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It may be in Utah.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=438366...ing-from-auto-hauler

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COALVILLE, Summit County — Utah Highway Patrol troopers came across an unusual sight early Tuesday morning.

According to a UHP spokesman, troopers found an abandoned classic Mercedes with some damage to it on the left side of I-80 in the Echo Canyon area around 4:00 a.m. Initially, responders were not sure if there had been any victims. Eventually, they determined the car had fallen from an auto hauler.

"Apparently the straps came off the wheels, and it went off the back like you see in movies," said Tommy Moore, co-owner of Moore's Towing, "hit the wall and then just came to a stop in the middle of the road."

Moore's Towing recovered the classic car. Moore was amazed at how little damage the incident had done to the vehicle.

"It's amazing that it came off of that auto transport and landed like that and never rolled or something," Moore said.

There was damage to the right front and right rear parts of the car, but Moore said it should be repairable, assuming the owner could find parts.

Moore was also thankful the incident didn't hurt any other drivers.

"That could've come out one across hit somebody else come in the other direction and been an absolute catastrophe," he said.

A UHP spokesman said the car came off a trailer from LVIV Express, Inc., but it had not located the car's owner.






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but it had not located the car's owner.



I wonder if they tried running the plates. Wink


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its the car from the Hangover




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Engineered like no other car...




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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
its the car from the Hangover



Vegas, baby.



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Those stacked headlight units are around $2500 each...

You are looking at an easy 10K fix there...without the paint, that is.

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Ouch!


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I would imagine there is a lot more damage than we see in that picture. Hard to believe a situation like that would not bend the frame.


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That's a damn shame. Frown
 
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Originally posted by Green Highlander:
I would imagine there is a lot more damage than we see in that picture. Hard to believe a situation like that would not bend the frame.

Let's not forget this was likely in Park, so, there's gonna be some fun in the trans/brakes as well.



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Wow - that's an older one (1970's), with the awesome big chrome grill and remarkably has it's hood ornament intact - usually those were often stolen/ripped off.

If you note through "modernization", the grills got smaller and smaller and the hood ornament was replaced by an unremovable badge.





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