Finding an untouched classic with incredibly low mileage might be the closest any of us will ever get to time travel. That is unless you have a DeLorean, a friend named Doc, and a flux capacitor putting out 1.21 jigawatts. Well Jim O can proudly say he now has the first component in the time traveling equation. We will let him share the story of how he came across this super low mileage DeLorean DMC-12 below.

I got a call the day before yesterday from a friend who was helping her friend empty out her parent’s house getting it ready to put it on the market. While she was helping a plumber was called to do some work in the garage and he noticed the car under the cover and commented it must be a DeLorean. She’s not a car person but knew I was and called me right away and asked if I was interested in it as it was going to be sold. I happened to be in Daytona Beach FL on business and the car was in the St. Pete area. I had always wanted one and actually had been actively looking for one. I said I was interested and asked if I could come down to look at it. I drove from Daytona to Tampa last night, dealt with the awful Tampa rush hour traffic but it was worth it!!

The car had sat in the garage since the owner passed in 2001. As you can see, all four tires were flat and it had not been run in all those years. The amazing thing was that this one owner car had only clocked 2,100 miles!! The body is flawless and the undercarriage is totally rust free. It was just picked this afternoon about an hour ago and it being brought to a friend’s business for safe keeping till a transporter can bring it to me here in CT. You might remember me as the guy who bought the ’62 Corvette out of the barn in RI a couple of years ago. That Vette is gone to a new owner but this DeLorean isn’t going anywhere except into my collection!!

Obviously time travel isn’t possible… or is it? Was it a coincidence that Jim just happened to be in Florida at the exact time that his friend was clearing out the garage? Most likely, but that doesn’t mean we can’t dream of Doc Brown firing up the flux capacitor and altering events so that this incredibly low mileage car would fall right into Jim’s hands. We want to thank Jim for sharing his find with us and we hope he will keep us updated as he puts his new project back on the road!