Wait, the “Back to the Future” Time Machine was supposed to be what!? 🥶⏰

The DeLorean was not the director’s first choice for the time machine in “Back to the Future”—he didn’t even want it to be a car! The first draft of the film described the machine as a fridge that Marty climbed inside before it was strapped into the back of a pickup truck and driven toward an energy-dense nuclear explosion at a Nevada test site. Producer Steven Spielberg worried kids would want to act like Marty and lock themselves in their fridges, so he ordered a rewrite. Sponsor Ford suggested the time machine be a then-new Mustang, even offering the production $38,000 for the placement. No dice, though—director Robert Zemeckis passionately insisted that it was specifically not a new Mustang. #backtothefuture #delorean #fordmustang #carhistory #NicholasMaronese #drivingca #automotivetrivia