not VW , but might give you something to think about next time you ship a car

57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Jul 2004, 4:17 pm

#199492

A friend of mine works in shipping & he sent me this address.. have a look, some intresting pictures.

www.havenarbeiders.be

lucky there only volvos.........

cheers

57 Cal look 😉

[Edited on 6-7-2004 by 57 Cal look]

Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines - Enzo Ferrari

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody, you buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody - Frank Sinatra

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Jul 2004, 4:21 pm

#199495

for those of us who can only speak english, which forum are they in?

I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

VolksFolks Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,869 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 6 Jul 2004, 4:44 pm

#199505

http://www.havenarbeiders.be/fototricolor.htm

there you go bix

Andy

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BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Jul 2004, 4:47 pm

#199510

thanks

I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 6 Jul 2004, 4:49 pm

#199513

nasty with a capital n

“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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andrewh Officially Full-On Dubber

284 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 6 Jul 2004, 5:28 pm

#199549

Anyone know how this happened?

david Custom Title Time!

1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 6 Jul 2004, 6:02 pm

#199563

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 6 Jul 2004, 6:50 pm

#199605

yeah - someone fukced up

That happened just before Chrissy a couple of years ago. The boat is (was) the Tricolor and it was hit by another boat

Pay your debts, CxxT

Bill Daws Officially Full-On Dubber

215 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 6 Jul 2004, 9:09 pm

#199692

About 2/3 down the page you can see a picture of the tungsten wire saw (cable with grooves on it) that was used to cut up the ship for salvage. This was the 1st time that this technique has been used. A single cut took around 14 hours, cut hrough the superstructure like butter.
:thumb

$2.63 homebrand baja

0 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 6 Jul 2004, 9:52 pm

#199722

:jesus thats amazing! The scale of it:o

$2.63 homebrand baja

0 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 6 Jul 2004, 9:54 pm

#199724

david wrote:

😀 someone had to say it didn't they.lol

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 6 Jul 2004, 10:07 pm

#199739

yeah. Lots of people died.

Pay your debts, CxxT

pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 6 Jul 2004, 11:06 pm

#199756

seriously thats a big ass boat imagin the otha big ass boats youd need to get even the peices out of the water :jesus

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