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raising Saabs from the channel...
Posted by Pete Saab 9-5 (more from Pete Saab 9-5) on Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:57:08
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Check out article in The New York Times on the Tricolor -- and pictures of a couple of cars betwen decks -- OUCH!
(a few sentences from the article)
Smit Salvage has been besieged with calls ever since a Norwegian-registered ship with thousands of luxury cars on board sank late last year in the English Channel.
The callers — used car salesmen, junkyard dealers and modern-day treasure hunters — guessed correctly that the Rotterdam company was the likeliest candidate to raise the sunken ship, the Tricolor, and its cargo of 2,871 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, worth about $40 million.
What they did not fully consider was the corrosive effect of eight months of being under saltwater; but neither were they aware of demands by the cars' manufacturers that not so much as a stray nut or bolt find its way from the sea floor to a store shelf. The carmakers feared possible liability claims.
posted by 68.192.57...
is that a Saab?
Posts in this Thread:
- raising Saabs from the channel..., Pete Saab 9-5, Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:57:08 <-- Viewing This Message
- Oh they considered it all right, phred, Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:33:37
- Re: raising Saabs from the channel..., georgev, Fri, 8 Aug 2003 05:03:23
- Dead Volvos everywhere..., waSAABi , Fri, 8 Aug 2003 02:09:44
- Makes me sad n/m, Sieglo, Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:16:02
- a little paint and the John Deere is good to go;-) nm, steveC in BC, Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:50:43
- That's freakin' COOL! nm, michael p, Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:41:41
- Re: Dead Volvos everywhere..., andy , Fri, 8 Aug 2003 04:59:00
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