the incredibly wealthy, they do buy nice cars...

Lynn Park, a recognized expert in Cobras, is prepping CSX 3346 for Pebble Beach. It has less than 3000 miles on it, and has been treasured like King Tut's sarcophagi for since it was first bought in 1968, in the few last few dozen of the original production run. If anyone had ever enjoyed it, they would have driven it.

Now owned by Evan Metropoulos, brother of Daren, who had Chip Foose build the Terracuda and bought the Playboy Mansion, son of C. Dean Metropoulos, 2 billionaire who convinced rockabilly hot rodders that Pabst was good tasting, and who bought up Hostess when they went bankrupt.

CSX 3346 still has its initial invoice, most of its original belts and hoses, factory spark plug wires and engine compartment and drive train markings, plus the same Goodyear Blue Dot tires it left the production line on.

The New York Times says that Evan will be making a car museum in Van Nuys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/automobiles/collectibles/at-pebble-beach-where-rare-is-common-a-shelby-cobra-stands-out.html

A Cobra R, with less than 85 miles on the clock and an interior still covered in factory plastic slip covers, is up for sale on Ebay

2000 Ford Mustang Cobra "R"
 This was #135 of 300 Red Cobra "R" Mustangs built in 2000. This car comes with original window sticker, decals and plastic from factory still in place on original seats and interior.

This car is outifitted with 6 Speed manual Transmission, Hi Performance Side Exit Exhaust, 18 x 9.5 Cast Aluminum Wheels, p265/40ZR-18 BF Goodrich Tires, HD Monotube Racing Front Struts, and Rear Struts, POwer Steering Cooler, 21 Gallon Fuel Cell, Recaro Seats with Manual Tracks, Air Condirtioning Delete, Audio System and Speakers Delete, Speed Control Delete.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Mustang-Cobra-R-/302013530869?rmvSB=true&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true
Via http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/news/a30114/ford-mustang-cobra-r-ebay-brand-new/

1931 Studebaker President Eight

President Eights set 114 stock-car records in 1928 alone.

Twelve bodies, from roadsters to limousines, were offered on wheelbases of 130 and 136 inches.

This specific long-wheelbase, seven-passenger tourer with “State” equipment was delivered to Harrisburg, Pa., just hours before the second inaugural parade of Gov. Gifford Pinchot.

Pinchot and his President officially opened 20,000 miles of blacktop.

 Gov. Arthur James (1939-43) used the car as late as 1940, but a state auction got rid of it a few years later. 

William Strayer bought the Pinchot Stude from a Chevrolet dealer in 1950. He brought it to a Studebaker agency for restoration, where some old-timers told him it was one of only six State tourers built in 1931.

http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/escape-roads-1931-studebaker-president-state-tourer-seven-passenger-stude

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