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Jagshund 07-04-2012 05:56 PM
Guy Stuck In Desert Pulls a Flight Of The Phoenix
 
Car broke in desert. So he turned it into a motorbike. Pics on site.

French electrician stranded in Moroccan desert rebuilt his wrecked car as a motorbike and drove back to civilisation | Mail Online

edit: and this took place in 1993! did they even HAVE cars back then? I call BS!

A930Rocket 07-04-2012 06:46 PM
I read that awhile back and thought it was BS. Maybe it was meant to be...

masraum 07-04-2012 08:06 PM
3 days to build the bike, hell, he could have walked the 20 miles in much less than 3 days.

Flieger 07-04-2012 08:10 PM
Thought it said 12 days. Still don't believe it.

john70t 07-04-2012 08:20 PM
110V electricity, fe/al welder, drill, saw, grinder, line splicer, buckets, hardware, unlimited gas, etc...

nope

Noah930 07-04-2012 09:17 PM
Love the shot of him in the red bikini underwear next to the bodyshell.

Those wacky French.

theFONZ 07-05-2012 12:30 AM
If he had enough water for 12 days, he had enough to walk 20 miles. You could easily make that trip at night.

targa911S 07-05-2012 04:40 AM
LOL in 2CV????? What did they air lift the thing to the middle of the desert for him?

911_Dude 07-05-2012 04:55 AM
I wish the pics showed the tool chest he brought with him. "Shortened the frame". Probably used sand encrusted dental floss to saw through the frame. I call BS.

masraum 07-05-2012 06:32 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 911_Dude (Post 6840227)
I wish the pics showed the tool chest he brought with him. "Shortened the frame". Probably used sand encrusted dental floss to saw through the frame. I call BS.
Maybe it was so rusty that he was just able to fold it back and forth where he wanted to "cut" it until it broke. ;)


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