John Zachary DeLorean

This part of our website will soon be updated with a comprehensive history on John DeLorean, but for now, you can read an account of how club member John Dore met John DeLorean in August 1998.

 

My brother and I met John DeLorean at his farm in August, 1998. We were both very impressed with the man. He has been through a lot of legal crap since the collapse of the DeLorean Motor Comany, and his name and reputation has been destroyed by the press.

Even so, he remains a very friendly, approachable man. When I called him at his home around the end of July 1998, he didn't mind me calling him at all. To my surprise, when I asked if I could meet him when I would be in the New Jersey area, he said to call him again when I was in the area, and I could come up to his house!

Well, I did, and on August 2nd, my brother and I drove up the long driveway to his beautiful home. He came out to greet us, and then led us through his home to the back of his house. We had a really interesting conversation for about an hour - we talked about the North of Ireland and how the peace talks were progressing at that time. John was genuinely interested in this, and showed a lot of concern for the people involved in the conflict.

We spoke about the motor industry. One company in particular I remember discussing with him was Subaru, whom John said are their own worst enemy - they make great but very ugly cars.

He was a very easy guy to speak to, and we really enjoyed meeting him.

After about an hour, I got a photo taken with John, and he autographed some enlarged prints of a DeLorean. Click on the thumbnails below to see these photos.