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Originally Posted by gtohurstjudge
Yes it was the 1997 convention in Denver......I was there for his presentation
and also got John Delorean and Smokey Yunick to sign the inside of my glovebox door on my GTO. The local chapter in Denver was selling a tape of his
talk right after the convention was over. I would contact them to see if there
is a copy they can send you. When Delorean walked into the room it was sort
of like Steve McQueen or John Wayne walking into the room.....all of the sudden
the Oxygen level in the room dropped by 50 percent. The best part of the talk was the Q and A after it was over. Somebody asked him about his relationship with Jim Wangers and all he would say about him was that yes he knew him
and he worked for Pontiac's ad agency....that was it! One of my friends spotted him having breakfast in the host hotel all by himself and with balls bigger than basketballs he sat down at the same table and had a conversation with him
for about 15 minutes. He stated that he was shocked by how nice all the Pontiacs were at the convention....he was
expecting to see a bunch of worn out, rusted out clapped out Pontiacs, not the flawless specimens on hand that were nicer than when they were brand new. One thing that was funny was that at the Q and A people had to submit
written questions on a piece of paper subject to screening before being handed to him. I assume this was to head
off any cocaine trafficking questions! He stated during his talk that Smokey Yunick had hounded him for quite some time to come to the convention, and he was reluctant to come, but stated he was having a good time and was glad he attended.
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I was at this show and can verify the above. I too have asked this question about the tape, but I've never heard one materialize. It was recorded, they had a camera on a tripod if I recall. I wonder if it was because of the way DeLorean sort of snubbed Wangers? I took it as he didn't really know who he was....at least it sounded like the relationship wasn't as Wangers portrayed it to be b/n the two. That always stuck out to me. Seeing him at that convention was so cool and unique. It sounded like he would be back to a future convention, but that never transpired. He did talk about an all ceramic engine he was working on development with a company in Japan iirc. Interested if the tape exists.