Hang on Lads I’ve got a great idea!
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Possible solution
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italianjob-idUK...
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28813434
"Break the windows at the back to reduce weight.
Break two windows at the front, hold one gang member upside down out of the window to deflate the front tires and stabilize the vehicle.
Drain the rear fuel tank through an access panel at the bottom of the bus.
Gang members leave one by one from the front, collecting stones to replace their weight.
Keep adding stones until someone can safely go to the rear to retrieve the gold.
Godwin said gathering the data he needed for his equations, like the fuel efficiency of a 1964 Bedford VAL14, the weight of a window or the price of gold in 1968 — needed to establish the weight of the haul — was fairly easy. "The Internet's a great place," he said.
He isn't the first to suggest a solution.
(Michael) Caine himself proposed a much simpler idea in a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary six years ago — albeit one that leaves the hapless gang short of their precious haul.
"The next thing that happens is you turn the engine on," Caine said. "You all sit exactly where you are till all the petrol has run out, which changes the equilibrium. We all jump out and the gold goes over the cliff."
P.S. OP - Who has been watching 'Christmas' movies whilst drinking wine and eating mince pies?
P.P.S. Says someone (me) whilst watching 'Die Hard' whilst drinking wine and eating mince pies!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italianjob-idUK...
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28813434
"Break the windows at the back to reduce weight.
Break two windows at the front, hold one gang member upside down out of the window to deflate the front tires and stabilize the vehicle.
Drain the rear fuel tank through an access panel at the bottom of the bus.
Gang members leave one by one from the front, collecting stones to replace their weight.
Keep adding stones until someone can safely go to the rear to retrieve the gold.
Godwin said gathering the data he needed for his equations, like the fuel efficiency of a 1964 Bedford VAL14, the weight of a window or the price of gold in 1968 — needed to establish the weight of the haul — was fairly easy. "The Internet's a great place," he said.
He isn't the first to suggest a solution.
(Michael) Caine himself proposed a much simpler idea in a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary six years ago — albeit one that leaves the hapless gang short of their precious haul.
"The next thing that happens is you turn the engine on," Caine said. "You all sit exactly where you are till all the petrol has run out, which changes the equilibrium. We all jump out and the gold goes over the cliff."
P.S. OP - Who has been watching 'Christmas' movies whilst drinking wine and eating mince pies?
P.P.S. Says someone (me) whilst watching 'Die Hard' whilst drinking wine and eating mince pies!
Edited by alfaspecial on Sunday 18th December 20:12
O.S.H. said:
Step out the nearest exit door... collect gold bars at the foot of the mountain at your leisure.
Doesn’t the bus roll over (numerous times) and essentially blows up? Good luck finding melted gold.Made me think of this: https://www.thedrive.com/news/44733/an-f1-team-los...
soad said:
O.S.H. said:
Step out the nearest exit door... collect gold bars at the foot of the mountain at your leisure.
Doesn’t the bus roll over (numerous times) and essentially blows up? Good luck finding melted gold.Made me think of this: https://www.thedrive.com/news/44733/an-f1-team-los...
surveyor said:
vulture1 said:
add rocks to the back of the bus. hardly difficult.
Where do you get the rocks, and who does it without reducing the weight holding the front down?but it should hold with 1 person getting out the front, get some rocks to help.
Tell everyone except the lightest to get as close to the front as possible - in the film when Michael Caine moves towards the gold the others all move as well.
Lightest person picks up gold a bar at a time and moves it to the front.
Not sure what you do then, half way up an alp with a ton of gold and no transport!
Lightest person picks up gold a bar at a time and moves it to the front.
Not sure what you do then, half way up an alp with a ton of gold and no transport!
NASA improvised on the Apollo mission... so it shouldn’t be impossible.
Send the lightest person out for a van, chain, climbing rope & grappling hooks.
If the planned sequel was made... it revealed what happened next.
( But I’m no spoiler).
Send the lightest person out for a van, chain, climbing rope & grappling hooks.
If the planned sequel was made... it revealed what happened next.
( But I’m no spoiler).
Edited by Milkyway on Monday 19th December 09:58
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