Friday, August 02, 2019

Hold on... what? Dominoes used Deloreans? I haven't even heard of one painted white, much less one painted in ANY company colors or symbols Thanks Jim!


https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/1820223358124272/
https://www.motor1.com/news/78484/hungry-for-nostalgia-the-dominos-pizza-delorean-is-for-sale

It was a PR tool for Domino’s in the ‘80s, then the guy who owned Dominoes (founder Tom Monaghan) put it in his private car museum (244 cars) before the Delorean was auctioned off in 1992, and then it went through some owners before being purchased by the current seller in 2002 and was in Arkansas until another sale in 2016

 There are about 8200 miles on the odometer.


Jim G emailed me the following info:

In 1972, Domino’s used late model 1965-69 Corvairs to deliver Pizza.

These cars were put together by Modified Sports Cars of Ann Arbor, Mich. The business was owned by Dave and Steve, two motor heads who both owned ’65-69 Corvair coupes, who convinced Domino’s the ’65-69 Corvair was ideal for them because as unwanted and out of production used cars.

They were cheap to buy and the 80-110hp air-cooled engine with the Powerglide trans was almost bullet proof and easy on gas. The back seats were filled with a custom built, insulated aluminum box with lid to keep the pizzas warm. The driver’s loved them and Domino’s was quite happy too. They were painted white.

 Dave and Steve both owned ’65-’66 Corvairs highly modified for street and track racing. Dave had an Engineering Degree and a Penske blue with yellow trim 1965 Corvair Corsa with twin turbo set-up and much modified suspension for racing. Steve had a dark blue ’66 Corsa with a Mid-Engine Z-28 302 with glorious white headers that curled up and out the back like race cars of the day.

It was great to look over my shoulder and watch the fully independent suspension work! What great rides they were. And the white Dominio’s Corvair Pizza cars made a great impression on the Ann Arbor college campus delivering those Pizzas!

3 comments:

  1. Might explain why your Pizza back in 1982 was cold and late. Not sure what a Delorean in Domino's livery says to the consumer, other than Tom Monaghan was a car guy. From what I read it was bought off of the showroom floor and sent to the paint shop for this ad campaign, used a few times to film it delivering Pizza and then put in Monaghan's private museum until he went bankrupt and it was sold. It was put up for sale in 2016, but no word if anyone bought it. They could have had a pretty good product placement opportunity with the Back to the Future movie franchise.

    ReplyDelete
  2. More here: https://www.motor1.com/news/78484/hungry-for-nostalgia-the-dominos-pizza-delorean-is-for-sale/

    And here: https://autoquid.com/car-detail/delorean/DeLorean-DMC-12-TPS-THE-PIZZA-SPECIAL-FOR-SALE_182160370162.html

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks! I'll add that info to the post! Much appreciated!

      Delete