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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!

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Old 07-04-2012, 05:56 PM
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I read that awhile back and thought it was BS. Maybe it was meant to be...
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3 days to build the bike, hell, he could have walked the 20 miles in much less than 3 days.
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Thought it said 12 days. Still don't believe it.
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Love the shot of him in the red bikini underwear next to the bodyshell.

Those wacky French.
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If he had enough water for 12 days, he had enough to walk 20 miles. You could easily make that trip at night.
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LOL in 2CV????? What did they air lift the thing to the middle of the desert for him?
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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.
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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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