Saving the gold

[steve.c]

Apparently this is how they could have saved the gold!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090123/tuk-science-s...

[Simpo Two]

'Croker could then have used an access panel to get to the fuel tank, near the rear of the vehicle'

If he could get near the rear of the vehicle, then he could have walked down to the gold and started handing bars back...

[Oakey]

Let's be honest, it's not the most difficult of puzzles, is it?

[GingerWizard]

too complex, i would have done it much different, but i'm not telling!

[lunarscope]

Or he could have simply run the engine at full chat until the fuel was used up.

[Maxf]

Why not just let it fall, then pick it up at the bottom. Granted you'd need some specialist cutting gear, and a landrover or 3 to haul it back up. Assuming the cliff isnt above a crocodile infested river like in the cartoons of course!

[marshalla]

If they have no fuel - how are they going to transport the gold ?
Stand at the side of the road with a pile of ingots and flag down the first passing mafioso ?