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OutaTime: Cars on the Mall

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1980s movies fans have a reason to head to the National Mall in the next few days. A company that specializes in insuring collectible cars is showcasing four cars from the National Historic Vehicle Register

The first car to be displayed is the 1981 De Lorean DC-12, more popularly known as just Delorean. The car was a commercial and economic failure, but lives on in popular culture due to its starring role in 1985's Back to the Future and its two sequel films. 

If you'd like to see the Delorean specifically, you have until September 9 (Thursday). The display will move on to three other cars in the coming weeks: the 1970 Dodge "Qualls" Challenger, a 1921 Straight Eight "Castle Duesenberg," and the 1979 Lamborghini Countach from Cannonball Run.

I'm not a huge car person, but I am a huge 80s person, so seeing this weird and unexpected display on the Mall was a fun surprise. The display is located on the National Mall between 4th and 7th Streets NW (and b/t the National Gallery of Art and National Air and Space Museum. 

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