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 68AutoBug
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 posted on July 15th, 2008 at 11:43 PM |
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JEEP hit by Lightning strike in US car park
Here are some pics of a Jeep sitting in a car park in the USA last month when it was struck by Lightning..
not much left....
Lee
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- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 12:07 AM |
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Heh - yeah - that'd majorly suck.
Though, I wonder what happens if lightning strikes say big mining/construction truck that DOESN'T burst into flames ???
The attached PDF is a real incident report on what happens...
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 03:45 PM |
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You wouldn't want to be hit by one of those tyres when a truck goes off!! Surely the vehicle would need to be earthed to the ground by something to
get hit or else wouldn't it be happening more frequently? Many years ago I saw lightning actually bounce off of the roof of a car in front of me and
then to the ground when driving through rain in England. The car had a fibreglass roof so I don't know if that had anything to do with it?
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 04:24 PM |
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Its just a Jeep thing we wouldn't understand 
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 05:06 PM |
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so THATS what you gt when you put bling rims on a Jeep!
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 06:00 PM |
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The hand of god works in mysterious ways.. 
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
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68AutoBug
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| posted on July 16th, 2008 at 07:41 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Notch Nut
The hand of god works in mysterious ways..
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I've never heard of a beetle getting struck by Lightning...
Lee
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