Photo of actual vehicle from Kruse International listing.
Posted on 09/23/2004 10:03:11 AM PDT by Area Freeper
A souped up Chevy Camaro owned by David Koresh, the slain leader of the Branch Davidian religious sect, will be sold at a Texas auction this weekend, the auctioneer said on Wednesday.
The 500-horsepower Camaro was Koresh's everyday car and has dents from an FBI (news - web sites) tank that struck it during the April 19, 1993 raid in which he and 80 Davidians died and their Waco, Texas compound burned to the ground, said Daniel Kruse of vintage car firm Kruse International.
The 1968 model "muscle" car with a powerful 427-cubic-inch motor has the words "DAVID'S 427 GO GOD" stamped on the engine block.
"This is history," Kruse said. "This is what David Koresh was all about."
Koresh, an aspiring rock and roll musician whose real name was Vernon Wayne Howell, was portrayed by federal officials and fellow Davidians as a fast-living manipulator who used his charm to control his followers.
On Feb. 28, 1993, four Drug Enforcement Administration agents were killed in a shootout with the Davidians, leading to a 51-day siege that ended with the spectacular fire.
Kruse says the car was parked in front of the compound throughout the siege, then seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration and eventually sold to a private individual who will sell it on Saturday at a classic car auction in Fredericksburg in central Texas.
Normally, the car, which is good condition other than the tank damage, would sell for $30,000 to $40,000, but $60,000 or more is possible, he said.
"With this historic connection, who knows how high it will go?"
Photo of actual vehicle from Kruse International listing.
No thanks.
That line pretty much sums it all up.
Maybe Janet Reno is lookung to replace that little pick-up of hers.
Great shape, minor water damage...
"The perfect set of wheels to go with my new look!"
The tank damage may have been avoided had they just arrested him at the local K-Mart. Come to think of, the kids burning to death may have been avoided as well.
Shake it Janet baby!!!
Even though they later conceeded that drugs were never an issue in the raid?
On Feb. 28, 1993, four Drug Enforcement Administration agents were killed in a shootout with the Davidians, leading to a 51-day siege that ended with the spectacular fire.
WTF? I thought it was ATF agents?
I wonder if the gub'mint agents who had it, tested it to see if it would burn out....
(Chief Wiggum voice): Nice work there, boys!
Will any college student turn down beer?
Man, those Brach Dividians should have known Koresh was not got. God would not drive a Camaro. St. Peter might but not the big guy!!
LOL better carfax that bad boy.
It was ATF agents. The author of this article is either mistaken or sloppy. Probably both.
As I understand it, the car used to be red before the BATF and the FBI worked their magic. Is that a puff of smoke coming off the back of it?
I would advise the seller to keep the whereabouts of the car a secret. If the feds find out, it will be confiscated as the property of a gun-running, child-molesting, over-zealous religious lunatic's property, none of which has been proven to be true to this day.
I hope you have said good-bye to the car folks...
They were indeed BATF(e) agents. I think there's a law that requires the media to make misrepresentations of fact in every single article about the Waco siege massacre. Trivial, easy to refute, wrong-on-their-face lies. But they always do this.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.