Was 4700 Mazdas, now pics of the Tricolor

[open.seas at verizon.net (Chris)]

Boy, look at all those parts cars. (Come with salt but no pepper.)

" . . the Tricolor, was carrying 2,862 cars, including BMW's, Volvos and 
Saabs, . . "

Nate Mellom wrote:
> http://www.blognewsnetwork.com/members/0000001/mpg/tricolorAutos/tricolorAutos.html 
> 
> 
> Big news back when it happened.
> 
> Nate
> 
> 
> Marc Getty wrote:
>> Here is a better link: <http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/1291> to 
>> that
>> article.
>>
>> This happens more then you might think. See:
>> <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E6DF163DF936A25751C1A964 
>>
>> 9C8B63> for an article from back in 2002. What the article does not 
>> mention
>> is that the ship sunk with the bow on the bottom and the stern just a few
>> feet below the surface at low tide. A number of other ships hit the 
>> "sunken"
>> car ship as it stood almost straight up. BMW, Volvo, Saab, etc. only had
>> ~$10k of maritime insurance on each car too. Pity. I wonder if any folks
>> doing European delivery were impacted.....
>>
>> Scirocco content: I drove mine for almost 2 hours today. It sure felt 
>> nice.
>> Boy I sure do need a clutch! ;-)
>>
>> -Marc
>>
>> '83 VW Scirocco California Edition
>> '84 VW Rabbit GTI Pickup Truck
>>  
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris [mailto:open.seas@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 
>> 9:13 PM
>> To: scirocco.org
>> Subject: OT How do you stack 4700 Mazdas on their sides?
>>
>> Go to the bottom of the page.
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>> http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline?14@224.Xag1aGmUh1y@.ee7d88b
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