Ex-pat's '72 Monaro among cargo stuck on Rena

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Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:11p.m.

The 1972 Holden Monaro GTS is stuck on the stranded Rena container ship

The 1972 Holden Monaro GTS is stuck on the stranded Rena container ship

While environmental fallout from the Rena continues, owners of the freighter’s cargo don’t know when they’ll get their possessions back.

There are around 2000 containers on the ship.

One contains ex-pat Troy Levien’s pride and joy – his 1972 Holden Monaro GTS.

The electrician who is based in Western Australia was due to be reunited with the muscle car for the first time in four years.

“I wonder what has happened to it, it’s just heartbreaking,” he says.

Efforts are underway to stop cargo aboard the vessel falling into the sea.

An email from the importer of the car sent last week suggested the recovery of the vehicle could get messy.

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01 Dec 2011 01:41p.m.

John wrote:

What are you all crying about? It's only an old car.

14 Oct 2011 10:47p.m.

Mace Price wrote:

Hope the car is safe, thats my dad's old Monaro, great car, and to The_Watcher if you wanna be like that go to china they need enviromental idiots over there, history needs to be looked after you tosser. Hope it makes its way back home.

14 Oct 2011 10:37p.m.

Mace wrote:

hope the old girl is safe its my dad's old GTS, hope the owner gets it back

14 Oct 2011 01:18p.m.

Jamie wrote:

Why havnt we heard anymore on thiS story? Half my neighborhood has been asking about. We want to know is the car still on the ship or has it gone overboard is it still safe or what? You fed us half a cookie with this story.. Where's the other half? Come on tv3 news. We know all about the other guys family possessions and where they are on the boat, we want to here if or what has happenend it's now been 5 days since u first put it on air.

13 Oct 2011 09:25p.m.

Marlie wrote:

How inconsiderate is PARE imagine your parents ashes were on board the Rena?? Or a muscle car you had for so many years or something that means alot to you..and you get the oportunity to have them put on a ship to you on their way to Australia and this disaster happens how would u feel? Not to mention there is an entire container filled with a family's belongings and furniture and is in the middle of the Rena almost squashed kids paintings, ancestors jewelry, life ling possessions and u have no consideration for these 2 family's this stuff they will never get back, I hope the family's muscle car and ashes are safe and the other familys furniture are safe. What a terrible thing for NZ beaches as well to have so much of that oil on ourbeautiful coast line.

13 Oct 2011 09:07p.m.

Carla green wrote:

Optimist- what are you talking about? No one mentioned politics. PARE if you have have something negitive to say don't bother commenting here, why would u take time out of your great life to write something like that if u don't care.... You must be one bored lonely person. What do u people get out of writing comments about how much u don't care if u don't care don't write nothing at all. Simple. I bet if your possessions were on that ship it would be a different story huh? Not just the monaro is on board there are other things like family ashes and that's why it is important to get these containers off!

13 Oct 2011 01:27p.m.

optimist wrote:

The salvage crew haven't been sitting on their hands for 5-7 days at all ! Did you fail to notice what the weather was doing the past 5 days ? High winds, high swell. The Awanui trying to pump oil off collided with the stern of the Rena and had to return to port. Prior to that the oil lines broke or pulled away multiple times. And some of you muppets actually try to blame the PM. Get real this isnt a political situation. Might as well blame Helen Clark, see if that flies !

13 Oct 2011 10:44a.m.

Pare wrote:

Oh boo hoo, cry me a river jeezuz....

13 Oct 2011 06:16a.m.

noorsabir@.com wrote:

wwwxxx

12 Oct 2011 09:44p.m.

Patrick wrote:

What a shame hq and what are they doing to fix this oil leak and containers going into ocean...... Eating popcorn and watching it?? Idiots. They have had all week to salvage those containers or at least tie them all together so they don't fall off like a deck of cards'