ATLANTA, Texas - A DeLorean from Hooks, Texas, stole the show Saturday during Atlanta's Hall-Miller Airport Fly-In.
The magic time-machine car of "Back to the Future" movie fame was a hit even with youngsters who likely knew little about 1985, when the movie was released, except the car.
"We know all about it. I want one," said one youth looking at Marc Reiter's DeLorean, a car he has owned and driven now for 30 years.
"It draws a crowd anywhere even at a car wash. 'Can I look at it? Can I sit in it?'" Marc said.
He also gets the two same questions every time.
"'Can I take a picture with it?' and 'Where's flux capacitor?'"
That last question is the funniest. It's the rectangular-shaped compartment that made time travel possible - the core component of the DeLorean used by the scientist Dr. Emmett Brown, sometimes with Marty McFly.
"I finally found one I could buy from Amazon. Here it is, in the backseat," Reiter said with a big smile.
His DeLorean is a 1981 model, which was near the company's last year of manufacture, 1983. Company creator and owner John DeLorean was more than 6 feet tall, and so the raised-winged doors were designed for tall people.
Reiner said the car is a pleasure to drive and comfortable on long trips. It has no power steering or cruise control, however. It is also a great marketing piece for his business in student travel.
"'I'm known as the DeLorean Man," he said.
The car fit in at the airport show - its motor purred on land, and its doors could be raised on a runway, giving a strong impression of the car's being ready to take off.