From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sun Jan 08 2006 - 13:54:41 PST
mark baxter wrote:
> I vaguely remember when Hitler's car was sold, I was 12 at the time
> and liked MVs back then too. I don't remember who bought it, but it
> seemed like it was going into a museum or a private collection
> I also remember that some knot head also wanted to buy Hitler's car so
> he could blow it up! simple minds for some I guess. Its funny that we
> look back at that time and $153,000.00 was a big pot of money, but
> this last weekend, I was watching the Barrett-Jackson auto auction and
> a 1970 Lime Green Barracuda w/a 340 went for $300,000.00! WOW wish I
> knew where these people made that kinda money to afford toys like that!!
> Mark M-886
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:19 AM
> Subject: [MV] Hitler's Car For Sale in 1973
>
>
>> January 6
>>
>> 1973 Hitler's Car For Sale
>>
>> A Mercedes-Benz 770K sedan, supposedly Adolf Hitler's parade car, was
>> sold at auction for $153,000.00, the most money ever paid for a car
>> at auction at that time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Everette
>>
>> In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to
>> give me light and strength.
>>
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>
> I just read Band of Brothers and when the boys of Easy Company found
> Hitler's car near the place they called the Eagle's Nest they shot the
> bullet proof windows out and drained all the water from the radiator
> and whoever drove it away (the batallion colonel I think)....the
> engine burnt up. They went to the company commander and reported that
> the armor piercing rounds did a good job on it. So, it must have been
> rebuilt after that. Seems as though after they found Herman Goering's
> cache of 10,000 bottles of liquor...they (enlisted men) were riding
> around in it when the brass told them they had to give it up. They
> gave it the tune up described above and.......well, read the
> book.....it's a good one. Fred martin .
>
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