JAY LENO -- Feast on These! N/A
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Were you successful in picking up that Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, Harley? That'd be a swell ride!
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Jay Leno may be bidding on them. You won't know.
If you're at the auction you's know. I've seen him at a couple, and talked to him at one over an old Bugatti. He likes to look and touch them up close. He doesn't collect cars to have a collection of things to show off, he collects them because he loves them.
K
KennyFlys
Guest
In the few shows I've seen him on where they do rebuilds or overhauls, it's a kick to watch him. It's like watching this incredibly talented mechanic who just happens to have a great sense of humor and good at telling jokes. He's a riot.
If he hosted such a show full-time as a hands-on mechanic, I have no doubt it would pick up a prime-time slot and be a hit.
If he hosted such a show full-time as a hands-on mechanic, I have no doubt it would pick up a prime-time slot and be a hit.
There was a "Jay Leno's Garage" on cable.
Lawreston
En-Route
Sure would! I'm waiting to hear from Craig Hillinger -- Healey Werks -- in Iowa. Last I heard, my short block he's been building for my '66 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III should be about ready to be shipped.
HR
infotango
Line Up and Wait
This should kill a few good hours.
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/
I like the Stanley Steamer, especially when it catches on fire.
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/
I like the Stanley Steamer, especially when it catches on fire.
Lawreston
En-Route
Luckily for my checkbook I was not successful. From today's Lewiston SUN-JOURNAL:
Cars sell for nearly $1 million at Maine auction
Monday, September 29, 2008
OWLS HEAD (AP) - Winning bidders at an auction of vintage vehicles and memorabilia in Maine have bought a 1910 Mercedes four-seat Tourabout for $887,000 and a 1913 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost for $832,000.
The auction on Friday and Saturday drew an estimated 500 people to the Owls Head Transportation Museum, plus telephone bidders from around the world. The event was conducted by London-based Bonhams International Auctioneers.
The auction disposed of part of the collection of car fancier Richard Paine Jr. of Seal Cove, Maine, who died last year.
The 1910 Mercedes and the 1913 Rolls-Royce were the top-priced items, and a half-dozen other cars sold for more than $250,000 each. A 1910 Peerless Victoria sold for $469,000, a 1913 Pierce-Arrow touring car sold for $315,000, and a 1923 Rolls-Royce sold for the same amount.
In all, the more than 60 vehicles and hundreds of auto memorabilia sold for more than $8.4 million.
Among the memorabilia, a Maine license plate with the number "1" sold for $3,510.
Proceeds of the auction go to an endowment for the Seal Cove Auto Museum, which houses the core of Paine's collection.