Back in the 1973-1993 years, I drove Chevy Caprices (V8) as a sales rep for a big seed company. We would trade them in at about 60-70,000 mi. In 1991 or 1992 I took my "90 Caprice to the Chev dealer in Madison, Wi, to get my new car.
Before I left the dealership I noticed my old Chev V8 being loaded on a semi. I asked the salesman where the car was going. The salesman said "See that Arabian guy standing by that Lexus? (A well dressed man was standing there talking to someone.) Caprices are highly valued by the Kuwaiti"s (sp?) and that car is going to Kuwait. That guy is a buyer and goes to all the Chevy dealerships, buys the Caprice V8s, and sends them to Baltimore to be shipped out.".
The salesmen went on to tell me that when Saddem Hussein invaded Kuwait all the Kuwaiti"s headed for the Saudi Arabian border as fast as they could go...they just packed up their family and headed out, even across the desert since the few roads were blocked with traffic. He said the Chevy Caprice with the heavy frame, strong motor and good cooling was one of the few brands of cars that could make the high speed run without breaking down. Apparantly a lot of those little 4 & 6 bangers overheated and the passengers were left stranded in the desert, and captured by Saddem"s thugs.
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