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Man creates time machine

A man from Wiltshire has built himself a time machine - just like the one in the hit Michael J Fox movie.

Martin Fillery spent £10,000 turning a clapped-out DeLorean DMC-12 into a copy of the motor in the 1985 film.

It even has a "flux capacitor", time circuit gauges and atmospheric smoke vents like Marty McFly's machine reports The Sun.

Martin, 33, said: "I loved the film so much when I was younger. None of my mates believed me when I said I'd have a DeLorean one day - but I proved them wrong."

He bought the 2.8-litre stainless steel beast with trademark gullwing doors for £12,000 from the US six months ago.

Then he scoured auction site eBay for more than 100 parts to make the machine.

Musician Martin, of Westbury said: "I got a flux capacitor for £300 which looks exactly like the one in the film.

"Unfortunately, it doesn't make time travel possible but I love driving it around and seeing people's reactions."

He is now selling the 120mph car for £19,995 to fund a TV show about cars in classic films.

He said: "It's a wrench but it was never about the money."

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