they are still available. Altho the prices aren't listed, I believe they are cheaper than this sellers reserve price. He very well may have paid over 2000 in 1998, but I doubt they are that much now. Colrtraks I think were fine in 1998, as long as it isn't that dam CTC-175 (IIRC) chassis. Here's the link to the Predicta site.
http://www.predicta.com/index.shtml