Although a little out of the way the Chaparral display at the oil museum in Midland TX is well worth a visit. All the cars that still exist are on display and because I was the only visitor from Australia that day I got to sit in the 2F coupe which was out in the museum's workshop. Wow what a compact car the BBC water pump nestles in your left ear. It is RHD for some reason. The 2F has no roll cage, fits like a glove and must have been one of the rawest driving experiences in any closed car ever. Hap Sharp ran an oil drilling company which is how he knew Jim Hall.When Jim's parents and sister were killed in a plane crash he returned to Texas from California and started building his cars in one of the most remote places in Texas. Jim's brother owned the Chevrolet dealership in Midland and Chevy tail lights were used on Chaparrals.