How Letty's 240SX Died A Gruesome Death

[@tallywhacker1]

The late 90's and the early 2000's were a great time to be alive.

[@andydhillon1977]

Definitely!

[@MSTWNTED05]

I wish I could've been there especially for the tuner scene !

[@ShenmueAtheist]

Amen

[@Gamertrix117]

Hell yes, I bought my dream car escort Cosworth took it to 530bhp and still own it till this day as so many others sold theirs and regretted it, I just kept mine thankfully.

[@Gnik4144]

@@MSTWNTED05the tuner scene was amazing. I miss the Nopi times

[@number3665]

I'd like to know how stupid that guy feels now knowing he junked Letty's 240SX back then and how much it means now.

[@Tieaga]

I'd like to see his face knowing he got a few hundred dollars on the scales vs today that a rolling shell would fetch him over $10k. I hate to see the car junked

[@User37123-l]

This man will film a 12 minute video and then 2 minutes in start talking about “after the break” bro we just started😭

[@Treaxvour]

First 2 mins wears me out, I needed that break. I could have used another, but I powered through

[@OverlandRealtor]

That scene where 3 out of the 4 cars pulling up to Toretto's were Nissans was what sold me on the brand at 16 years old.

[@Kev27RS]

Nice cars! Toyotas and Hondas are better cars though. More reliable! 😉

[@imvivalamilo]

I’ve been hooked on Volvos ever since one saved my dad’s life.

[@louiedelatorre1667]

@@Kev27RS cool cars>>>reliable cars

[@Kev27RS]

@@louiedelatorre1667 Yes & No…

[@extec101]

​@@imvivalamilo my parents had volvos 240 and 245 when i where a kid. Would love to own a 240 they start to get rair but pricy in the area im at.

[@Cwissmate]

“Its just a movie” i think its more than that it actually got millions of people into cars and changed everything about cars its legacy inspired thousands of projects and new ideas to come to light!!

[@DivertingAsh]

R.I.P. Hero 1 240SX :(

[@carlosrivas4504]

The reason why I own a s14 kouki now . I was 9 years old when I saw the first movie and fell in love with letty and her car .

[@princesssolace4337]

... and paid over price for it

[@LuisMBuildz]

Whomever bought the car KNOWING its the original movie car to strip it, its a certified scum bag. He couldve bought ANY other car.

[@joelirizarry4517]

Man…what I wouldn’t give for just one more Friday and Saturday night in the early 2000s😕

[@Tieaga]

You can say that again

[@Graver81-69]

When I graduated high school in 1999 I bought a 1991 240SX SE hatchback as a gift to myself, and in 2001 I found a white on black 1996 240SX at a stellar deal so I grabbed that up. I miss those cars man. I know everyone has regrets and letting those go are mine

[@Graver81-69]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin hell yeah!

[@supers0nic77]

I bought my first one in 2001 also graduated in 99 how about that

[@doug774]

The Schassis curse

[@Graver81-69]

@@supers0nic77 that’s pretty cool to me. What was your 240?

[@Qwepzy]

When Letty gets out of the car she almost pulls the face of the front of the s14 LOL

[@bmcshane80]

Havent seen ANY of them after Tokyo Drift, nor do I care too. Once the cars stopped being the Stars, i was OUT Saw FF1 5 times in the cinema at the time with my Car Club ALONE Was a great time

[@c4or2ey0]

I seriously hate what happened to the fast and furious. Went from car people racing and having a good ol time to only action like 007 and such. REST IN PEACE P.W. 🙏

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

flying into outer space too I think, waiting on the Star Wars franchise to take over

[@bryanstrader1740]

These videos on the F&F cars are content you couldn't dream of getting 20 years ago.

[@diamonddead8162]

Lettys Silvia was one of my favourites from the first film

[@Ryoneftw]

Wow that was tragic. Thanks for the info and cool video Craig!

[@G83tv]

I can’t thank God enough for giving the opportunity to grow up in the 80/90/00’s greatest two decades in history

[@extec101]

As rasta racer said "another one bites the dust"

[@SuperSaiyan-1000]

They went from speed and performance to complete call of duty, with the franchise.

