A Simply Amazing Collection
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From: Mamby Pamby Land
Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
That's a wild collection.
I started to really pay attention in the Corvette room when he passed the 1953 Paxton-supercharged C1 Corvette, which is a VERY rare item indeed. The L88 C2 Convertible didn't hurt either, I didn't even know any L88 'verts were made, there are only 20 L88's in the world (assuming none have been crashed).
I started to really pay attention in the Corvette room when he passed the 1953 Paxton-supercharged C1 Corvette, which is a VERY rare item indeed. The L88 C2 Convertible didn't hurt either, I didn't even know any L88 'verts were made, there are only 20 L88's in the world (assuming none have been crashed).
I was shocked when I saw that car. When I saw the whole car I said the SC must be custom, no way they were putting SCs into cars that long ago. I'd never really heard much about SCs until the 90s and even then they were only going into custom builds. Hell the first car I really remember KNOWING was SCed was the Terminator. Guess I was very ignorant, lol, here is what I found on the wiki...
The first functional supercharger can be attributed to German engineer Gottlieb Daimler, who received a German patent for supercharging an internal combustion engine in 1885. Louis Renault patented a centrifugal supercharger in France in 1902. An early supercharged race car was built by Lee Chadwick of Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1908, which, it was reported, reached a speed of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
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The first supercharged cars were introduced in the 1921 Berlin Motor Show: the 6/20 hp and 10/35 hp Mercedes. These cars went into production in 1923 as the 6/25/40 hp (regarded as the first supercharged road car[1]) and 10/40/65 hp.[2] These were normal road cars as other supercharged cars at same time were almost all racing cars, including the 1923 Fiat 805-405, 1923 Miller 122,[3] 1924 Alfa Romeo P2, 1924 Sunbeam,[4], 1925 Delage,[5] and the 1926 Bugatti Type 35C. At the end of the 1920s, Bentley made a supercharged version of the Bentley 4½ Litre road car. Since then, superchargers (and turbochargers) are widely applied to racing and production cars, although the supercharger's technological complexity and cost have largely limited it to expensive, high-performance cars.
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The first supercharged cars were introduced in the 1921 Berlin Motor Show: the 6/20 hp and 10/35 hp Mercedes. These cars went into production in 1923 as the 6/25/40 hp (regarded as the first supercharged road car[1]) and 10/40/65 hp.[2] These were normal road cars as other supercharged cars at same time were almost all racing cars, including the 1923 Fiat 805-405, 1923 Miller 122,[3] 1924 Alfa Romeo P2, 1924 Sunbeam,[4], 1925 Delage,[5] and the 1926 Bugatti Type 35C. At the end of the 1920s, Bentley made a supercharged version of the Bentley 4½ Litre road car. Since then, superchargers (and turbochargers) are widely applied to racing and production cars, although the supercharger's technological complexity and cost have largely limited it to expensive, high-performance cars.
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Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
I'd estimate the collection at around $12-15M, personally. The Reventon and Veyron are both worth $1.8M each, with another $1M each for the Enzo and 959. I'm sure there's a lot of value in the muscle car room that my eyes are missing. I didn't see any Superbirds or Yenko Camaros, but that doesn't mean that there aren't some cars in there worth some serious change.
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Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
i would only need 3 of those cars.
take all to a dragstrip, keep the fastest one
take all to a roadcourse, keep the quickest one
release a gaggle of bitches through there and tell them to vote for their fav. car, keep the winner
take all to a dragstrip, keep the fastest one
take all to a roadcourse, keep the quickest one
release a gaggle of bitches through there and tell them to vote for their fav. car, keep the winner
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From: Palm Beach Gardens
Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
And this has nothing on John O'Quinn's car collection.
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Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
Hi, I'm glad you've enjoyed watching a little "tour" of the collection 
While I didn't take this video, I am the official photographer of the collection.
You can view one of the original threads on this collection On Ferrarichat
And view some hi-res images on www.nthimage.com --> Detroit/ Photoshoots
There is a lot of copy-paste info floating around the web that is incorrect; this is one of those instances.
The owner of the collection bought LPE last fall. He also did NOT sell his company for 500 Mill. I've never asked him what he sold it for; nor will I. Iit was nowhere near that amount.
O'Quinn's is quite nice, and different 
When you start getting into collections like these, you start to appreciate the individual flavor that the cars have relative to the owner.
I'll be happy to answer almost any question regarding the collection
While I didn't take this video, I am the official photographer of the collection.
You can view one of the original threads on this collection On Ferrarichat
And view some hi-res images on www.nthimage.com --> Detroit/ Photoshoots
There is a lot of copy-paste info floating around the web that is incorrect; this is one of those instances.
And this has nothing on John O'Quinn's car collection.
When you start getting into collections like these, you start to appreciate the individual flavor that the cars have relative to the owner. I'll be happy to answer almost any question regarding the collection
Needs more poke.
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From: Brunswick, ME
Re: A Simply Amazing Collection
Hi, I'm glad you've enjoyed watching a little "tour" of the collection
While I didn't take this video, I am the official photographer of the collection.
You can view one of the original threads on this collection On Ferrarichat
And view some hi-res images on www.nthimage.com --> Detroit/ Photoshoots
There is a lot of copy-paste info floating around the web that is incorrect; this is one of those instances.
The owner of the collection bought LPE last fall. He also did NOT sell his company for 500 Mill. I've never asked him what he sold it for; nor will I. Iit was nowhere near that amount.
O'Quinn's is quite nice, and different When you start getting into collections like these, you start to appreciate the individual flavor that the cars have relative to the owner.
I'll be happy to answer almost any question regarding the collection
While I didn't take this video, I am the official photographer of the collection.
You can view one of the original threads on this collection On Ferrarichat
And view some hi-res images on www.nthimage.com --> Detroit/ Photoshoots
There is a lot of copy-paste info floating around the web that is incorrect; this is one of those instances.
The owner of the collection bought LPE last fall. He also did NOT sell his company for 500 Mill. I've never asked him what he sold it for; nor will I. Iit was nowhere near that amount.
O'Quinn's is quite nice, and different
When you start getting into collections like these, you start to appreciate the individual flavor that the cars have relative to the owner. I'll be happy to answer almost any question regarding the collection
Whos dick do you have to suck to go check these collections out?
