Ford’s 1979 Probe I Ghia concept car, displayed at the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance as part of the Wedge Shaped Concept Cars & Prototypes class, burned in its trailer while leaving the world-famous auto show.
Drew Grundfor of Scott Grundfor, Co., a California restoration shop that bought the Probe 1 from Ford in 2002 and owns several other Ford concept cars, confirmed that the car was extensively damaged in the fire. The Probe I was being towed on the freeway when a passing motorist signaled the driver, a Scott Grundfor employee, that there was smoke coming from the trailer. The driver stopped and found that the fire had progressed to the point that the car could not be rescued. Though the car and trailer burned completely, no one was hurt, and the driver’s positioning of the trailer prevented the fire from spreading to nearby foliage. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
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