Steve Fossett was known for his world records and adventures in balloons, sailboats, gliders, and powered aircraft. He was the first person to circumnavigate the globe via balloon, for example. Next on his list was to set the land speed record, and he died while piloting his plane in search of a suitable site for which to go for the record. The tragedy of his death, where his plane first went missing, and the wreckage not found for months, brought out all of his friends to aid the FAA in the search; people like Burt Rutan and Richard Branson. One of the interesting aspects of his ill-fated LSR venture was the car he was going to use to do it. It was, of all things, a used car,