Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:08:11 -0500 From: "hippo" <johnhnospamam.shoal.net.au> Subject: Re: Biggest/oddest hauls?
Saabyurk wrote: >Like another poster, this was not in, but on the car. I wonder if >today's Saabs have strong enough pillars and sheet metal to do this. I >had a 73 Volvo 144 parts car that I stripped and needed to take the >body to the scrapper. I strapped it to a plywood and 2x4 frame I made, >put four big rubber suction cups under that and strapped it to the roof >of my 75 Wagonback, and off to the scrapper I went--quite an odd sight >with a whole car body on top. The rubber suction cups were too small >and did leave four, barely noticeable indentations, but I bet it would >do more than that on today's cars. Funny you should mention that ... Several years ago I was outside the main entrance at Sydney's Westmead Hospital when a mustard Datsun 180B parked right outside the main doors - totally illegally 'cos it's an ambulance bay. It had about 200 old fence palings lashed directly onto the roof - no racks or anything. The driver got out & was met by a security man who explained that he couldn't park there. Nearly ten minute later, just as the security man said well you'll have to move it, the palings flattened the entire roof onto the dash and rear parcel shelf, leaving the window frames surprisingly intact. Under the circumstances, I suppose "well I can't move it now" was an appropriate response! Cheers
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