That's correct, as far as I know it was never assembled after purchase; it's been crated since it was moved. What he bought it for would shock everyone. It cost him quite a bit more to move it, actually. The story behind how he even bought it is pretty interesting, too.
Before it went up for sale publicly, we looked at this, spoke to other industries, specifically the auto industry since many design facilities for the major manufactures are here in SoCal. There was interest, but not enough for us to take the chance.
This particular tunnel is a rolling road setup. It would take a decent investment just to create a platform for cycling, though it had just been updated before it was shut down, so the electronics were, at the time, state of the art.
Want to make money from a wind tunnel? Buy the San Diego tunnel and then sell it to the airport authority. They want that land so bad I bet you'd come out ahead on a quick flip!
Jim Manton /
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