[@Tieaga]

Man I miss forums. Most things similar on social media these days is toxic. Forums actually help and I still fix my cars with them today

[@supers0nic77]

In the ones I've been in, i had the opposite experience. Depends on which car groups though

[@Tieaga]

@@supers0nic77 What year were you looking at these forums? Because in the 2000's I remember everyone being helpful as long as you asked your question in the right thread and if you didn't then they'd share the link to put you in the correct thread where your question has already been answered

[@otek42o]

So weirdly nostalgic ! My eyes were watering the whole time I'm watching this video... FF1 had such an impact on my life..

[@vinewood8295]

Harry's Lightning & DiVera's Civic from part 1 remain my favorite vehicles from the franchise. Other cars from the movie show up at the Petersen Museum in L.A. from time to time...

[@UnderPsi5.0]

Furious garage In Florida have that truck as well. Follow their page they show all the cars and builds

[@j.g.1351]

Imagine re releasing the movie with all the correct engine/exhaust sounds 😮

[@StayZero556]

I know the later movies got away from the tuner culture but I’d love to know about the Hakosuka Skyline from Fast Five.

[@idontlikecops1]

Believe it was one of paul walkers personal cars from his AE garage collection

[@andydhillon1977]

Love these videos. SR20 swaps were pretty rare in the early 00's. I still remember seeing my first S13 SR-swapped video. It was a red hatch that was blowing away every car it raced. By Aug 2004 I bought my white S13 hatch for $750 with a barely running engine. Just an F.Y.I. it was Bimmerforums. BMW cars are called Bimmers. BMW motorcycles are Beamers.

[@andydhillon1977]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Not in the early 00's. Most were doing Honda swaps or modifying turbo cars from the factory, particularly the Eclipse.

[@andydhillon1977]

@@ACommenterOnKZbinWhere was this in the US?

[@andydhillon1977]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Just as I suspected. Either CA or FL. It was very rare outside of those two states at the time. The JDM importers setup shop in thode 2 states for obvious reasons. The red 240 I cited in my original post was from FL. I'm 46. I went through it from the beginning. Here in Maryland, they were very rare. SR swaps were pretty expensive, too, due to all the parts needed to get one running in the US chassis. Front clips were much more preferred. I joined 240SX-specific forums in early 2004 and distinctly remember how few of the members had SR swaps. Why? Because I needed to do a swap in my 240 because I bought it with a blown engine.

[@car_ventures]

5:28 the difference the color grade makes is wild

[@nickb9437]

I remember seeing car casting call posts coming up on the forum I was on I believe it was for 2 fast, Still on the forums these days you just can’t get all thy knowledge collected over the decades through face groups. I miss the ride of the month and year contests !

[@constantintimmermann9499]

YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Craig Lieberman.

[@CarlosMartinez-rx9vk]

I loved those dual 5 spoke wheels so much I got them for my 1991 passat in the early 2000s! That car looked so good and never even take a pic of it!

[@ben_spiller]

$6,400 in 2000 is just over $11,000 today.

[@Fusion710]

midnight club hoody gives bonus point

[@barredgrounddove]

This shows how undervalued the S-Chassis was back then.

[@kmena05]

watch Herbie Fully Loaded they had the VW Bug falling on an S13.

[@inspectadrift8478]

​@@kmena05you should watch the junkyard seen again and you will see the rolled 70 Charger from F&F 1 in the background.

[@RiceV6-12]

That s14 was so nice 😭

[@D4RKxHOR1ZoN]

I wish the world could go back to no Internet and stupid social media. Much better genuine times.

[@tylerkeleman8933]

You hit the nail on the head on why Iv lost interest in the movie 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@christophermartinez7402]

The filter in the original fast and furious it’s something I never thought before it really made it better

[@krillion6866]

even at just a car i never understood why so many people go the route of crushing them cause a lot of people would be looking for just a shell to build into what they want to build it too a lot of people will part cars out due to minimal rust. Its almost like some people just want to make sure there are less and less of them 20 years from now lol the only reasons our cool cars are getting rare is because people treat everything like shit and scrap so many good cars and chassis.

