GI JOE and LAMBO?

[Parker]

When I was in High School, I always heard rumors that many of the vehicles in the GI JOE cartoon and the Harbro toys were actually vehicles...and also that The US military has also filed lawsuits against Hasbro for releasing vehicles as toys, that were actual prototypes...

Well, The Lamborghini Cheetah was an ill fated move by Lamborghini to produce a military vehicle for the US...and ended up as a vehicle for GI Joe instead...
http://jalopnik.com/ever-wondered-why-lamborghini-called-their-suv-the-lm00-470848430

[arce1988]

  Go Joe

[MusselFreek]

wow i had that toy when i was a kid!

[The True Adonis]

http://www.carscoops.com/2007/10/war-crimes-soldiers-destroy-rare.html

War Crimes: Soldiers Destroy Rare Lamborghini LM002 SUV In Iraq
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 CATEGORIES: LAMBORGHINI, LAMBORGHINI LM 002 |

Here’s a story that will make all you octane-lovers sob like a kid who dropped his ice cream. On July 18, 2004, American soldiers at a USA military base near Baqubah, Iraq used this navy-blue Lamborghini LM002 (powered by a Countach V12 engine) once owned by Uday Hussein, one of Saddam Hussein's sons, to simulate the effects of a V.B.IE.D. (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device).
In plain English, the unaware soldiers took one of the rarest cars of our time (only 300 Lamborghini LM002s were ever built), packed it with explosives, parked it next to a concrete barrier similar in construction to those surrounding the base and blew it up to pieces. We’re aware that these guys were just doing their work and that the LM002 is a relatively unknown quantity, but nevertheless, it’s a pretty shame that no one knew what they had in their hands. -Image gallery after the jump

[The True Adonis]

A friend of mine was present when they destroyed Uday`s car collection.  Rare Porsches, Ferraris, Rolls-Royces.  Total waste.

[Parker]

A friend of mine was present when they destroyed Uday`s car collection.  Rare Porsches, Ferraris, Rolls-Royces.  Total waste.

should have found a way to get them out of the country, like auction them off, and the proceeds would go to building schools or something.

[The True Adonis]

[The True Adonis]

Uday`s abandon Ferrari F-40 in Iraq

[The True Adonis]

[The True Adonis]

[Irongrip400]

/\/\/\

Why vandalize the cars? I can at least see looting, although I don't know if I'd participate, but destroying that stuff? I don't get it.

[Parker]

/\/\/\

Why vandalize the cars? I can at least see looting, although I don't know if I'd participate, but destroying that stuff? I don't get it.

Ignorance, anger possibly...
There is a story of Saddam's old Mercedes 600 Pullman (I think it's a Pullman) it's out of the country now. It's has running boards and handles for his bodyguards, and a rare top where the rear top can be pulled off.