Strange but true tales of car collecting : drowned Bugattis, buried Belvederes, felonious Ferraris and other wild stories of automotive misadventure
Martin, Keith, 1950-2017
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Most car collectors exhibit a healthy enthusiasm for their favorite hobby with a tendency to dig into their favorite marques, chase parts, swap stories, and generally live the car-guy lifestyle. Some, however, step over that fine line between enthusiasm and obsession--and that's the dusty place 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 car-collecting stories of all time. You will be blown away by these eccentric and over-the-top stories of collectors, and their collections. 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 30 Bugattis for a mere $85,000? What about the English nobleman who cut up and buried his Ferrari horde 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? They only get crazier from there.
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Author:
Martin, Keith, 1950-, author
Imprint:
Minneapolis, MN : Motorbooks International, 2017.©2017
Collation:
256 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.First publised in 2013 by Motorbooks.
ISBN:
07603536039780760353608 (paperback)
Dewey class:
629.222075629.222
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
375767
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 629.222 MAR | Available |