Guy Buys Saddam’s Car

DANBURY, CT-August 2, 2005 — First Sergeant William von Zehle thinks he has the mother of all Mercedes, Saddam Hussein’s car.
The Connecticut soldier bought the car for about $5,000 when he was serving in Baghdad. The armored Mercedes even has flame throwers that shoot out the sides for crowd control.
Von Zehle says he did some research on his pimped-up ride and found just three of armored 560 models were sold to the Iraqi government in 1988. He says that means only one thing – Saddam.
Von Zehle had the Mercedes shipped back home where it sits in his garage. He hasn’t registered the car yet and says it needs some work.
He says he has to replace a broken front passenger window. But the bulletproof glass costs more than $14,000.

That’s pretty cool.