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A notable accident would happen in the summer of 1994. [[Matt Sharp]] shot the van's radiator grill with a squirt gun, causing it to eject green froth and break down. The band was left stranded in Winnemucca, Nevada, gambling their cash and playing slot machines, Sharp winning nearly as much as [[Rivers Cuomo]] lost.<ref name="DaJ95" /> Only via Partrick and Karls "MacGuyver-ing" of the radiator hose with items bought from the towns only open market did the van survive the mountainous overnight drive to Sacramento. | A notable accident would happen in the summer of 1994. [[Matt Sharp]] shot the van's radiator grill with a squirt gun, causing it to eject green froth and break down. The band was left stranded in Winnemucca, Nevada, gambling their cash and playing slot machines, Sharp winning nearly as much as [[Rivers Cuomo]] lost.<ref name="DaJ95" /> Only via Partrick and Karls "MacGuyver-ing" of the radiator hose with items bought from the towns only open market did the van survive the mountainous overnight drive to Sacramento. | ||
Betsy would be replaced with a tour bus in fall 1994, when Weezer toured with [[Live]] | Betsy would be replaced with a tour bus in fall 1994, when Weezer toured with [[Live]] to support their third album ''Throwing Copper''.<ref>[[MOO Magazine article - November 1994]]</ref> The van would still live on in spirit, immortalized in the artwork for the [[2019]] single "[[It's Been So Long]]".<ref name="ALSI2019" /> | ||
Betsy was put in storage for several years, and was finally sold (for $1) to [[Pat Finn]] in [[1998]], who used it to move from NYC to Portland OR. After several years of use the van was lent to a friend who left all the windows open in a rain storm, permanently rendering the cloth and foam covered interior a toxic environment. It was then sold to a local Portland band who eventually crashed and/or abandoned it somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. | Betsy was put in storage for several years, and was finally sold (for $1) to [[Pat Finn]] in [[1998]], who used it to move from NYC to Portland OR. After several years of use the van was lent to a friend who left all the windows open in a rain storm, permanently rendering the cloth and foam covered interior a toxic environment. It was then sold to a local Portland band who eventually crashed and/or abandoned it somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. | ||