It’s back to where it all began at the DeLorean Eurofest

“Back to the Future” fans were thrilled to see the original, painstakingly restored DeLorean DMC-12 “A” movie car unveiled last month at the Petersen Automotive Museum, but now owner/drivers and petrolheads can go back to where it all began.

Fans from 19 countries are flying into Belfast, Northern Ireland-– the city where the original the gull-winged cars were built 35 years ago--for the once-every-five-years DeLorean Eurofest. It runs May 26-29 this year.

Events include a tour and visit to the original factory where, thanks to chainsaws triumphing over brush, owners can drive their stainless steel four-wheelers around the original “Proving” test track.

There are speeches, screenings, a meet-and-greet with former employees, plenty of souvenirs to buy and historic documents to pore over, and of course the streets will be thronged with the iconic time machines.

German DeLorean drivers are finishing a worldwide tour, and a convoy of 75 DeLoreans will try not to hit 88mph as they make for Titanic Belfast attraction and the dockside shipyard, where they’ll be lining up for an Instagram moment.

Many of the 6,000 or so DeLoreans remaining from the original 9,000 or so that came off the factory line ended up in California, which is home to the Delorean Owners Assn. The Belfast plant was open only about a year.

With “Back to the Future” Day just in the rearview, association President Ronald Ferguson noted that “This will be one of the best celebrations of the car ever held.”

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