Hammond’s jet dragster selling on eBay

by Chris Dawson

This post was written in December 2007; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

Vampire DragsterThe Vampire jet dragster that almost killed Richard Hammond is up for sale on eBay. The car is the current each way land speed record holder at 301 miles per hour.

This is a 30 foot monster that could never be described as “road worthy”, but after Hammond got his hands on it truthfully it’s described as a “little worse for wear” (or in other words a total wreck). Mind you, they have a few spare parts so you might be able to get it running again…

All in all it’s not a bad motor considering it’s over a quarter of a century old. Even with the damage inflicted by Hammond it’s probably cheaper to get this one running again, than to build a similar vehicle from scratch.

Bidding on the dragster started at £2500.00 and has already climbed to almost £5000.00. The auction closes at 7am on 30th December.

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Author: Chris Dawson
Posted at: Monday, December 24th, 2007 at 11:06 am
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3 Responses to “Hammond’s jet dragster selling on eBay”

  1. Suz on December 24th, 2007 11:04 pm

    My goodness and bidding is over £18,000
    Considering it is sold as scrap, I hope it is going into a museum for that kind of money!
    Have you seen the other auction by the same bloke, stunning
    :)
    Suz x

  2. Chris Dawson on December 25th, 2007 12:10 am

    Yeah - but the other one isn’t broke a al Hammond style so isn’t as valuable :P

  3. suz on December 27th, 2007 1:49 pm

    Iits gone!
    Has been ended!
    looks like the bids have all been cancelled. What’s the story then?
    Suz x

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