On this day: man makes replica of Back to the Future DeLorean
Mike Hutchinson, aged 37 at the time of reporting, spent around £20,000 and two years turning his car into a replica of the DeLorean used by Marty McFly in the 1985 film Back to the Future.
The finished article included castings from the original car (in Universal Studios in Hollywood), and "time circuits" enabling people to be "transported" back to their birthdate.
Mr Hutchinson, at the time a mortgage and protection adviser for a Bingley firm, said: "The film is a real passion for me.
"I was seven when it came out.
"I have seen the film hundreds of times and know it off by heart.
"It has always been a big film, and this year [2015] marks the 30th anniversary since the original one came out.
"It has not been a cheap car.
"I needed to get quite a lot of parts.
"I would research them for four or five hours each night.
"It took up hundreds of hours.
"A lot of them were vintage aircraft parts, they were all weird and wonderful parts.
"There were quite a lot of them.
"There are only about four converted DeLoreans in the country.
"The other three are in the south - mine is the furthest north.
"I would call myself a car lover.
"I'm not going to sell the car, it would take a lot of money for me to even think about it.
"It's going across the country.
"My family love it.
"My dad helped with the work on it too.
"I had it for about six months before I decided to convert it.
"I have not drilled any holes in the car so that the whole thing can be put back to a stock DeLorean car within an hour."
Mr Hutchinson planned to showcase the car at science fiction events across the UK, including the upcoming 2015 Bradford Classic Car Show.
The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car, manufactured by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the US market from 1981 to 1983.
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