Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity. Show all posts

Friday, 30 March 2007

Eddie Griffin wrecks a Ferrari Enzo, here's the video, after the link

http://cbs2.com/video/?id=36337@kcbs.dayport.com and they included a commercial before the wreck.... sneaky bastards knew this would be a highly watched internet video, and are getting a lot of bang for the buck out of that commercial

Monday, 29 January 2007

Frank Sinatra, gave away this Lamborghini Muira, that the factory made to his detailed wishes

http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/News/Sinatra.html Nothing but the very best, and he gave it to model Gloria Kent who traded it in on a new Countach, hopefully after a few years of loving it.

Frank showed up to the Lambo factory himself, with a lot of leather, and asked for the factory to put that in the car. Nice stuff.

Nothing on Google about her, or wikipedia.

The 67 Vette first owned by astronaut Gus Grissom auctioned in Mar 2006, didn't sell



http://www.kruse.com/news/2006_0220_GrissomVette.asp

pictures of this, just beautiful
http://www.kruse.com/auctions/detail.asp?CONSIGN=808&MAKE=Chevrolet&AUC_CODE=MIAMI06&AUC_BREAD=Miami%202006&SEARCH_NAME=Chevrolet&PAGE=1


results page
http://www.kruse.com/results/return.asp?MAKE=Chevrolet&AUC_CODE=MIAMI06&AUC_BREAD=Miami%2C%20FL%202006&YEAR=2006&RESULTS=1

Sinatra's owned a couple of station wagons,

Now,
1985 automatic Chrysler LeBaron, that the London Autotrader is trying to sell for 20,ooo pounds. I read somewhere that his wife bought it for him to drive incognito.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/33552.html



Then
1998 Auction house Kruse International reports that Frank Sinatra's 1973 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon was sold at their Auburn Spring MotorFair auction for $9,600. Supposedly a Sinatra favorite for hauling friends and gold clubs around.
From: http://www.stationwagon.com/sw_news/sw_news_1998.html

Sunday, 21 January 2007

Lee Marvin's Shelby convertible, that he gave to his gardener.


Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra sells for $5 million




Auction details here http://www.speedtv.com/articles/automotive/lifestyle/34919/ in 3 minutes it was $1.5 million, at the 4 minute mark $2 million, at 4:45 it was $3 million, at 5:30 minutes it was $4 million , and at the 8 minute mark it went out for $5 million.

The buyer is Ron Pratt, who paid 4.1 million last year for the GM Motorama bus. Who the competion was that got the price that high is something I'd like to know.

That is a monument to the man, the legacy, and the craze that auctioning rare cars is. It made US history, World history, and it feels insignificant to mention that it made auction history.
http://www.speedtv.com/barrett-jackson/ for the 8 minute feed from Speedtv's website.

click on the link to my earlier postings for more info, a copy of the 1968 Motor Trend article in full, and other links for more on Carroll Shelby's personal dual supercharged Cobra Super Snake.
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/meanest-cobra-ever-made-ever-carrols.html#links
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