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  1. Little big car

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    #19 Little big car, Dec 18, 2012
    Ferrari 288GTO
    Ferrari Dino 246 GTS
    1987 Aston Martin Vantage Volante
    2002 BMW Z3 M Coupe
    1971 Mustang Boss 302
    2012 Mercedes E63 AMG Wagon

    I think that will hold me for a while.
     
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    #20 Zapski, Dec 18, 2012
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    I'd love a 1938 Bugatti Atlantic, however I think I'd need closer to $50 million for it.

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    #22 CarlB, Dec 19, 2012
    As long as we are dreaming big and the milion dollar price has been lifted, how about the finest American car ever made. The Duesenberg SJ. . This is a particularly striking example - Duesenberg Convertible SJ LA Grand Dual-Cowl Phaeton

    [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duesenberg_Model_SJ]Duesenberg Model SJ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

    I don't know how to upload a picture.
     
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    #23 Nathan, Dec 19, 2012
    Here is the picture for ya...

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    #25 Crashton, Dec 19, 2012
    If you guys are ever near Auburn Indiana you should head to the ACD Museum. Wonderful place full of automotive art.
     
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    #26 Steve, Dec 19, 2012
    Speaking of car museums, this has me wishing I had an excuse to visit LA right about now.

    Petersen Automotive Museum opens its vault to public for first time (Autoblog.com)
    See the pics here.
     
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    #27 Little big car, Dec 21, 2012
    Dusey's are such amazing automobiles. We have two of them here in my area which I see at shows every once in a while. The attention to detail on these cars is just mind blowing. Especially for their time. To say nothing of the engine. DOHC 4 valve technology when everybody else was still using flatheads or pushrods at best.
     
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    #28 CarlB, Dec 22, 2012
    There is a reason for the expression “It’s a Duesy” If you read about the Duesenburg brothers and their cars you will learn that there was a time when the finest cars in the world were made in the US. During the same period there was a race car called a Miller. Bugatti imported two Millers into Europe and raced them. Bugatti said that the only car in the world as good as a Bugatti was a Miller.
    File:1925 Miller 122.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    In 1925 this car had front wheel drive and a supercharged four valve twin cam engine.
     
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    #29 R56Bully, Dec 22, 2012
    No doubt, a '67 Corvtte Stingray 427! Yeeeeeeeeeeeee
     
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    #30 Steve, Jan 10, 2013
    If I lived close, I would absolutely take the opportunity to visit this museum vault while the doors are still open.

    Overwhelming popularity pursuades Petersen Museum to extend vault tours (Autoblog.com)
    DO click through to visit the gallery and check out the photos. :yesnod:
     
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    #31 N2MINI, Jan 10, 2013
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    69 Boss 429 Black on Black
    70 Boss 302 Grabber Blue on White
    71 Boss 351 Yellow on Black
    Continuation Series Shelby Cobra
    Ford GT ( GT-40 )
    A custom Lotus of some sort
    59 Caddy
    Y2K Motorcycle

    be close if a million will cover that but I think it will depending......
     
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    #32 mrntd, Jan 10, 2013
    Can I get a '59 Ferrari California Spider for a mil?
    or '72 365 GTS4 Daytona or '84 GTO
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    '65 Cobra or '72 XKE

    The problem is the cost to maintain them
     
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    #34 CHKMINI, Jan 11, 2013
    Multiple Cars:
    '59 MGA Twin Cam $80K
    '73 Ferrari Dino 246GTS $300K
    '63 Corvette Split Window $120K
    '67 Lotus Super Seven $65K
    '32 Ford Highboy Roadster $100K
    '66 Ford GT40 MK1 $110K
    '57 Porsche Speedster $230K

    One car that I can drive and enjoy:
    2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 $1,000,000
     
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    #35 Steve, Jan 11, 2013
    I've been thinking about it and I now realize even if I had that kind of money to burn I'd still only buy cars to drive, at least occasionally. Some would gasp and recoil in horror as I would drive my cars not only out of carpeted enclosures onto dirty pavement but well down the road...and probably quickly! It would have to be that way. I can drool over a gorgeous car in a museum like anyone else but I couldn't own a beautiful car and only look at it. IMO they're meant to be driven and experienced. If one breaks down, that's why I have a full time mechanic on staff. :biggrin5: If it gets to the point where parts, etc, can no longer be sourced or made and I'm tired of pouring money down a particular hole, that's when it finally turns into a garage queen.

    So, never mind the $ multi-million copies, time to reset my sights to the <$1M range.

    :lol: Like I could afford even that. :lol: Oh well, it costs nothing to dream, right?
     
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    #36 N2MINI, Jan 11, 2013
    I agree completely. I don't want an unrestored all original Boss 302 to park in the garage. I want one to play with and drive it as it was supposed to have been!!!
    Which is why I'd b'd also be perfectly happy with a continuation Shelby Cobra vs an original one..
    Heck I'm hoping to figure out how to raise the money to get a Factory Five Cobra in the near future..
     
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    #37 Steve, Jan 19, 2013
    $4.2M, apparently.
     
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    #38 Gil-galad, Jan 20, 2013
    I saw Clark Gable's '55 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing cross the block with $1.9M bid, and it didn't sell because the reserve hadn't been met...

    ...then I see reports in the news of some shifty, after-the-fact handshake deal allowed the car to change hands for $1.85M. Now what's up with that? I'll bet the BJ guys are PO'ed if their commission was impacted.
     
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