Mac Gyver Lives! Man build motorcycle from broken down car to escape desert

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[njslim]

According to Merriam-Webster, ingenuity can be defined as "skill or cleverness in devising or combining" or "cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance." We'd say that's an apt description of a Frenchman named Emile who reportedly found himself stranded in the deserts of Northwest Africa after breaking a frame rail and a suspension swingarm underneath his Citroën 2CV.

What to do? Why, disassemble the broken hulk and build yourself a motorcycle from its pile of parts, of course! As the story goes, Emile was able to use the inventive machine to escape the desert, though not before convincing the local authorities that he wasn't an insurgent and paying a fine for importing a non-conforming vehicle...

[norton]

Anyone can build a motorcycle from a Citreon. Lets see him do that with a '69 Chevy Impala 2012 Chevy Volt.

The instructions include a really stout side car.

[skinkinthegrass]

Russell Johnson:
With the death of Bob Denver on September 2, 2005,
he is the last surviving male cast member of "Gilligan's Island".
Mary Ann & Ginger; are still w/ us.

[Tex-Con-Man]

You lie!

You can't turn a horse into a camel without a committee.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Bwawawawa! That was too funny. :)

[smokingfrog]

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