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    The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo

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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    This thing is so much better then any Maybach.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Reading Comprehension 101:


    According to the Madle website, it was King Fahd's hinie that couldn't touch leather, leading the Stutz to be re-done. Otherwise, a fascinating article about an equally fascinating car - makes a Mercedes 600 Pullman look like a Checker cab.

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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/15/09

    @tonyola: Yeah, I saw that-but then there were other sites which had it the other way around, with Bongo's ass to be kept away from leather. I guess it wouldn't pass The New Yorker's factcheckers.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    It's a wonder that thing hasn't just snapped in the middle.

    I imagine the creel and yaw and general wallow forces make this a Queasi-mobile.


    Wonder what it's quarter-mile time is?

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    I would like a throne in my car, too.



    Useful much.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Nagy! That was some of the best writing I've seen on this site in a long time.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Nice car, great article! Somehow, the over the top styling of Stutz works when stretched.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    I guess seatbelts are against Gabonese law as well. First rule of driving Bongo's Stutz: No sudden stops.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Here are some of Bongo's other awesome cars. Lagonda, Ferrari 400,...


    [karakullake.blogspot.com]

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    gotta love the Facebook link:


    Not the Omar Bongo you were looking for?

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    Image of Chris deZevallos Chris deZevallos
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Looks like something Mr. Kananga would drive in the movie, Live and Let Die. Bongo kind of looks like Kananga.
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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    06/14/09

    @Chris deZevallos: Unfortunately, I don't think that someone 4'11" would get to call themselves "Mr Big".
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    What's mind boggling to me is that the designer responsable for this also worked on the prototype that let to the Citroën CX, one of the most beautiful cars of all times.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    06/12/09

    @sos10: Great taste as usual.

    I think you're US based but if you're interested, here in France (in my hometown down south), I know a guy that's got a very clean '85 CX 25 GTi for sale. 60000 km, 2500 Euros. I'd buy it if my banker allowed it.
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    Image of GasGuzzler GasGuzzler
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    Damn that is bitchin. Is that his palace with the giant Elk on top?
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/15/09

    @GasGuzzler: It's the Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi, a huge hunting lodge in Turin, Italy:


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    From the Wiki link:


    Gbadolite or Gbado-Lite (pronounced [ɡ͡badolite])

    Um.... thanks?

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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    But what does it score on the Jalopnik scale?
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/12/09

    @OldeEnglishD: I think there needs to be special dispensation for A) limos and B) Stutz vehicles.
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    Image of CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom CaptMatt15 loves the Zoom-Zoom
    06/12/09

    In reply to The All-American Royale of Bongo from Congo
    These articles are officially the best ever. I get to reading all of the side links off to Wikipedia and to other older articles on Jalopnik.

    History Lesson/World News disguised as Jalopnik with cool cars thrown in = Awesome
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    06/12/09

    @CaptMatt15 is waiting for his 159 Wagon: No shit! I just went off on a 30 min tour of Wiki googling all the crap in the article.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/12/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Same here, it's a good thing it's still relatively early here on the left coast and most of my co-workers have yet to arrive!
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