[Jay H 237]

I also thought of this thread a short time ago. I don't remember what channel it was on but there was a story on a place out west. I missed the first part of the show but they buy older (still running) cars and modify them to be remote controlled. Then people pay to "hunt" the cars as they're being driven through the desert. I believe it was called "Car Hunt". The people are riding in a truck that rides along side the cars and they continue to shoot at the car until it becomes immobile. When I saw it they had an early 70's Oldsmobile wagon with a mannequin in the front seat. It took quite a bit for that car to finally give out.
If anyone remembers the movie called 'The Gauntlet' with Clint Eastwood when he drives the bus down the streets as everyone is shooting at it, and all you see is nothing but holes all over the bus, that's what the wagon looked like at the end as they walked around it. All the main controls in the car were mounted on the drivers floor surrounded by steel sheets to protect them from the bullets. That way they reduced the chance of losing the remote capabilities of the car from a stray shoot. They kept the car as stock as possible, most of the interior, the dash, and seats were still in it. I was amazed the engine held out for so long. They never did say exactly what finally gave out on the car that stopped it but they did mention that part way through the chase they started having difficulty steering it as the car had lost power steering fluid.