If anyone happened to record this, or can get a copy, I (and many
others, no doubt!) would be interested in getting a copy. Obviously,
someone owns that car, and we should find out who that is for the BI
archives (and to make sure that they ARE a member!).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.G.Schiro [SMTP:gschiro@qsky.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 1997 12:20 PM
> To: bricklin@autox.team.net
> Subject: (no subject)
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> We appear to be down to 1499 Bricklins. On Saturday 12/13/97 on a
> program that I believe is called the " New Team Night Riders" the bad
> guys had a futeristic water powered car called the Hydro 2000. The
> car
> was, you guessed it, a blue Bricklin with horizontal white stripes on
> the hood. The car looked very good. I didn't see the whole episode as
> my son came running in saying he saw a Bricklin on the TV.
>
> During the obligatory chase scene there were several fender scrapes
> between the Bricklin and and pursuing Ford Explorer. The Bricklin
> driver appeard to be shifting which suggests it might haved been a "74
> manual. At the penultimate scene, the good guy leaps on the
> Bricklin's
> roof and manages to pour some material into the gas tank ( right!)
> that
> causes the Bricklin Hydro 2000 to explode! I sure hope the exploded
> car was a mock-up as it would have been an awful waste. At least
> Bricklin's are alive and well in Hollywood.
>
> George Schiro
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