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!

[@ESTXX00001]

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]

@@ESTXX00001the 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

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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

[@copaxan]

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

[@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

[@DivertingAsh]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Graves-81_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

[@Graves-81_69]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin hell yeah!

[@supers0nic77]

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

[@doug774]

The Schassis curse

[@Graves-81_69]

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

[@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

[@Qwepzy]

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

[@Ryoneftw]

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

[@extec101]

As rasta racer said "another one bites the dust"

[@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

[@otek42o]

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

[@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

[@SuperSaiyan-1000]

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

[@keremysmith6866]

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.

[@car_ventures]

5:28 the difference the color grade makes is wild

[@tylerkeleman8933]

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

[@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

[@constantintimmermann9499]

YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Craig Lieberman.

[@christophermartinez7402]

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

[@Camarov6]

That s14 was so nice 😭

[@RadialSkid]

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

[@Fusion710]

midnight club hoody gives bonus point

[@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.

[@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

[@nikobellic2515]

Thank you Craig!

[@craiglieberman]

My pleasure!

[@theripefruit4343]

love the midnight club hoodie 😊

[@StaredownGames]

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

[@Typicalpnwguy]

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

[@andydhillon1977]

I agree. The silver doesnt look good.

[@dredynapietachweza]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@53v3n_L1v3z]

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

[@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 !

[@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.

[@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

[@TheTruthBeToId]

Damn shame about that car getting crushed. Smh.

[@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

[@WigglingWaffles]

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

[@ys987yy8]

A crime was committed to the 240sx hero 1.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@mikeclassing5263]

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

[@jamesstoops4018]

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

[@ben_spiller]

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

[@CRXPhil]

The seats in the 240 change during the race wars scene

[@NFS4LFE]

That’s 2 Nissans lost to the crusher :(

[@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 👍

[@firstworldproblems6064]

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

[@BS_Auto_and_other_BS]

Shout out to the Midnight Club shirt

[@stevenwatts586]

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.

[@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

[@matthew_natividad]

That’s a real shame

[@siniestro0239]

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

[@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.

[@brycemueller7330]

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

[@majesticbeard868]

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

[@TheTruthisLord]

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

[@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

[@slr7075]

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

[@YoSuey]

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

[@77chevy4x4]

Awesome job 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.

[@JohanGavieres]

The blitz 03 😍

[@PanameraTurboSEHybrid]

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

[@popomomo12]

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

[@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 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Everyday_lifestyle]

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

[@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

[@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

[@ryanmedows6072]

Dude who parted out the car played himself...

[@sstephiL]

Awesome Sweatshirt, Craig!

[@barrybaughman2879]

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

[@ChasingDifferentAdventures]

Kind of like "The 390 Mustang GT Fastback from Bullitt Mustang. I never actually seen the Movie, Just viewd the speed Chase with the Stunt Jumps. The Bullitt Mustang was lost for 45 years and Sold Unrestored as how Steve McQueen left it in 1974 Movie. when the movie was filmed in 1973 for 1974 movie release. It was $3,395 each from the Manufacture Price and 2 cars were Purchases. On Both they spent $8,000 on Brackets were welded for Cameras, and the Shock Towers reinforcement front and rear. For both cars For Jumping it in the movie. 9 different jumps each time going Farther. The Stunt car 1 was basically destroyed, bent, and went to it a Mexican Junkyard and considered destroyed. They restored to New Condition, not too valuable because of where it still is. Restored with a different frame The Second Survivor that Steve Tried Buying in 1976 the Son of the owner brought it out to sell in Auction. It sold for $3.4 Million. After 45 years it was available to be seen. As Mentioned how much was Spent..$8,000 per Mustang to strengthen the Frame and add Camera Brackets, plus the price of the Cars was over $11,400. In1975 you can buy a 3 bedroom house in Los Angeles was $12,000 and Minimum wage was Like $2.00 per hour To put it in perspective the following below is what different Luxuries Cost in 1975 Back then Cadillac was $5,000 / Ferrari $16,000, Mansions $25,000. Steve McQueen offered in 1976, with a suitcase full of Cash $38,000 to buy the Bullitt Mustang. $38,000 was more than a Hollywood Mansion and 2 Cadillacs, back in 1975. The Bullitt Mustang was Sold win the year 2020 like 2 weeks before. 2 weeks before Social Distancing on January 2020 Before "Corona Virus OutBreak" COVID-19👨🏻👍🏻🏎️🏁🚩

[@juanpabloflores8179]

It is very hard to read this and understand you, please consider editing this and adding quotation marks.

[@ChasingDifferentAdventures]

@@juanpabloflores8179 Maybe you could understand it now. Sorry my mind Thinks Faster than I can Type.

[@tonykane8866]

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

[@matthew_natividad]

Where’d you get your sweater Craig?

[@craiglieberman]

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

[@aciidbeard1381]

I remeber like 8-10 years aog one of th e blue skylines from FNF4 hit ebay, wish i had 25k then cuz they gov wouldn't know about my skyline.

[@khandkerhasan8456]

That shell now is at least 5k

[@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

[@DeployJeremy]

I always thought it was maroon red.

[@jeremyhare9515]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@RicardoSanchez-un3ix]

Why would someone do that to the hero car 🤦🏻

[@DJJASONPRODUCER]

girl friend told him to junk it

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

sad what happened to the original 240sx

[@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

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

Rip Nissan Sylvia. At least a car gets to live on has another car.

[@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

[@chaydium2535]

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