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No pics, so it probably didn't happen, but in my working life as a UPS driver, I had a high end car restorer on my route, a guy who has won Pebble Beach with his resto's.
Bob Lutz was a friend of his and kept some of his cars out here. the guy converted a Silo pad to a helicopter pad for Lutz to fly out. Lutz had a Cunningham there, but some of the resto's were even cooler. I had lunch with Lutz out there one time (may have overstayed my 30 mins) and tried to talk him into buying a BMW McLaren. His Cunningham was pretty cool, big block Chrysler in it, if I recall. |
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i went to high school in northern new jersey and a company (HYTORC apparently) that i drove by every day had a rotation of cars parked in a single paved parking space on the front lawn of the building. supposedly he sold the variety to get the veyron..
these are what i saw in that parking space: ferrari f50 ferrari f40 dodge viper gts-r lamborghini gallardo buggati veyron (this is the actual car) Mercedes V12 cl600 threads talking about the guy: http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/f...back-ebay.html http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...eyron-Rt-17-NJ! http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/new...7-bugatti.html https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho...1445679&page=2 Last edited by seanile; 03-02-2017 at 09:51 PM. |
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I've been a bit of a car fanatic for most of my life and have always had an interest in obscure machines. Not counting car shows, car meets, cars in shops, etc, the most obscure cars that I've actually seen in the "wild" are:
-AC Greyhound - lived a few blocks down from my parent's house in Houston. -Matra Djet (someone else mentioned this one) - owned by a guy in the Brentwood neighborhood in Austin. -Renault Caravelle - I actually owned one of these - a 1967. Fun car - Rear-engined convertible with a 1100cc water cooled, 4 cylinder motor. Probably the most obscure car that I've seen in the wild happened about a year ago as I was dropping my son off at one of his friends' houses for a play date here in Austin. A house a few doors down had its garage door open and I happened to notice what looked like the rear bumperettes and backend of a Bugeye Sprite in the garage. The homeowner was in the front yard and I pulled over and asked him if he might be interested in selling the Sprite. Turns out it wasn't a Sprite, but a little British special called an Ogle SX1000 GT. The Ogles were based on Austin Mini mechanicals and utilized a fiberglass body that was very Italian in design. There were only 66 of them made before the founder of the company (David Ogle) was killed in one of them in the early 60s. The owner that had this car had an interesting story about it. The car had been in his family since it was new. His Dad was actually the official importer of the cars to the U.S. in the early 60s before David Ogle was killed. As the owner showed me the car, he opened up an old filing cabinet in his garage and pulled out several 60s vintage marketing pieces and spec sheets for the cars and gave them to me. Interesting car, neat story, and a nice gentlemen. Texbike Last edited by texbike; 03-02-2017 at 09:55 PM. |
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I like cars but despise car culture. There are some obscurities in this thread I know nothing about, but also that those kinda cars are not really my thing so I wouldn't know of them anyway. I guess it's a lot like taste in art, it's got to have something more behind it than it just being an oddity. And some of these cars are just simply oddities. |
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The most obscure car I've ever seen: Jay Leno's Tank Car, cruising along Wilshire Blvd in Westwood -- with Jay at the helm, of course. It really must be seen in person appreciate how *huge* it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp5SmVST15w Runners up include the Qvale Mangusta, Lambo LM002, and Mercedes Unimog. Last edited by dgauthier; 03-03-2017 at 03:06 AM. |
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or ? If we are talking pre-war, there may have been racing cars "decorated" that way. BMW did some racing, mostly in lower classes or hillclimbs, but wasn't used in propaganda as extensively as the grand prix cars of Mercedes or Auto Union, which were Adolfs pet projects. If we're talking post-war, i can absolutely guarantee it wasn't an official "special edition" (showing Nazi emblems is a serious crime here in D, even on model airplanes or tanks, and it is about the last thing on earth BMW would do), more likely the home-job of some deluded fella.
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Interesting, you could probably see most of those cars in a day or 2 in stockholm. Well not the Lancia. |
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As far as VW's go these are rare.
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My dream car. I've seen a few in the wild, most recently in Switzerland. Beat up, dull paint, cracked fiberglass, dirty interior. Still want one.
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A guy down in our neighborhood owns a McClaren and another who owns a 1967 Shelby Cobra.
Also, one of the big Ferrari collectors stores his collection about a mile away from our house. I seen his 250 GTO and I think is his, Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. Once I was riding in Ridgecrest Blvd (7 Sisters) and heard what I thought were motorcycles turn out it was that Ferrari GT with the top down. I have a picture stored somewhere. Finally, I went to Junior Highschool with Carrol Sheby's granddaughter. Her mom had a Cobra with a corvette automatic transmission. I have been in that thing.
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Having a top-tier football team and a major movie and TV industry in town, plus being the preferred shopping-area for sheikhs and oligarchs, helps definitely. Few current supercars that one doesn't see around. No one bats an eyelid at a Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo or Aston any more.
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A Pinzgauer...one of my top 10 most lusted after vehicles. I've seen one of those on the road as well.
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Went to high school with Michele Mellencamp and her dad...Johnny Cougar would pick her up in his Porsche 959. That was pretty sweet.
Also saw a Bradley GT, a german kit car amalgamation, driving around IU's campus. Being my last name I went bananas as a kid when I saw there was a car named a Bradley. Was stopped at a stop light (on my bike) and a Veyron and Murcielago pulled up next to each other. The green light began an absolute symphony of horsepower, screeching tires, and the earth shattering exhaust notes. They took off in their testosterone who has a bigger one drag race. Gave me chills. Last edited by Dave B; 03-03-2017 at 07:33 AM. |
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