I guess that's what happens when the driver isn't smart enough to simply turn the ignition off and/or put the frikken trans in neutral...:thumbsdown:

$300k and no one made absolutely certain the throttle was clear and free ? I hear this from guys around here that build a car they can't handle and then when they crash it "the throttle stuck"....sure...OK...maybe.
Call me a cynic, but in my book there is only 1 reason for this to happen.

Driver error.

So, does anyone know what happened to this treasure trove ? Did he sell off most of them right away ? Are they still around ?

Be pretty darn cool to bring them all together again, if possible.

The entire crash is on video from multiple camera angles inside and outside the car. They were doing a video feature on the car. Driver and passenger were badly injured, only wearing the lap sections of five point harnesses. Passenger face planted the steel dash at 45 mph. Driver locked his arms on the steering wheel and they broke at the elbows and bent backwards. (all on film). Passenger was the producer of the video and he even interviewed the car owner/driver about the obsolete brakes. The driver even discussed having to ride the brakes to keep it slowed down due it idling at 2000 rpm. So the tiny brakes faded to zero and they rear ended an occupied minivan at 45 mph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oO2...el=AutotopiaLA

You really can't fix stupid.

I would say yes! Mine is green, green interior, black vinyl roof!
Buddy

I hear ya, Steve, but at some point the driver SHOULD have realized he was out of control and shut the thing down. Screw the film, if that was preventing him from using common sense. I'm sorry they got hurt and I'm betting he sees the situation differently now. A person needs to think differently in an emergency situation. Hindsight is always 20/20.
I stand by my driver error, big time, in this case. He had plenty of time to prevent this.

----Paint the stripes light green and the car can be quadruple green!!!.....Bill S

I just finished a Forest Green with std green interior 70Z about this time last year. I love the color, but before I added the white stripes, all I could think was "that's a whole lotta green!"