but I read On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors. Delorean really made GM sound like a power grabbing loonie bin.

[@clarkkent3730]

GLORY TO GOD!

[@zhurhonji]

That’s one long collar…a good 5-6”!

[@thedoctor4949]

If I could ever say to him that Delorean Is back in the future .....

[@teegees]

DeLorean is one antifragile fellow

[@elitecombatfitnesscentral6170]

Cavett is-was a Beta individual and she was showing his feminine side.. Cavett never designed ground breaking car models,, he never broke out on his own, and he never built anything from scratch. He showed his feminine,envious side here, and DeLorean showed utmost composure.

[@jeshkam]

And he never accused Johnny Carson of smuggling drugs.

[@NorthernChev]

OK, let me stop him right here. At (15:36) he says he's never been arrested for anything, prior to this, in his entire life. Which is patently not true. He was arrested in college for running a "Yellow Pages" advertising scam, where he had people give him money for advertising that they thought was going to be printed in the Yellow Pages. He was caught, arrested, (he might have been fined) but was ultimately let go.

[@PaulMappud]

You don't see boots like that much these days... !

[@OWOT-re5jf]

He wore them in another interview years back. They're very cool.

[@Rob_Kates]

Why do many of the Cavett videos say "GIW" in the lower left corner?

[@pl5624]

I'd applaud john z for his moves at pontiac but after leaving GM he seemed to lose reality by trying to create his own flawed car...at everybody else's expense.his time had come and gone.great smooth talker and rather classy in his stature...john z is a legend nonetheless.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

At first, he thought it was "organized crime" that was messing with him. Was he wrong?

[@Rob_Kates]

I thought Cavett was a late night host. This was obviously shot during the day.

[@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we]

Too bad the dmc scandal was his legacy to a lot of ppl. I was born in '74. Til recently, all my family hasd ever driven was Pontiacs. He got frustrated w/GM I have a copy of "on a clear day......". Still need to read it. Always wondered what direction GM would have taken if he had been Pres for years, wasn't he VP? What he did with Pontiac in the 1960s is nothing short of amazing. Not everyone's a gearhead, but for those who are......its not just the GTO. Bunkie Knudsen hired him when Packard went belly up. The '95-ish History channel hour on Pontiac, Knudsen said "John was the best engineer I've ever known." He was brilliant in many ways. The early years of the Grand Prix are pointed to as great example of Pontiac styling the whole decade, they had everyone beat on styling, and had as much power as anything else. There was a year they won 49 of 53 NASCAR races. He wanted a 2 seater like the Corvette, the Banshee. GM said make an F-body version of the camaro. They made the better looking, faster, firebird. He insisted they build a high-performance, high revving Overhead cam 6 cylinder. No one else but Pontiac, did that til decades later; the Sprint version of the OHC-6 had a 4 bbl., high compression, could be had with a 4 speed,etc. They would rev 6500+ rpm. Nothing else back then, '66-'69 , did that. I've seen guys say, it has the performance of a small v8, while getting 24 mph. With all the brands available from GM, Ford motor Co., Chysler, AMC & all the others, there were several years in the '60s (maybe 70s too?) Pontiac was 3rd in sales of all automobile manufacturers. 3rd ! A lot of that was because of the years he was worked at Pontiac. I believe I've heard the 1969 grand prix was influenced by him a lot before he was moved to Chevy. The Grand Prix in 69 was a huge departure from the prior years, it was a hit. Could be wrong, but I believe the 68s & earlier were based on the full size cars. Pontiac made the 69 based on a stretched version of the A-body platform. He didn't just run the division, like a stuffy office bean-counter From what I've read in the past, he got elbow deep in stuff like this. The new design was such a hit, GM told the other divisions to do the same. The man should be remembered for his work at Pontiac in the 1960s, among other things at GM (he said he knew the Wankel rotary was a mistake, & Ed Cole wasted $2 billion). If you judge him for his successes, & not the DMC-12 or the fbi thing, he should be remembered as one of the all-around greatest automotive minds of all time.

[@rajesh8bibin]

is this general motors before you. December 2020

[@peterforden5917]

his car didnt sell--- that was why HMG didnt support him with cash.

[@wattage2007]

Thanks largely to a devastating whiteout in the US in the winter of 1981.

[@gussferretti9665]

John Delorean > elon musk

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like the other videos.

[@martin123abcd]