[@cjhawk67]

Nuts that someone would gut a car for no reason then scrap a perfectly good chassis regardless if it was "just a car" or a movie car. Here in the rust belt we hang onto fred flinstone rust buckets as long as we can lol

[@mjolnir3580]

What if in fast and furious x part 2, the pizza guy comes back as villain 😂💀

[@thatsjimmii]

The pizza guy is actually the director of the first movie too

[@mjolnir3580]

@@thatsjimmii Wow I didn't know that. Thanks for the info 👍

[@RadialSkid]

Weird that the hero car is gone now, but both stunt doubles survive.

[@B5S4SCHA]

Hey Craig, thank you for really putting so much effort into all this digging up you're doing. Any idea which super street magazine mentioned at 9:29 release this was? I've been searching on and off this this copy and just spent a few hours digging with no luck. Not sure if reaching out direct to them will help, but I will try anyways. Thanks you for giving out all this info!

[@craiglieberman]

DM me on my instagram. We'll talk

[@zachhoward9099]

Hey there, I can check but I want to say it’s the November ‘01 issue

[@brycemueller7330]

the 240 sounded like a 2jz because they new that engine was the future of s-chassis swaps

[@RamMan2016]

Great explanation at the end! It’s the greed of movie production companies why the fast movies are not about cars anymore. We diehard car enthusiasts are such a small group of viewers compared to the rest of the world. It doesn’t make as much money when it’s solely about the cars. So, sadly there will never be another movie strictly about cars.

[@ys987yy8]

A crime was committed to the 240sx hero 1.

[@nikobellic2515]

Thank you Craig!

[@craiglieberman]

My pleasure!

[@YoSuey]

I remember that iteration from a super street issue. Man what a time capsule. 9:25

[@chikokishi7030]

i really hate that old cars are just scrapped and killed for no reason other than they arnt new .. they are also not replaceable.

[@theripefruit4343]

love the midnight club hoodie 😊

[@StaredownGames]

It's a shame that Midnight Club was absorbed into GTA. I liked it's style!

[@WigglingWaffles]

sold to be a parts car and tossed in the yard that shit is so sad

[@snakeNP215]

I bought the letti hero car from the junkyard after it was crushed, i am in the process of uncrushing it

[@droman608]

Document process here.

[@nomadyesjoy]

🧢

[@trashyspeeds266]

Proof. Give us a video

[@BigDaddyStev-O]

i had a bright yellow slammed square body s10 with 18s that i drove back in high school. my s10 minitruck was a gift from my grandmother back in 2003 i still had until this past May when it and my fox body were both stolen and sold to a junkyard. my s10 was crushed before i could stop them and they were trying to sell my mustang. i had the s10 for 20 years and the mustang was one of my dream cars i got it in 2009 so, i had it about 15 years. i know the owner did it to the movie car, but to have someone steal mine and sell it and it be crushed is a whole nother type of pain.

[@justindurand9110]

I wonder if the 240 shell had been wrecked or had some hidden damage or something. Hard to imagine someone crushing a good shell for no reason, movie car or not.

[@ClumsyCars]

happens all the time. These cars don't mean anything to a lot of people.

[@---eo2vt]

@@ClumsyCars agreed my neighbor had a sweet sti hawkeye shell that just got cut up and sent to the junker

[@justindurand9110]

It happens sometimes, sure, but not all the time. Most people that have a car like this know what it is and aren't going to crush it unless there's a good reason too. Especially am enthusiast who already stripped all the good parts off the car.

[@TheTruthBeToId]

Damn shame about that car getting crushed. Smh.

[@TheTruthisLord]

Lettys car is so underrated compared to the supra and rx7. the body kit and color was perfect for Letty

[@NFS4LFE]

That’s 2 Nissans lost to the crusher :(

[@RealRabbit1124]

That bullet proof F1 car would be pretty sweet to have tho. James Bond-esq or not. But if I could have any of the fast cars, it’d be Mia’s black NSX.

