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Back To The Future II: BMW, Completely Restored

Posted October 29, 2008 6:00 AM by CarDomain

I watched a bit of the second Back To The Future movie last night, and being a fan of the 80's, I have to say I love how totally awesome that era's imagining of "the future" really was. In the film's version of 2015, people still haven't figured out flatscreen TVs or gotten over kitted-up Ford Tempos—I love it. The '76 BMW 633 that villain Griff Tannen and his retro 80s-punk friends ride around in, though, is nothing short of impressive by any measure. And even more impressive is the fact that some guy has completely restored that car after buying it from another BTTF fan who had it squirreled away.

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10/30/2008 2:19 PM

I would rather have the train from #3 ...however the red and gray (modified)'89 probes aint to bad.

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10/30/2008 4:04 PM

Amen on the train - I'd rassle ya for that one!

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10/30/2008 5:40 PM

I'll stoke the boiler just for a ride around the solar system, and if it was ok I'd drop off 3 small telescopes around the system say each the size of a garbage can.

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