How to trash a few Vipers in minutes
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72Fury
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Look at his other video for the second Viper.
patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
The cars were on loan to a local vo-tech school by Chrysler as they could NOT be used for road use, sold off, or registered or titled by anyone. Chrysler took back all of the Vipers around the US on loan to schools and destroyed them all, supposedly as a result of a vo-tech student stealing a Viper somewhere and killing himself in an accident in a loaner Viper.
Wanna see the Chrysler Turbine cars get crushed in 1965???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc6QJHn6anU
Wanna see the Chrysler Turbine cars get crushed in 1965???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc6QJHn6anU
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Chrysler loaned out Vipers?
I missed the boat on that one.
I missed the boat on that one.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
NO. I'm choking on my coffee, this is unbearable to watch.
Mr C
Senior Member
Just as bad as the scrap yard full of Christines after the movie was made.
I had to quit the video. Too hard for me to watch.
Wildaugust
Senior Member
I watched the first one. That was more than enough for me. 
patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
The '63 Turbine cars were crushed because the cars themselves were built by Ghia in Italy. Chrysler refused to pay the taxes and import duties on the 51 cars when that became due, so 45 were crushed so Chrysler could avoid the payment. The engines and transmissions were built in the US, so that is why you see so many in the video without them, as Chrysler owned them and were not subject to import duties. Three running cars exist - one is in Jay Leno's collection, one at the St. Louis Automobile Museum, and one at Chrysler HQ in Auburn Hills, MI. Several engines are in various displays around the US.
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patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
Yes. The reason these cars were loaned to various automotive schools around the country is that most were damaged in transit to dealerships, and were considered unsellable, for whatever reasons. They were loaned to schools ONLY on the condition that once a school was done with one, they were obligated to completely destroy the car (as seen in the videos), or give the car back to Chrysler for destruction. Once these cars were donated to various schools, NONE of them could ever be legally registered, titled, or driven on public roads, ever!
The automakers regularly donate brand new, damaged cars, trucks and SUVs of all kinds to schools for practice, body work, etc, under the very same provisions.
Mr C
Senior Member
I thought Leno got the one from Chrysler after the collection was largely sold off in the 2008 financial crisis...
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
What a huge waste! Another example of bureaucracy out of control. There should have been a way to auction them for charity rather than wrecking them.
I've seen other cars donated to Votechs. In the 70's, I saw that GM had given some brand new cars that were caught in a flood to one of the local Votechs. They were taken apart completely.
Once a car is damaged before it's sold, it's more economical to write it off instead of repairing it. Once it's repaired, the car has to be sold as "damaged" and there is no market or profit to be made. There's all sorts of liability issues with the repair etc.... It's a headache for the car companies no matter what.
Once a car is damaged before it's sold, it's more economical to write it off instead of repairing it. Once it's repaired, the car has to be sold as "damaged" and there is no market or profit to be made. There's all sorts of liability issues with the repair etc.... It's a headache for the car companies no matter what.
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