Local time travelers show off 'Back to the Future' DeLorean

ANNA HANSEN
Nov 8, 2025
Nov 8, 2025 Updated Nov 8, 2025

Steve Concotelli, showing the interior, was part of the restoration effort on the original film car for Universal Studios in 2011.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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ANNA HANSEN

Early in the pandemic, many people longed for a return to normal, a trip back in time to the days before the world felt like a petri dish.

Steve Concotelli, left, and Kevin Thomas display the DeLorean they restored as a replica of the one from the movie “Back to the Future,” with props stored under the front hood of the car, outside the Overture Center on Friday.
AMBER ARNOLD photos, STATE JOURNAL

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The features inside the replica are modeled after the time-traveling DeLorean from “Back to the Future.” The buttons and levers work, down to the flux capacitor.
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Passersby get a look Friday at the DeLorean, restored by Steve Concotelli and Kevin Thomas, outside the Overture Center on State Street.
AMBER ARNOLD PHOTOS, STATE JOURNAL

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“It’s like seeing your fave celebrity on the street,” says Kevin Thomas.
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