Retro-modern cars from the 2000s are so quirky that people still remember them. They weren’t any good, hence their untimely disappearance, but they sure attracted the attention of everyone.
Sometime between 11 and 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night, there was a two-vehicle crash involving a SWZ (Smart Work Zone) crash truck on I-64 westbound at the 284.5 mile marker right around the Norfolk/Virginia Beach line.
Custom PT Cruiser with a 392 ci Hemi V8
Chrysler built the PT Cruiser with an inline-four and FWD drivetrain. However former Chrysler employee Dan Baker set out to change that with his 2002 PT Cruiser. Dan explained to Gear Head Tour that he started the project in 2004 and took 12 years to complete. Under the hood sits a 392 ci (6.4 L) Hemi V8 making 650 horsepower mated to an automatic transmission. The car rides on a custom tubular chassis with a Corvette C5 front suspension and C4 rear suspension with a Dana 44 rear end.
could lift the car. one gentleman said, ma am, we can t lift this car. and then another guy in the background said, get the car. and they lifted the car and then someone helped pull me from the car to the side of the road there. and at that point, i looked to my left and i saw a gentleman lying at the corner. and i asked, what happened to him? tegtmeyer lies a few feet away. he didn t look good. he was a kind of smoky gray. his lips, his skin, everything. he looked serene. he wasn t moving. and sure enough, the ambulance was there right away. when they went over to scott, they thought he was dead, so they covered him up and went to the other two ladies. neither betty haislip, who was driving the pt cruiser, nor hughey, have any injuries. i think i ended up with about 66 stitches all over between my legs, my hands and my face. the internal bleeding was a bit