[@Typicalpnwguy]

I've always loved the color. It popped so well in the movie.

[@andydhillon1977]

I agree. The silver doesnt look good.

[@julianosorio7905]

Hi, Craig. I really enjoy your videos, especially the ones where you talk about the vehicles from The Fast and the Furious 1, because for me, it was the best movie of them all. I find it amazing that you talk about all the vehicles in this movie. I’d also love it if you could tell us something about the motorcycles featured in this movie (The Fast and the Furious 1). I’d like to know more about these motorcycles, for example, the sport bikes used to intercept the Mitsubishi Eclipse, and the enduro bikes that are used in the chase scene with the Toyota Supra at the end of the movie. It would be incredible to know if you were involved in this process in any way. And anything related to these motorcycles would be great. Your videos are awesome. Keep making more content like this. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia.

[@ANGELX55studios]

i watch your channel all the time and people swear they know what they're talking about when fast and the furious comes up lol this channel is bad ass man keep it up

[@dredynapietachweza]

That's sad, R33 Leona and 240sx Lettys were smashed :-( On these days you could sell them for Giant amount od money

[@jamesstoops4018]

The S14 Kouki has been in my top ten since 97'

[@khandkerhasan8456]

That shell now is at least 5k

[@shanelefever7704]

Yeah after fast 4 it was never about the car scene it just became an action franchise the first 3 were my favorite because it was more involved with the car scene and that's why I liked fast and the furious but too bad it's about the money not the race scene

[@siniestro0239]

That car would've sold for 6 figures now days, the guy who took it apart 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@slr7075]

Back when F&F wasn't a Mopar commercial.

[@KarlScaleModeling]

Another great episode Craig, thanks for sharing this information to us F&F fans ☺️ too bad the actual hero car is now dead. I remember noticing that during race wars there was also a 'seats mistake' where at the beginning Letty's 240 has bucket seats while before the race it's stock seats!! Glad the other two 240s still exist too 👍🏼👍🏼

[@WaterfallJoe]

Back in 2016 I was a senior in high school and I was falling in love with JDM cars. I found a guy who had an SR20DET swapped Zenki with a Kouki front swap. He was asking $6500 and I was a broke high school student so I borrowed some from my mom and traded my Oldsmobile 😂 I no longer own that car and I've been looking on marketplace and a similar car goes for $20k now. Insane how the JDM market has inflated so much

[@mikeclassing5263]

Not a big car guy especially tuner cars but this is a shame .

[@77chevy4x4]

Awesome job Craig !

[@CRXPhil]

The seats in the 240 change during the race wars scene

[@firstworldproblems6064]

that car would've been worth something. why strip all the parts. maybe it was in a crash idk

[@JohanGavieres]

The blitz 03 😍

[@BS_Auto_and_other_BS]

Shout out to the Midnight Club shirt

[@barrybaughman2879]

Another great video. I enjoy all the stories from these cars.

[@popomomo12]

I guess it was "too large" for the adrenaline rush 😢

[@matthew_natividad]

That’s a real shame

[@ryanmedows6072]

Dude who parted out the car played himself...

[@majesticbeard868]

I have to know more about the 81 Isuzu I-Mark. My first car was an 86 I-Mark

[@marleyboy7732]

Didnt think Letty was too hot till the photos like this at 6:24 & 7:40 (front of the car). Have mercy! She was beautiful in that shoot.

[@userjarabecko]

And that magenta filter was such a vibe maan talkin about this movie brings me back to the better times of my childhood and i just start to cry

[@jeremyhare9515]

Crushed a kouki? What a rere they're worth so much now lmao

[@MichealDeAngelo]

Craig, your hoodie that's you're wearing, is that the same Midnight Club from the video game back in 2000?

[@TheIamdevin]

Are you referring to the game the civic racer was playing before the race in the first movie?if so that was gran turismo

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

The midnight club was a real japanese racing club that the game was based on.

[@craiglieberman]

I got it from the Midnight CLub guys when I was in Belgium a few months ago.

[@NightsN2dr3ams]

Sick @@craiglieberman

[@YoSuey]

Imagine if it wasn't easier to blow a sr than to boil water, that S14 would still be with us whole.

