Hot Rods So how many cars should one man allowed to have?

I known some women that have blown things up most their life and don't have a collection like that to show for their talents.

 

No limit. Looks like this guy can afford it.

 

last time i checked, this is america, and you can pretty much do whatever the hell you want, as long as you have money.

 

wow great collection..
and to answer your original question...,as many as he wants!

 

If I sold my coupe, I rather see it end up in a collection like this, then to be beat into the ground, or completely changed..............

 

I'll bet he drive that lawnmower.

 

if I had it thats what I would do. Atleast they arent sitting in a barn with pigeon crap all over the hoods.

 

I wish I was rich. Plain and simple, that is all it takes.

 

For all the ney' sayers. Here is a little photos just showing how "involved" he is with his cars.




and yes these are public domain. So before you crucify a 75 year old guy for "not working on or driving his cars" you may want o ask a little history first!

 

Hey fellas, it's like this. THAT guy is not going to own all those cars forever.....

So at least for now they are being preserved in a nice storage space!!

that's my glass-half-full opinion...

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Thank goodness the klunker plan does not touch these ..
I say having a barnful is way better than a bankful..
ya can't ever drive money!
would rather go look/sit (making vroom noises and fake tire squeals) at these while all crippled up and dying than handing green tickets to the doctors and insurance guys

then handing these over to family and friends to sort it all out..

Damn i'm taking it all with me dig a bigger hole!

 

Lucky bastard. I only want cars I like to drive and have time to drive, I also want different types of cars so each has it's own driving experience. Those are my limits but everybody is different.

 

As long as there is some hands on work going on who cares how many cars he has. But that doesn't mean there isn't something funny about other rich guys posing with cars they haven't touched. Doesn't mean any one hates or envys them, but it's still funny.

 

Yes, I agree...

 

Personally I admire this guy. He had a dream and he made it happen. Maybe he came from money, maybe he didn't. He does share something we all on here enjoy. Old iron.

For the negative comments, Are you unhappy with what you have? Be happy with what you have, many wish they had the car you have.

1 kick a$$ car can be just as great as warehouse full. Thanks for sharing. (my.02)

 

I'm thinking "BILL HARRAH" who owned something over THREE THOUSAND cars when he died and had NO PLAN for their disposal whatsoever in his will. That made for some interesting writing in all the car hobby publications back in that time. Ended up with a hotel chain buying it all, having I think three auctions and then setting up a foundation which whittled it down to something like a collection of 160 cars which are still displayed today in the Reno /Sparks, Nevada area.

 

Obviously, as many as he can afford!

But I'd like to offer another angle on all this discussion; he bought every one of those cars, right? Which means that some shop crew was contracted to build them, or some hobbiest spend years working on a favorite project, only to sell it off to fund his next dream rod. Either way, this guy paid them for their efforts.

So drive 'em or admire 'em, or wait for their value to escalate, he is helping to finance the hot rod economy, which is a good thing!


Later, Kinky6

 

Dead on as always Bob. The class envy crap gets old really fast.

 

There is no such thing as too many. Take your too many number and multiply it by 2, 10, or even 100- there is a collector out there somewhere with that many. Too many is the person that has them and can't afford to restore, keep or drive them.

As for people on here saying large collections like this or other's I've posted on here before being a waste because they are not driven you could not be more wrong. We should be thanking these people for restoring, preserving and housing these cars for future generations. And just because owner doesn't drive them that doesn't mean they don't get driven, I know lots of shop monkeys that get to enjoy them!

 

How wrong some of you are. I'm with Frank and 37kid too. What fuckin buisness of yours how many or much of something ANYONE has? Not all of what I see in the pics is oh-my-god awesome, but he likes it and has a purpose and desire for it all. Bravo to the owner. I met a gentleman this month that has 1100 cars. How should I behave when I take him up on the invite to visit? About the "they need to be driven..." comments. Once again, who are any of you to judge. You could show some social graces and say that if it were you you might drive em more often and end it there. I just left a collection of 75+ investment quality cars an hour ago. Wonderful people. Bravo for them too.

Negative posters must be short on their Haterade, so next time replace that with a great big cup of "Shut the Fuck Up" if you can't appreciate such things.

 

I think everyone should have a different hot rod for every day of the week..... Starting with me give em here!!!! lol

 

Trick question. Depends on who you ask.

If you ask me......as many as I want.
If you ask my wife.........the one I have is sometimes too many.

 

Amen.
I'll say it again. They guy just turned 75. He has paid his dues and would not feel even remotely obligated to justify his hard work and collection. He rather, is most generous and open with it. I'm sure he would just chuckle at all this.

 

It's probably BS but i heard Bill Harrah wanted 1 of each. Not sure how close he got to that goal? What's left of his collection is still in the Reno Museum, stop by and check out the Ferrari powered Jeep Wagoneer it's my personal favorite!

 

My vote is 12

 

How many cars.........

As many as you can get your grubby hands on and are able to care for.

I love seeing collections that are being well cared for because they will be available for the next generation to enjoy. Jealous... hell yes I am but maybe someday I'll hit the lottery.

I think the average guy is doing well to care for 6 cars.

 

Just reread the heading. Who gets to decide how many anything we are ALLOWED to have? Hillary, Barak, Newt,who? pretty scary when you think about it. Good thing I only have a couple of things.

 

Impressive collection of cool cars. I see no issues with building up a nice collection of cars.
Car Craft does a small article on collectors like this every issue.

 

I just had lunch with my friend who does high end hot rods for very rich customers. He mentioned that about 6 of his clients have over 20 cars and thier collections are growing every day. One in particular that some of you may know about is the man who started and owns Two Men and a Truck moving business. This man doen't own or isn't into hot rods per se but has a large collection of restored cars. My friend is just contracted to paint many of them. I don't know the total in his collection but he has over 300 convertibles (that's his weakness). To say it once again just to confirm, he has over 300 convertibles. It's been his life's work to collect all of them and as his business flourished the collecting intensified. He is now about 80 years old and has recently slowed the pace. Can you imagine being on his heir list?
Once again, as many as he wants as long as he can afford them and doesn't infringe on anyone elses rights. I love this country. In my opinion anyone who doesn't is free to find somewhere else that's better (for them).

Frank

 

Atleast this guy has apassion for them, plenty of cars in museums, they will forever be preserved and looks to me that at any point I am sure he could fire one up and drive off. A few years and someone will call them museum finds.