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Some collector vehicles are valuable because they won big races like Indianapolis or Le Mans. Others fetch big bids because of celebrity ownership. Then there’s the WikiLeaks Truck – best known as an emblem of activism.
Online auctioneer eBay is offering what may be 2011’s most newsworthy box van, the WikiLeaks Mobile Information Collection Unit. The truck is not officially connected with WikiLeaks, the organization known for releasing secret documents. Artist Clark Stoeckley created it as a way to bring a symbol of WikiLeaks to the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York.
Stoekley, who says the truck is a sort of prank, has driven it back and forth a number of times between New York and Washington, D.C. The vehicle has been stopped, searched and confiscated by law enforcement and became an symbol of widespread discontent as “Occupy” movements spread across the U.S.
According to the eBaylisting, Clark made a New Year’s resolution to expand the WikiLeaks Truck concept into a fleet around the world. To help fund the project he is selling the original, which he bought from rental company U-Haul a year ago. The auction listing calls it “a great conversation starter.”
The truck weighs 7,540 pounds empty with a maximum gross weight of 11,000 pounds. The online pitch describes it as being in great condition except for the following flaws: a bent front bumper, inoperative air conditioning and driver-side radio speaker, and belts that need tightening. Bonus features include a satellite dish, dummy security cameras, a couch and a toy piano.
The auction ends Jan 9 at 8:43:53 p.m., PST.[/quote]
sauce: [url]http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2012/01/03/wikileaks-truck-for-sale-on-ebay/[/url]
[img]http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-RF674_wiki_E_20120103141110.jpg[/img]
I hope this goes for a lot of money, spread the power of Wiki-leaks!
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-F-350-Box-Truck-WikiLeaks-Top-Secret-Mobile-Information-Collection-Unit-Contemporary-Art-Truck-/180788175283?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2a17d0a1b3[/url]
Auction in question.
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Extras
Satellite Dish
4 Dummy Security Cameras
Patriotic Bunting
Couch
Toy Piano
[b]and possibly tracking bugs installed by the government[/b]
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lol
I'd rather buy one of these I've been seeing on Ebay often, much cheaper too.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-M923-Military-5-Ton-6x6-Drop-Side-Cargo-Truck-Diesel-Auto-ABS-PS-NR-/110803168369?pt=Military_Vehicles&hash=item19cc622c71[/url]
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;34055066]I'd rather buy one of these I've been seeing on Ebay often, much cheaper too.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1985-M923-Military-5-Ton-6x6-Drop-Side-Cargo-Truck-Diesel-Auto-ABS-PS-NR-/110803168369?pt=Military_Vehicles&hash=item19cc622c71[/url][/QUOTE]A true chick magnet
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