[@StaredownGames]

So true, I remember a friend got dumped by his girl, got in his NICE example, smashed the gas pedal down and grenaded the engine before he even got to the stop sign. MAYBE a quarter mile.

[@Everyday_lifestyle]

It’s just any car, it’s a 240! Not just any 240 the Mona Lisa of the car world!

[@PanameraTurboSEHybrid]

Would've loved to hear Letty's nissan and that Rasta's RX7 raw engine/exhuast sound in race wars.

[@chaydium2535]

One of the few cars that actually looked better in the movie.

[@jasonlemuel5078]

Its really weird for the guys just junk the car he knew its one of the relic from great f&f eras yet just decide to scrap it rather than thinking its a great memory cause its from a great era

[@kavinskysmith4094]

well it was just a 240 ZX used in a movie, that could be used elsewhere, and it begs the question of what did the parts end up in

[@sstephiL]

Awesome Sweatshirt, Craig!

[@Alaskan.Crippler.Nation]

I'm so glad Gabe is restoring the movie cars.

[@jacobasuncion3132]

Ngl imo Letty’s 240 had the best wheel choice and wheel Fitment 🔥

[@Alaskan.Crippler.Nation]

@@jacobasuncion3132 facts. I also love the heist civic wheels too

[@jacobasuncion3132]

@@Alaskan.Crippler.Nation same

[@DareToBeDeviant]

Craig, is there anywhere to acquire/pay for production stills from the movie(s)? I've seen them in your videos and littered around the Internet for near 15 years. A lot of them are genuinely neat and frame-on-wall worthy. As an art collector, car enthusiast, and photographer of 27 years I was curious so any and all info would be appreciated. Uploads other than yours (e.g, online print stores or Pinterest) have really sh!tty pixelated ones I wouldn't bother with.

[@anthonymcginnis1253]

I just want Leon's R33 :(

[@sidewaysshoguns443]

Leon should make a comeback! With an R33!

[@juanpabloflores8179]

It was destroyed too.😢

[@Gocrybozo]

I miss when KZbinrs didn't have a good portion of their video as ads

[@craiglieberman]

KZbin is getting is silly with the ads.

[@skylined5534]

​@@craiglieberman I think he's moaning about your sponsorship section. Personally I don't mind it as if it helps good content to still come to us for free!

[@tonykane8866]

Last I knew that some of the fast cars . We're just rotting as a display at universal them park

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

sad what happened to the original 240sx

[@OscarGonzalez-ix7dj]

its sad how fast furious was a bomb ass movie then 2 fast 2 furious was ok then i saw tokyo drift n i was like i dont like where there going with this lol i stop watching after tokyo drift but i saw 7 years ago i dont like them only 1 n 2 were good to me but 1 was by far the best n its sad how these cars we seen in movies that made us happy receive the treatment they r getting they should b in a museum somewhere

[@robertaBooey69]

Considering 240sx never came to the USA with no more than 155 hp the rx7 would smoke it. We got the truck motor because of emissions from sr20det was to high same with skylines.

[@matthew_natividad]

Where’d you get your sweater Craig?

[@craiglieberman]

It was a gift when I was in Belgium for a car show

[@spencertaylorcrowe]

No I'm pretty sure the junkyard still has it or whoever owns that junkyard owns it and has it tucked away somewhere. Or maybe that's just me wishfully thinking

[@StaredownGames]

If you could have any car from the franchise, what do you take home? Mine is Letty's Barracuda.

[@craiglieberman]

The Ben Sopra R35 GTR

[@StaredownGames]

@@craiglieberman Solid choice! My dream project car is a R35 drivetrain swapped into a Ford Ranger for some reason. I've asked all the big KZbinrs, no bites. I think it'd be a wicked little truck! lol

[@RicardoSanchez-un3ix]

Why would someone do that to the hero car 🤦🏻

[@DJJASONPRODUCER]

girl friend told him to junk it

[@jacobf1505]

Do u have any stories on the SVT Lightning? From the first movie