Behind-The-Scenes:
San Antonio
Making Waves


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Finally completed, the Knight 4000 takes to the waters of San Antonio.


A test shot to see how well the Knight 4000 will do on the waters.


Sink! "The Knight 4000 did it all, except stay afloat."


Still underwater, the Knight 4000 is pulled to the side and the workers try to ponder how to keep it afloat.


The circle on the picture shows the still sunken Knight 4000 surronded by soaked workers as well as workers on a small barge, working hard to get the 4000 to stay afloat.

Why did the Knight 4000 sink?
Jay Ohrberg revealed that the original way of getting inside the boat/car was through a panel over the engine area. The problem he soon learned was that when you stop a boat, the wave it formed behind it keeps coming. That wave was enough to splash up into the engine area through that rear access panel .. which in turn weighed it down enough to allow it to fill the rest of the way. That access panel was later sealed, and access was then gained through a removable drivers side window. "Hey .. I build car's .. not boats!" Jay said.

Jay Ohrberg and the Knight 4000 boat make an appearance in a 1993 newspaper article, dumbfounding journalists and people alike who did not recognize the car from the movie two years ago...



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Construction: From Stealth to Supercar

Movie Magic and Special Effects

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