Favorite Car of All TIME Thread......
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i'd rather be lucky than good
i'd rather be lucky than good, that's for sure. our kids go to school together, i'm a car guy, he's a CAR GUY, just got lucky. he picked me up in his 16M, we took out the GTO, and then the Aston Martin DBR2, then home in the Enzo. what a day.
hell, i had to share it with somebody
he's a very gracious host.
back to the discussion at hand
my favorite? well, one of them is maybe the 1962 maserati 5000 GT. maserati left F1 and had engines left over. my friend's father had the one that had been made for the aga khan who gave it to rita hayworth. the coolest thing was the record player in the dash.
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103.060
hell, i had to share it with somebody
he's a very gracious host.back to the discussion at hand
my favorite? well, one of them is maybe the 1962 maserati 5000 GT. maserati left F1 and had engines left over. my friend's father had the one that had been made for the aga khan who gave it to rita hayworth. the coolest thing was the record player in the dash.
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103.060
This car is chassis number 103.060 and wears a body by Frua. It is a later series car that has the 4-wheel disc brakes, five-speed gearbox, and 4.9-liter V8 engine with Double Overhead Camshaft and two-valves per cylinder.
The car was delivered to Karim Aga Khan on August 8th of 1962. He was the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shiite sect at the time and resided in France at the time.
The frontal area of this car is very unique. It is built around a centrally positioned trident on the front of the hood and has rectangular headlamps and parking lights. It has a low belt-line and a tall roofline.
It is painted in a gray hue that shifts from purple to nearly pink depending on the lighting and the angle of view. The interior is cream and accented by a generous amount of chrome trim. In the center of the dashboard is a 300 kph speedometer. There is a 45 RPM record player that sits in front of the passenger's seat. The wood-rimmed steering wheel features trident-shaped spokes.
This car has been awarded a Second in Class at Pebble Beach. It has been well maintained over the years and is a fully documented example. In 2007 this car was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, CA where it was estimated to sell for $650,000 - $850,000. Bidding soon surpassed those estimates and when the gavel fell for the third and final time, the lot had been sold for $1,100,000.
The car was delivered to Karim Aga Khan on August 8th of 1962. He was the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Shiite sect at the time and resided in France at the time.
The frontal area of this car is very unique. It is built around a centrally positioned trident on the front of the hood and has rectangular headlamps and parking lights. It has a low belt-line and a tall roofline.
It is painted in a gray hue that shifts from purple to nearly pink depending on the lighting and the angle of view. The interior is cream and accented by a generous amount of chrome trim. In the center of the dashboard is a 300 kph speedometer. There is a 45 RPM record player that sits in front of the passenger's seat. The wood-rimmed steering wheel features trident-shaped spokes.
This car has been awarded a Second in Class at Pebble Beach. It has been well maintained over the years and is a fully documented example. In 2007 this car was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, CA where it was estimated to sell for $650,000 - $850,000. Bidding soon surpassed those estimates and when the gavel fell for the third and final time, the lot had been sold for $1,100,000.
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thought ya all might like this..... i dug it up and thought it was pretty sweet!
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2009/08/jaguar-xj13/
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2009/08/jaguar-xj13/
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I think the Zonda has way too much s*it going on for my taste. It looks like something ***** Wonka would take to the track. Yea, great reputation, great car, but WAY too busy for me. It makes my eyes tired just looking at it.
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I beat ya to it! (on the previous page)
It's certainly worth a repost, though.
It's certainly worth a repost, though.
thought ya all might like this..... i dug it up and thought it was pretty sweet!
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2009/08/jaguar-xj13/
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2009/08/jaguar-xj13/
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ya think? I see some high numbers for it but the highest I found was $25mil which was turned down
not documented, just read online
