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"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction) 03/21/2018 at 07:11 • Filed to: None

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Eisenhower’s Cadillac was being transported from the Sinsheim Technik Museum, where it’s been sitting for the last 6 years, to it’s owners in Offenburg.

Whike travelling South on the A5, 2 cars driving next to the Cadillac crashed, pushing one of the cars into the trailer, which detached from it’s truck and fell on it’s side.

The Cadillac was still attached to the trailer, but suffered severe side damage.

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:16

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ouch!

DutchieDC2R > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:17

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Those are some very good straps...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:17

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Ouch! But it does show how important proper securing of the vehicle on the trailer is.

That bumper looks surprisingly strong, doesn’t seem to have deformed!

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:18

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I’m surprised a covered trailer wasn’t used

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 03/21/2018 at 07:23

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That’s probably what caused the accident

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > DutchieDC2R 03/21/2018 at 07:24

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I’d use good straps to transport something that valuable

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 03/21/2018 at 07:25

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If it’s something like the Chevy, it’s about 5 mm thick

f86sabre > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:44

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I’m sure it can be fixed. I would guess GM may help with a car with that history.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 07:56

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I’ve been to the Sinsheim Technkik Museum a couple of times many years ago. I remember a Ferrari with its low hanging exhaust ground through and having worn out tires. I think there was an aircraft engine-powered land speed record car there as well and a DeLorean (big deal, right?). More than 25 years ago.

The greatest museum, in my opinion, is the Deutsches Museum in München.

I question whether the Eisenhower Cadillac was being transported in adequate safety. High center of gravity and all. But should be able to be restored, I should think, if someone wants to pay the money.

Thanks for sharing the story.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 08:28

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More importantly, they have planes:

NKato > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 08:29

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No, it’s two dumb yokels driving alongside the trailer that caused it, if you read what you had written...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 03/21/2018 at 08:36

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Indeed. And two Concordes? I was in Germany when I was in the U.S. Army, and I drove past Sinsheim in an Army convoy and saw the aircraft and later, made a trip to visit the museum itself.

I wonder how stripped-out those Concordes are on the inside.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > NKato 03/21/2018 at 08:41

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I think he meant it could have been a distracted driver trying to get a closer look at it, or take pics on their phone.

Probably not though mostly people wouldn’t be that interested in some old black car.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 08:43

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I go there every now and then, it’s an hour away from here. Munich is really impressive, bit it’s on another scale.

The car was transported by the owners, so the museum is not to blame in this case. I think the same is true for rough cars being shown.

I have no doubt it’s gonna be restored. GM could also use it as cheap-ish promotion

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 03/21/2018 at 08:43

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I was going to say the same thing, seems like cheap insubordination such a valuable car.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 08:46

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The owners are probably very sad right now.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > NKato 03/21/2018 at 08:49

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True, but they wouldn’t have been distracted if the trailer had been covered.

I know, victim blaming and all, but people drive terribly when around “special” cars. I had several near-crashes in the Chevy because of that

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/21/2018 at 08:51

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That

It only takes one, I had several close calls because of people checking my car out instead of focusing on the road

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 08:52

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I would be

user314 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 08:52

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They have a Concorde and a Tu-144 , the Soviet counterpart, which even in its heyday, was not a pleasant plane to fly (which wasn’t that unusual for Aeroflot, TBH).

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 08:53

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The one on the right is not a Concorde, it’s a Tu-144. And if you look at the back of the Concorde, you can see a spiral staircase leading up. Visitors can go up into the cabin, all the way to the cockpit (I believe they can do the same with the other passenger planes as well).

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 03/21/2018 at 09:08

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Thank you for that correction. I don’t think it’s very likely that I will ever set foot on Europe again, but if I do, you can be sure I’ll visit Sinsheim again. And the Deutsches Museum.

BahamaTodd > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/21/2018 at 09:11

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It is an old black American car in Germany. It probably attracted quite a few rubberneckers.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > BahamaTodd 03/21/2018 at 09:17

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Oooh some how I missed that.

xyzabc > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 09:34

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“Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower
 

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 09:45

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Speyer, the sister museum to Sinsheim, is also pretty good.

The Caddy will be a fairly easy restoration.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 10:42

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A Tupolev and a Concorde. They had the copy for a while, and added the original about 10 years ago, I was there for it’s last landing, such a magnificient (and loud) machine

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > facw 03/21/2018 at 10:44

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Not all planes, but some of them, one even has a slide to get down

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > xyzabc 03/21/2018 at 10:46

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I mean, it’s rough, but it could be driven without a problem I guess

facw > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 03/21/2018 at 10:47

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I’ve come across this pic of a VFW 614 at Technik Museum Speyer. The slide looks really intimidating:

Klaus Schmoll > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 11:34

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One is indeed a Concorde the other is the Russian “Concorde” Tu-144. And yes, some of their exhibits look like they are a little past their prime.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 03/21/2018 at 12:32

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A mid-engined aeroplane. Now I’ve seen everything.

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 12:39

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The Air France Concorde is stripped of virtually everything valuable. There are some seating left in places and boxed in by heavily scratched perspex.

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 12:42

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Well if you don’t want to set foot in Europe. You could visit one of many car museums in the U.K. also if you like trains and steam trains, there are several dotted about the place.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Klaus Schmoll 03/21/2018 at 12:47

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Yes, but I’d still go back, given the opportunity.

Svend > BahamaTodd 03/21/2018 at 12:47

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You’d be surprised how many old American cars are on German’s roads.

I think I’ve seen more on German’s roads than I have on roads in other European countries put together.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Svend 03/21/2018 at 12:51

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To be clear: it’s not that I would mind returning to Europe at all. I have dreams at night from time to time wherein I return to places I knew in Germany when I was stationed there. I wouldn’t mind going back at all.

And to be clear: it wouldn’t have occurred to me not to think of U.K. and Europe as the same thing. Colour me confused if you must... I’d love to buy you some chips for lunch sometime.

My favorite museum ever was the Deutsches Museum. I took a trip to Stuttgart once to see the BMW museum, and it was fun, but not the end-all.

My family and I are still enjoying the chocolate, BTW... Thanks again.

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/21/2018 at 13:54

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Lol. I know mate. Just pulling your chain.

There are many here and elsewhere that don’t class Britain as Europe for whatever reason.

We’ve got some great museums.

In Yorkshire there is a great WWII museum called Eden Camp, Viking museum in York and an awesome train museum.

No worries. Glad the chocolate is going down well.

Transit > facw 03/21/2018 at 16:13

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I loved climbing into the Tupalev!