ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Jan 11, 2011 11:30:23 GMT
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Jan 11, 2011 11:46:22 GMT
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Somewhere, a long while back, I saw more photos of that Z1. The doors had been left down for a number of years and the state of the interior was beyond belief!
An interesting array of cars in the basement...some bloody rare 'proper' classics along with more mainstream high end stuff (to us in the UK anyway) riddled with bullet holes!
Thanks for posting Chris.
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Jan 11, 2011 11:49:51 GMT
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I know an awful lot of stuff was crushed to stop insurgents getting their hands on it. Very sad, but in the greater context probably not the greatest tragedy befalling that nation.
The takeaway from this has to be that in every nation there are people just like us.
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Jan 11, 2011 11:51:46 GMT
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I know an awful lot of stuff was crushed to stop insurgents getting their hands on it. Very sad, but in the greater context probably not the greatest tragedy befalling that nation. The takeaway from this has to be that in every nation there are people just like us. Agreed 100%. That said, I do think some of these cars were saved. I'm having difficulty finding the original source though. |
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Jan 11, 2011 12:02:01 GMT
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Put me down for the '58 Fleetwood then...  |
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 11, 2011 12:20:17 GMT
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 I suspect they were saved, as I saw the one above at the Essen Motorshow last year. It's Massive. The borked LM002 was used by the US military for car bomb (or landmine?) tests IIRC |
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crazymonkey
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ummm....what was I doing again???
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Jan 11, 2011 12:27:07 GMT
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I think it was over there I saw a video of how they dealt with drug smugglers, their cars (ranging from £10,000 mitsubishi GTOs to £150,000 ferraris were all destroyed  I swore vengeance that day against the c***s. Proof that they have more money than sense there. |
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Jan 11, 2011 12:35:02 GMT
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I think it was over there I saw a video of how they dealt with drug smugglers, their cars (ranging from £10,000 mitsubishi GTOs to £150,000 ferraris were all destroyed I swore vengeance that day against the c***s. Proof that they have more money than sense there. You could be a bit off there. You're possibly thinking of the Lincoln Continentals, X5s, GTOs and one Ferrari F456 in Manila in the Philippines. They were destroyed by the authorities for being smuggled. They did it to 'teach the crooks a lesson' although they could have been sold. That said, I'm not sure if they had drugs in them, I think they were just not legit.  Chris |
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crazymonkey
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ummm....what was I doing again???
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Jan 11, 2011 12:43:20 GMT
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thats the one  cheers RFchris couldnt remember as hadnt seen it for a long time. But yeah still could have been sold, that was painful to watch. |
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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Jan 11, 2011 13:02:36 GMT
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I know an awful lot of stuff was crushed to stop insurgents getting their hands on it. Very sad, but in the greater context probably not the greatest t I believe the US Forces drove tanks over the top of them Paul H |
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Jan 11, 2011 13:07:04 GMT
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I know an awful lot of stuff was crushed to stop insurgents getting their hands on it. Very sad, but in the greater context probably not the greatest tragedy befalling that nation. The takeaway from this has to be that in every nation there are people just like us. I believe the US Forces used tanks to crush them to form a barracade to stop locals helping themselves. Paul H |
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Jan 11, 2011 13:28:04 GMT
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Have some more.....   U.S. troops manning Saddam's main palace complex said they have had to begin destroying Saddam's cars because so many people have tried to take them. They fear that the cars could be used as suicide bombs or to create dangerous roadblocks. Destroying the cars, some of them classic American creations, has proved more painful for the American troops than for the people who wanted to take them. Nearly all had fewer than 1,000 miles on them; none had much gas; and all had a key in the ignition. Many had dust on the outside, but inside, the cars were immaculate. One of the cars which was most surprising was a cream-white 1935 Mercedes 500K roadster with bodywork by Erdmann & Rossi, one of two in the world, The original owner was King Ghazi. Army E4 Spc. Brad Young, 24, of Clinton, Utah, was told to destroy the Bel Air. He ran over it with a tank. He said it took about five seconds. "I love cars. It was so hard to see a Bel Air destroyed," said Army Pfc. Raul Carbajal, 20, of Chicago. "It was painful." |
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