How a Man Built a Supercar Out of Fighter Jets

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  @the.squidd · 3 years ago · pinned

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  @ToddHaywardChicago · 3 years ago (edited)

  I got to ride in the original grey prototype, back in 1979, I was 10. I had just finished delivering my paper route, talking with my Dad out on the sidewalk in front of the house. This insane car comes down the street and rolls up to us, and stops. Crazy doors open, and this guy gets out and asks for directions. I tell him how to get where he&apos;s going, and he drives away. Later that day, I was with my friends and tell them about this car I saw, they all thought I was lying. That afternoon, we are out riding our bikes and we see the car at an auto boutique in the city, so we go and look at it. My friends are aghast, and the guy sees us and says, thanks for the directions kid. You wanna go for a ride? And so I went for a ride down Huntington Drive in the prototype Vector W2, with Jerry behind the wheel.

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  @SantiHRod · 3 years ago

  Jerry is the example of why you need people to tell you what NOT to do, such a visionary, but clearly so full of himself, that in the end, he was left all alone.

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  @Sam_artsy80 · 3 years ago

  Jerry was a very ambitious guy who knew what he wanted...the W8 remains as a testament to his legacy in auto history

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  @stevenclark7409 · 3 years ago

  The car that never quite existed for two decades. Then blazed out in an instant.

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  @apolloyon9000 · 3 years ago

  I love the way you tell stories and tell the history of cars and the people behind them!

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  @retromemories8522 · 3 years ago

  If it wasn&apos;t for a little game called Gran Turismo 2, I never would&apos;ve identified this insane-looking car I spotted in the Bay Area. The car company I really wanted to succeed.

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  @jonathangirier-dufournier7501 · 3 years ago

  I was watching this video thinking it was a weird looking Countach, then, my father walked behind me and saw what I was watching and immediately exclaimed (in french): &quot;WOOOWWW, the Vector, I definitely had a &nbsp;poster of it back when I was young. Son, this one&apos;s a classic!&quot;

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  @RetroFutureArts · 3 years ago

  Growing up in Europe in the 70&apos;s and 80&apos;s, Vector/Wiegert were absolutely at the top in my mind, even above Ferrari and Lambo, because they made the Battlestar Galactica with wheels and it was so out of this world it made European supercars look pedestrian in comparison.

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  @torygrima · 3 years ago

  Squidd Vid Brigade unite!!

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  @JohnSchoolingJr · 3 years ago

  I worked with Jerry personally in the early 00&apos;s and while i was aware of his deeper problems i really looked up to his vision and ambitions. I wish i could have had a better impact to help that vision come to light. Very patriotic.

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  @LP970PL · 3 years ago

  I had no idea this company even existed and made such radical cars. Thank you for yet another fantastic documentary.

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