[Spridgets] WWII and LBC

[Linda Grunthaner]

Wow that poor little Mini : (
Lin

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Timothy H. Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:

> I mentioned my search for information about WWII a few days ago. I
> came across an interesting WWII site with some LBC content I though I
> would share. During WWII the US Army was in Brisbane Australia. When
> they left they filled an old quarry with "war remains" - guns,
> cannons, planes, bombs, etc. Then the Ausies contributed their junk
> over the years. A guy obtained permission to drain the quarry and
> salvage what he found. Included with the military planes (US and
> Jap.) he found a "Mini Cooper S (that) spent 10 days on the road...
> and nearly 30 years under water" and a 1937 Wolsely. There's even
> some poor quality video of some of the salvage including the Mini.
> The Mini is remarkably straight considering its history. Interesting
> pics and video on this site.
> See: http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/quarry.htm<http://home.st.net.au/%7Edunn/quarry.htm>
>
>
> Tim Collins
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006@N07/
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