Edit: Here are some links that would have helped substantiate your first post.
Time Magazine, 1979 5 14
This claims 0-60 in 17 seconds and a top speed of 105mph. Arragonis' Toyota Aygo would be a good match in a drag race.
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More skeptical, Detroit's automakers at first showed little interest in the Moodymobile. Chrysler President Lee Iacocca last week announced that he would like to meet Ralph Moody, while Ford Motor executives plan to hold talks with Shetley about supplying cars for further conversion experiments. General Motors sent the director of its new devices section to study the car.
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At that time there is no mention of patents or Arab businessmen or anything.
People Magazine, 1979 5 21
Here are some hints about a "patent"
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The car (which is noisier than a conventional one) faces a stiff battery of environmental tests before it can be marketed, but Moody is confident one of the big automakers will buy the rights to the patent. Ford, Chrysler and General Motors have all expressed interest.
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Here are the Arabs, but they say $100 Million is an exaggeration.
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Shetley claims—perhaps extravagantly—that they have turned down $100 million from Arab interests to buy rights to the Moodymobile, which has cost them $20,000 to develop.
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On a side note, this thread is the fifth result when Googling "ralph moody ford capri"
