No so reliable concept car transport
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Unfortunate name for them "Reliable Carriers Inc."
Truck crash damages Dodge concept
By Richard Truett and K.C. Crain
Automotive News / January 06, 2003
www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=41938
A semi-truck carrying a Dodge concept vehicle from the Los Angeles auto show to the Detroit auto show crashed Saturday, killing the driver and a passenger.
The accident in Vandalia, Ill., about 70 miles east of St. Louis, heavily damaged the Dodge Magnum SRT-8 high performance sport-wagon, which was scheduled to be shown today at the Detroit show. However, Chrysler officials said a backup version of the car would be ready if the show car is too heavily damaged.
The truck was operated by Reliable Carriers Inc. of Canton, Mich. The cause of the accident may have been a blown tire. No one from Reliable was available for comment Sunday.
Truck crash damages Dodge concept
By Richard Truett and K.C. Crain
Automotive News / January 06, 2003
www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=41938
A semi-truck carrying a Dodge concept vehicle from the Los Angeles auto show to the Detroit auto show crashed Saturday, killing the driver and a passenger.
The accident in Vandalia, Ill., about 70 miles east of St. Louis, heavily damaged the Dodge Magnum SRT-8 high performance sport-wagon, which was scheduled to be shown today at the Detroit show. However, Chrysler officials said a backup version of the car would be ready if the show car is too heavily damaged.
The truck was operated by Reliable Carriers Inc. of Canton, Mich. The cause of the accident may have been a blown tire. No one from Reliable was available for comment Sunday.
Yep - remember that one well! I seem to remember it got broken when brought to the UK?
All I can find on the web about it is....
"26/11/98 - Don't Try Driving It On A Sunny Day
A Formula 1 racing car made entirely of chocolate was transported aboard a scheduled Air France Boeing 747-200 freighter flight from Paris to New York Wednesday, the airline said in a statement. The out-of-the-ordinary perishables shipment, weighing nearly 1,300 pounds, is to be exhibited at "The Chocolate Show" to be held in New York from November 27 to December 1.
Manufactured by chocolatier Pascal Gurreau, of La Route du Cacao, the car is a chocolate replica of the Prost Grand Prix racing team's "Gauloise Prost Peugeot AP01, based on the original carbon molds used in the latter's production.
In order to meet very particular packaging/packing and transport requirements, the car was separated into three sections -- two for the chassis and one for the wheels -- Air France said.
Air France Cargo will also to fly the chocolate car back to France where it will be exhibited at the "Salon Saveur" in Paris from December 4 to 7 1998, the airline added."
All I can find on the web about it is....
"26/11/98 - Don't Try Driving It On A Sunny Day
A Formula 1 racing car made entirely of chocolate was transported aboard a scheduled Air France Boeing 747-200 freighter flight from Paris to New York Wednesday, the airline said in a statement. The out-of-the-ordinary perishables shipment, weighing nearly 1,300 pounds, is to be exhibited at "The Chocolate Show" to be held in New York from November 27 to December 1.
Manufactured by chocolatier Pascal Gurreau, of La Route du Cacao, the car is a chocolate replica of the Prost Grand Prix racing team's "Gauloise Prost Peugeot AP01, based on the original carbon molds used in the latter's production.
In order to meet very particular packaging/packing and transport requirements, the car was separated into three sections -- two for the chassis and one for the wheels -- Air France said.
Air France Cargo will also to fly the chocolate car back to France where it will be exhibited at the "Salon Saveur" in Paris from December 4 to 7 1998, the airline added."
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