THE owners of the jet-powered car in which Richard Hammond had a near-fatal crash have put the vehicle up for sale.

The 300mph Vampire jet dragster, which crashed at Elvington airfield, near York, in September last year, is listed on internet auction site, eBay as "a little the worse for wear after its much-publicised excursion into the weeds".

Top Gear presenter, Mr Hammond, suffered a serious brain injury when a tyre blow-out sent the dragster spinning off the runway, but has since made a full recovery.

Bids can be made on the vehicle until 7am on Sunday.

Co-owner Colin Fallows, of Northampton, said he was sad to part with a piece of engineering history.

hE SAID: "We've not got a huge workshop and it's 30ft long and taking up a lot of space. We just want to get shot of it," he said. "We'll be very sad to see it go.

"Everybody who's approached us so far has wanted pieces of it, and we've been offered huge sums of money for the steering wheel.

"We didn't want to sell it in bits because of the inconvenience of taking it apart. If we sell the whole thing complete then it's out of our way."

Mr Fallows said the car's Rolls-Royce Orpheus engine could be made to run again, but most of the rest of the vehicle was beyond repair.