LUGGAGE/SKI RACK AND SIDE STRIPE DEVELOPMENT
These Polaroid photos were provided by Leif Montin and were taken in early 1981 at the DMC offices in Irvine, California.
Made from tubular steel and painted in black enamel, the luggage rack is probably one of the most underrated of all DeLorean accessories. Stores flat in the trunk when not in use, with virtually invisible mounting points. While marketed as a luggage rack, interviews with DMC employees from the era indicate that its purpose was more a "flat rear tire carrier". The spare wheel well in the luggage compartment can hold a flat front wheel/tire but not a rear. If your luggage compartment is otherwise loaded and you have a passenger, the problem then becomes what you do with a flat rear tire. The luggage rack neatly answers this question by being a place to stow the flat rear tire.
DMC originally ordered 1,000 in 1981 from their supplier and records show that 849 had been received by DMC through 12/81. In February 1983, other records show that 291 were left in DMC’s inventory. The original supplier went out of business in the early 2000s.
Made from tubular steel and painted in black enamel, the luggage rack is probably one of the most underrated of all DeLorean accessories. Stores flat in the trunk when not in use, with virtually invisible mounting points. While marketed as a luggage rack, interviews with DMC employees from the era indicate that its purpose was more a "flat rear tire carrier". The spare wheel well in the luggage compartment can hold a flat front wheel/tire but not a rear. If your luggage compartment is otherwise loaded and you have a passenger, the problem then becomes what you do with a flat rear tire. The luggage rack neatly answers this question by being a place to stow the flat rear tire.
DMC originally ordered 1,000 in 1981 from their supplier and records show that 849 had been received by DMC through 12/81. In February 1983, other records show that 291 were left in DMC’s inventory. The original supplier went out of business in the early 2000s.