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Your gas-guzzling car is just a relic of the past

By Gautam Malkani

Published: January 30 2006 18:50 | Last updated: January 30 2006 18:50

If you drive north out of Nebraska, through a town called Alliance, along state highway 87, a curious sight will greet you about 100m beyond Berea Creek. A replica of the UK’s Stonehenge has been erected in the middle of a dusty field.

With the same dimensions as the ancient monument, it looks identical in all but one important respect: the Nebraska version, built 20 years ago as a memorial sculpture, is made out of old vehicles.

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