[Stateside Twins' Eyeshot] Heroes in Desperation

1982 - John DeLorean's stainless steel sports car end production this year after the British Government says "NO" to more money. Argentina invades  the Falkland Islands, and The Pope (John Paul II) visits Britain for the first time since 1531. The demand for gasoline drops, resulting in Exxon closing 850 stations. Barney Clark receives the first artificial heart in a human, while Sly Stallone stars in the blockbuster "First Blood".

 
John DeLorean, chairman of DeLorean Motor Co., sits in one of the first stainless steel sports cars imported to the United States by his company in April 1981 in New York. Imported from Northern Ireland, where the auto plant is stationed, the car is the result of eight years of planning.