Well, it worked! In 2019 the “car” was put up for auction and sold to a very big BTTF collector, Bill and Patrick Shea. After many phone calls and days of going back and forth with PH execs….he was successful and the remains were found! That information was passed along to Joe Walser and Bob Gale with the hopes of having the car sold or brought out for public viewing. In 2018 Jason from Back to the Future HQ contacted Planet Hollywood and set out to find the remains. After that, many believed the car was either sold, put into storage, or was outright demolished. That car hung on the ceiling of Planet Hollywood Hawaii until it closed in 2010. The actual "B" car's body panels were put together and sold to Planet Hollywood where one of the Part 3 hood boxes was mounted to it as dressing. Many original screen used "B" car props can be seen on several of his official replicas.
Ohrberg built several DeLorean time machines and used the "B" car wreckage to build his fleet of cars.
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Movie car customizer Jay Ohrberg was contracted by Universal Studios to tour Back to the Future vehicles to promote the sequels and the Ride. As you will remember, it was obliterated at the end of Part III. In the end of BTTF, you’ll remember the car was hit by the train and destroyed! It was a real car, fully customized but was designated as the stunt car with special riggings for the fire trail effects. This car has a rather interesting backstory. That they did! The car is now on permanent display at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. Hard to believe, I know! Thankfully, in 2011, Writer/Producer of BTTF Bob Gale recruited a team led up by Joe Walser to restore the car to museum quality. Over the years, the car was in pretty bad shape, with visitors just taking parts off the car and walking off with them.
After that, the car was put out to pasture so to speak, as it was positioned beside several other BTTF cars so that visitors on the Universal Tour could see them. They used it for promotional purposes such as “Secrets of Back to the Future Trilogy”, Earth Day Special, Back to the Future THE RIDE footage, and the Back to the Future Cartoon Series. After filming was over, Universal Studios kept the “A” car around at their Hollywood location. This was the main car used for filming and the car you are most used to seeing on film. A few of those “cars” are still in existence today! Six DeLorean chassis were used during the production, along with one manufactured out of fiberglass for scenes where a full-size DeLorean was needed to "fly" on-screen.