Interesting that they tried to use commercially available truck parts wherever possible. Good example of "good coders write code, great coders re-use code".

IIRC, the F-117 stealth fighter was built in a similar way. Many of the parts were from other existing planes e.g. the avionics were from a F-16. This mean that the stealth components were cutting edge whereas almost everything else was battle tested and well understood.

I had forgotten all about that. I use to drive by the shop that built it and where it was also parked outside of every day during my commute and always wondered what that was for (figured it was for a movie, but didn't wonder enough to remember to look up which one...)

Thanks for the link!