10k: Sarah Palin’s Dog Sled: 1999 Ford Expedition
In 1996 self-described hockey-mom Sarah Palin beat incumbent John Stein 651 to 440 votes in the Wasilla, Alaska mayor race. Turnout could best be described as lackluster when you consider that Wasilla’s population was 5,469 in the 2000 census. Regardless, the small town purchased a 1999 Ford Expedition for the mayor and apparently this vehicle was used to shuttle her around for official and unofficial business. Find this 1999 Ford Expedition
for sale in Wasilla, AK currently bidding on ebay for $10,200 with a 1 day to go.
According to the ebay listing this vehicle was the official city transport of Mrs Palin and is now being sold by the City of Wasilla, probably help fund some pork barrel project or cover some ever-increasing deficit. The 4/3rds scale Palin bobble head in the photos is just about the scariest thing we’ve ever seen in a car window and would only consider this car if it comes with that photo on the window. Imagine driving into your local drive-thru with the disembodied Palin head showing her pearly whites at the window.
The Ford Expedition will need more than lipstick to make it look like anything other than a pig. See a better celebrity owned Expo for cheap? email us here: tips@dailyturismo.com
bonus feature for the truck, one can see russia from the back seat.
A pig with more needs than Id care to deal with. Current bid is $10200 or about $7000 more than its worth.
Not so sure about the "celebrity value" on this one. I'd be interested to meet the moron who buys it, or even better, the even bigger moron he's going to inevitably try to flip it to.
I think it should be purchased and entered in LeMons. Like its previous owner, it would be the best looking in the race, but too slow to win.
Sigh……………good use of the taxpayers money…shuttle the Mayor of a micro burg around……guess the former weathergirl didnt want to get her gams wet
I only clicked on this to see the comments and add my own snarky comments. Now I feel sorry for SP, the horror.
what is so funny is that Sarah Palin is still bragging about all her experience as Wasilly's mayor. She got 651 votes to 440–couldn't handle the job and the residents tried to recall her (they couldn't just fire her) and attorneys said it would cost less and be quicker if they just ignored her and let her drive around in the car she had them buy for the town and they hired a city manager to do all the duties. Now the average education level for the adults in Alaska is 11th grade and even they could figure out that all Palin wanted to do was spend-spend-spend and the town is still paying off the debt she put them in.