The reason anyone gives a stainless-steel crap about the DeLorean isn't because of how it drove, or how fast it went. It did neither very well. No, it was because of those beautifully angular time machine looks. But whatever happened to the dies used to stamp those sleek panels of the iconic gull-wing? Were they - as is the oft-repeated rumor - destroyed by the British government to keep anyone from re-creating the company? No. It turns out they're being used to anchor nets for the Bradan Mara Fish Farm in Ard's Bay up in Northern Ireland. Here's the real story. 30 years ago, when DeLorean died as a company - for cocaine trafficking, cruel conspiracy, mismanagement or whatever you want to believe - the automaker was forced into receivership. As part of the process, its assets were sold off. Those assets included the moulds and dies used to build the exterior panels of the car. But of course, no matter how sophisticated and cool the final product may have looked, few car companies seemed eager to get their hands on the technology behind stamping out obscenely heavy stainless steel body panels. So the stamping dies went to a scrap metal company - and then, as the folks at DMC News tell us: "the dies were purchased from Belfast... by a scrap metal company in Cork, Ireland." From there they were sold to a rather unlikely final owner - the high-tech salmon farming industry. It seems that only in their hands could they be used to maximum potential - holding salmon school nets to the bottom of the ocean floor. As Captain O'Donnell of the Severn Princess (Non sequitur: The Princess was primarily used as a car ferry and ran through the terminal that Bob Dylan is standing in front of in the promo shot for the Martin Scorsese film "No Direction Home." -Ed.), the ship that dropped the dies, said: I don't think the fish farm ever prospered, and there is no news of it today. And that's where all those beautiful moulds are, under the sea and quite lost for ever. What a waste. That company was, at the time, a subsidiary of the Irish tobacco manufacturer Carrolls. But chin up and look on the bright side. Salmon's a really tasty fish, and has never been saddled with an anemic V6 engine. (Thanks to DMCNews for the help!)

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Long live freedom and democratic socialism

[@MH-zg5yw]

in the 80s the Colombians didn't play around when it came to drug deals. If a person thinks they would have gone all Batman on them they would have been in for a big surprise.

[@cindyinnew]

Caveat is better than this. Not his finest hour

[@jeffreycoval4618]

Dick is a legend is a legend in his own mind. He really is overrated.

[@dvamateur]

Did Mr. DeLorean idolize Jay Leno's chin?

[@brendanbrown3100]

No mention of Colin Chapman and all that missing money?

[@StilettoCutsQuick.]

Dang he made a mistake. Shouldn’t define his life.

[@Billkwando]

Here's the hidden camera coke bust tape Cavett was referencing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZTFeqikq5yIpqs

[@yacoobr6295]

He invented the GTO

[@stinkyham9050]

The front page of your paper. My what?

[@jjojo2004]

Kind of makes you wonder-is the GOV really on your side? Things to make you go HMMMMMM…..🤔🤔🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@josephgodfrey8468]

He NEEDED to consult Doc Brown, take a fleet of his vehicles up to 88 mph, go Back to the Future, and fix the timeline..!

[@montestu5502]

DeLorean and now Flynn. Some things don’t seem to change.

[@frankbooth5490]

Interesting interview, terrible stagedesign.

[@veosar6652]

Famous worldwide only becouse that movie, you know movie🙂 BTF

[@simonpeter5032]

Dick cavett is probably the best talk show ever

[@krisscanlon4051]

In its purest journalistic sense I agree completely.

[@NxDoyle]

Your description says that DeLorean was "trialled". The word your intern was after is "tried".

[@watchingyou245]

Set up and cleared but forever besmirched

[@elcheapo9444]

*Why does the anchor remind me of Ted Bundy?!*

[@seanoleary1979]

...because he isn't simply an 'anchor.' Dick Cavett is one of the most wildly popular talk show hosts ever to grace the airwaves along with Johnny Carson, Steve Allen, Jack Par, David Letterman and Jay Leno.

[@elcheapo9444]

@@seanoleary1979 Is he Ted Bundy's dad?

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

I always thought baseball player Tom Glavine kinda looked like Bundy...lol

[@geneeverett33]

He was 100% set up.

[@hippyzilla]

Found myself far too focused on his eyebrows.

[@andrewmiraliotis6660]

Found me to focused on his collar.

[@thewatchman1078]

Cavett comes across like a lot of media types as a bit sneering condescending and smug. From the comfort of never taking a risk to start a car company just overpaid and overrated media personalities.

[@gardensofthegods]

Yeah I never saw an interview like this with Cavett where he showed so much outright contempt . It completely changed my opinion about Dick Cavett . He was petty and almost seemed jealous

[@UberLummox]

@17:36 did he call Dick Cavett "Dave"? I find it strange that a smart guy like him believes in farrie tales. Hope he beat the FBI criminals and GB. I was still under the impression he sold coke to better his business. And I'm a professional car guy. The truth never reaches the popular media jag-offs. Thanks for the education. Is Delorean still among the living???

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

So...as a kid I grew up in Northern Ireland, where DeLorean had his car plant. They rolled one of his cars up to our school and we were wheeled out to have a look. I was allowed to get into the car, and they closed the winged door. I was eight. I tried to open the door and couldn't work it out, I had a panic attack, claustrophobic kid. A teacher tried to open the door from the outside but couldn't. I was in tears bawling for my mum. They eventually got the thing open. Fucking nightmare. Thanks John D! And no one goes to mass 'every single morning other life'. Not even priests.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

@@beautyonabarnbudget Because they were made up the road in Belfast. The car plant was seen as a feather in Northern Ireland's cap I suppose. Maybe he did go to mass every day. He seems sincere.

[@tuforu4]

@@beautyonabarnbudget Northern ireland and religions..

[@poolboyinla]

Johnny Carson bought a De Lorean and he got trapped in it too.

[@cindysue5474]

@@poolboyinla Carson got arrested also driving it drunk.

[@Wilantonjakov]

@@poolboyinla really interesting to see you here! Are you a fan of the stainless steel beauties?