180 plus year old horse carriage of the Indian and British royals was just auctioned

full write up and gallery at http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/11/17/indian-royal-horse-carriage-auctioned/#.UOIEVuQ0V8E

and since the bulk of todays posts have become Rolls Royce, I stumbled on a cross over... it's one of the Maharajah of Mysore  1911 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce

 realizing that in todays dollar value equivalent, he would be worth around 40 billion dollars, I bet he had a lot of great cars.
photo from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168684/Rolls-Royce-sold-1-000-1912-fetches-incredible-5m-auction-rival-bidders-drive-price-sky-high.html

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All the Bugatti Royale on one website

photos from and the write up at http://www.theartwolf.com/articles/bugatti-royale.htm

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if you're a billionaire, and want an extremely rare and incredible Ferrari with a movie tie in of impeccable caliber, it is the Scaglietti '56 250 GT LWB Ferrari Berlinetta from the movie "The Love Bug"

1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour De France which was also featured alongside humble Volkswagen Beetle ‘Herbie’ in 1968 film was offered on sale for $7.5 million. Known as one of the 9 models build by the Italian automaker, it’s one of the sought-after Ferraris. This pristine example of Ferrari’s most revered berlinetta with chassis no. 0585GT was sold new to a US-based property developer and by 1965, had found its way into the hands of Walt Disney’s studio

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Proof that Ebay sellers are lunatics and over-estimate the value of their garage sale finds

the only other Petty Sueprbird license plate you're going to see is http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/09/rare-license-plate-richard-petty-had.html but that doesn't mean anyone wants one bad enough to blow a paycheck or so for one that will then be a dust collector 

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Barnfind L29 Cord... still has the WW2 gas rations sticker on the windshield

the story of the car, stored and not touched since 1952, all 60 years of sitting there were because some kids vandalized it and broke the heart of the guy who had just bought it, and galleries of photos at http://www.l-29cord.com/html/perry1.html

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1966 Charger funny car on Ebay today, 1964 426 hemi, some parts, all in bad shape, but made of unobtainium

this might be a score, or a money pit. No idea. I bet his reserve is 100k

For sale 1966 charger funny car, this the first year for the fiberglass flopper body, this body was made by Fiber Glass Limited in Stone Park, Illinois. With what I have researched they have only made 11 bodies in 66. These bodies were originally made with a 1 piece nose, two doors and the body. I don't know the history of this car, all the parts you see in the pictures came with the car. Things I do know about the parts, the block is a 64 426 hemi and the heads are 65 Aloca K-Heads, the block has been machined and ready for assembly, the block has been repaired but has been pressured tested good, the heads looked in very poor condition. I had the heads completely re-freshed with new seats and stainless valves. I have crank, rods, and misc. parts for engine. I have torqueflight, tranz and the rear end is an olds with 488 spool and Mickey Thompson case.  Also I have the frame that came with the car which is included in the auction but would not have been original to the car. 

Any Questions call Randy (626)  297-9230

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261131862185#v4-40

Thanks Jay!

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Plymouth dealership inflateable road runner that was in the car when bought, sold on Ebay, and Jay got it for a good price

This is the first time I've ever seen one of these, or heard of it... anyone ever seen a dealership promo inflatable Road Runner bird before? 

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