Will Universal Orlando ever restore the Screen Used Oxnard Delorean? Short Answer, not any time soon!

As many of you may know, or may not know, the screen-used Oxnard car at Universal Orlando was put into storage in March of 2020 and was replaced with a Replica car. Many fans around the world have wondered what will become of the screen-used car. Will it be sold? Will it be restored? In 2019 I created a petition to get the car restored, which gained 500+ signatures, and was cool to see people interested in the idea. Having seen the screen used A car restored, many fans have long thought about another idea of restoring the Oxnard car. If you don’t know, that car is in BAD shape! The frame is nearly rusted off the car and you can literally put your finger straight through certain parts of the car, it’s VERY BAD! To Universals credit, they have updated the car throughout the years to keep the appearance of the car intact. But sadly, that Florida sun takes its toll on whatever it hits, certainly not Universals fault! There is now another petition going around the interwebs asking for more signatures to get the car restored.

Will it happen? No. And here is why. Universal has no benefit to having the Oxnard car restored in Orlando. It would certainly cost them $200-300k for that restoration, as it would need a new frame, for starters. Every inch of that car would need to be restored, as there is a good amount of mold in the car. Universal would not see any ROI on that restoration. Most people don’t know the difference between the replica they now have on display from the original screen used car. They simply don’t care, as it’s a quick photo op for them. Universal has no reason to restore the car, as that is a sunken cost for them. How would they recover the money? They simply wouldn’t. Now, they could turn around and sell the car for a LOT of money, but I’ve not heard they are willing to do that. My sources tell me the car still remains in storage and will remain there indefinitely. Would I like to see it restored? HELL YES. Will it happen…. Likely not ANY time soon! We’ll keep you posted if that changes.