Posted on 06/01/2012 12:36:11 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Most of us have had the experience of losing a rental car in a big parking lot. Maybe your cousin Eddie has had the experience of cutting his grass for the first time in five years and finding a car. Were not talking about those cars. The cars on this list are the holy grails of automotive lore. Theyre near-mythical cars that have disappeared, most likely never to be seen again.
1956 Chrysler Norseman: The Norseman was a concept car built by the Italian styling house of Ghia that demonstrated the feasibility of several unique styling features like a near free-standing hard top. Ghia understandably chose a fine Italian ocean liner to deliver the Norseman. Sadly, it was the ill-fated Andrea Doria, which sank off the coast of Massachusetts. Given what your average car looks like after ten Michigan winters, after a near sixty year salt bath, its likely that little remains of the Norseman.
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***if socialism is so great, why was the Berlin Wall built?****
Many many years ago I was listening to RADIO MOSCOW on my short wave radio. Vladimir Posner came on and during his propaganda speech said that the wall was built to (now get this) keep the West Germans from flooding in!
I could not believe what I had just heard as photos show the machine guns pointing toward the East.
BFL. That’s a cool looking car Sword
I’m guessing you have read of some old junker Tempest that was selling on Craigslist for $500.00.
Only to be be worth $226,521.63
Story here...
http://www.carsetc.com/blog/2010/july/17/the-ultimate-barn-find—1.htm
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