MORE random pics......

[porsche930dude]

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

I bet she was a decent ride. But perhaps you had a personal experience you can share....

I couldn't say anything about "the ride" but I can, from personal experience, tell you she was one of the nicest people you'd want to meet. I spent lots of time with her and her mother back in the day and considered her a close friend.

I was at this photo shoot with her at the old Saugas (sp?)Raceway.

[widebody911]

[GH85Carrera]

[craigster59]

[GH85Carrera]

[tcar]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Costa Concordia?

[patz]

Likely not, it's been or is being cut up.

[Tony Z]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Whoops
Bump felt...

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by patz

Nice pic of the big nippled Farah.....crappy ride.

In my yoot I had a '78 Mach 1, silver with black stripes, tinted T-tops and a 302 2bbl with automatic. 118 hp and 16 mpg.
POS.

Imagine a cross between:

[Baz]

[GH85Carrera]

[Skip Newsom]

[sammyg2]

[widebody911]

I wonder why they're scrapping it there and not in one of the normal 3rd-world scrapyards

Originally Posted by sammyg2

[porsche4life]

Probably afraid it wouldn't survive that long of a tow...

[tevake]

Speaking of surviving the tow, how in the world did that ship with the gaping whole in the port side make it to the dry dock?

[porsche4life]

They welded those big giant steel boxes to the side of it and filled them with air, essentially making it the worlds largest pontoon boat!

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I wonder why they're scrapping it there and not in one of the normal 3rd-world scrapyards

hope I don't get PARFed for saying this, but it appears to be a political decision. Keeping jobs in Italy.

In December 2013 invitations were issued by Costa to twelve companies to tender for the dismantling of Costa Concordia, in France, Italy, Norway, Turkey and the UK.[189] On 30 June 2014 the Italian Government endorsed Costa's decision to have the vessel dismantled at Genoa by Italian companies Saipem, Mariotti and San Giorgio.[190][191]

On 14 July 2014 salvage operators re-floated Costa Concordia off its submerged platform and towed the ship laterally a short distance away from the coast.[193][194][195][196][197][198] As of 20 July 2014, the ship had re-floated 7.5 metres from its supporting platform, with 6.3 metres remaining.[199] On 23 July 2014, the Costa Concordia began its final journey to the Port of Genoa.[14][200]

On 27 July 2014, the Costa Concordia arrived in Genoa where it was moored against a wharf that had been specially prepared to receive the vessel for dismantling.[201] On 11 May 2015 Costa Concordia was removed to another location within the Port of Genoa to ease the access of road vehicles which carry the waste from the wreck.[202]

That won't buff out.


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[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by tevake

Speaking of surviving the tow, how in the world did that ship with the gaping whole in the port side make it to the dry dock?

It had multiple sealed compartments that were not breached. That photo that started this discussion was the Exxon Valdez.