Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting - Drowned Bugattis Buried Belvederes Felonious Ferraris and Other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure

Keith Martin, Market The Editors of Sports Car

Summary

These bizarre true stories of collectors and their cars is "a whole lot of fun" (The Virginian Pilot). 
 
Have you heard of the fellow who squirrelled away dozens of Chevelles, Camaros, and other classic muscle cars in semi-trailers? How about the president of Shakespeare fishing rods, who sold thirty Bugattis for a mere $85,000? What about the English nobleman who cut up and buried his Ferrari hoard in an elaborate insurance scam? Or how about the Duesenberg abandoned in a Manhattan parking garage for decades only to be uncovered by Jay Leno?  
 
Most car collectors exhibit a healthy enthusiasm for their hobby by digging into their favorite marques, chasing parts, swapping stories, and generally living the car-guy lifestyle. Some, however, step over that fine line between enthusiasm and obsession—and that's where these legendary car-collector stories come from. In Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting, Keith Martin and the staff of Sports Car Market Magazine recount the wildest, most eccentric, over-the-top stories of collectors and their collections. 
 
"This likable book serves as a ‚ÄòRipley's Believe It or Not!' for car obsessives." —The New York Times

Available since: 10/24/2017.

Print length: 258 pages.

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