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Cars hidden from Germans in WW2
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:21 pm    Post subject: Cars hidden from Germans in WW2 Reply with quote

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Rene



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did not know a '60 Opel Kapitän and a '50s citroen Hy where around in WW2
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well spotted Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roughly translated:

They find in France in a quarry of stone underground a collection of classic cars that have been hiding there for more than 80 years to avoid the discovery by the German army. The collection of classic cars was found by a Belgian urban teacher and explorer named Vincent Michael who, finding the treasure, described that he felt he had traveled 'back in time'.







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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rene wrote:
I did not know a '60 Opel Kapitän and a '50s citroen Hy where around in WW2
Wink


The owner of the quarry added some cars in later years,cheers,JD.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow what a place, imagine how it must have looked years ago. Hope they leave them well alone.

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Rene



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rick wrote:
Wow what a place, imagine how it must have looked years ago. Hope they leave them well alone.

RJ


Probably it looked less rusty Wink
Regarding to hiding the cars for the germans i wonder if that's right,when people hide cars to prevent them take away they hide usable cars,not wrecks.
Most of these cars are stripped,engines are all over the place,interiors are ripped out.wheels removed and so on.
There are also pre war and post war cars mixed together,overall it lookes like a junk yard,not a pre war storage.
My grandfather owned a prewar Opel and just before the war he had the car hidden wrapped in a tarp under a hay stack,on blocks and covered in oil,after the war the Opel came out of the haystack and was used again.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, what a place. Shame things weren't found earlier.
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