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Subject: Super Limos - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 2-Sep-84 13:36:00 EDT
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There is this interesting article in this months "Signature" magazine
about super-limos, the s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d Caddies and Lincolns. Here
is an exert from it (reproduced without permission, of course):

   "But in California -- where else? -- the rolling palaces of Ultra
Limousine's Vini Bergeman have made him a name (and, he likes to
add, a fortune). Three years ago, "as a joke," Bergeman stretched a 
plain old normal Cadillac into a 32-foot boat of a car, complete with
its very own gun turret. "The world's largest limo," he was fond of
calling it until -- horrors! -- rival Gino Dentie countered with a 
flaming red, 40-foot limousine. Not to be outdone by Bergeman's legendary
limos installed with hot tubs, waterbeds and pool tables, Dentie
equipped his 19-passenger roadster with a chauffeur, two bodyguards,
three motorcycles and, as an optional feature, a 42-inch dwarf
bartender.
   It was limousine wars, no question about it, and Bergeman struck
back with a 50-foot monstrosity. Scheduled for completion this fall, 
the new gold megalimo will include, among other fantasy features, a 
sundeck that flips into a 15-foot swimming pool. The flamboyant Vini
Bergeman said his car would also come with a dwarf to dive into the
pool, and may also have a 150-gallon aquarium. "The fact is," Bergeman
said, "I build the baddest limos around. End of subject. Period."
Also the most expensive, and possibly the least drivable. Ultra
Limo's gigantic, 10-wheel machine, which requires a special permit
to be driven, will cost in excess of $800,000 -- three times the value
Gino Dentie ascribes to his soon-to-be-mini 40-foot limo. How will 
Bergeman and company navigate their oversized baby, he was asked.
"Carefully."


I want one. Where do I sign up?  :-)

George Moore				      Tandy System Software
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