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100 years of transportation in Paris in a single hangar, this private collection of the RATP is not opened to public









from https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773855496030440.1073741860.682602418489082&type=1

Found on https://www.facebook.com/DarkTazPhotography?fref=photo
and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.638883809504116.1073741889.193626194029882&type=1

In 1990, several departments wanted to part with their old fire engines, without selling to the public. The goal was that these vehicles become a museum. A warehouse was secured and each department of the 4 corners of France brought their old truckes to be stored, repaired and sent to different museums.

In 2002, the studio temporarily closed for lack of funding. An association restarted it a year later. Only 18 months after, it closed the doors again. Some vehicles too damaged went to the landfill, and those in better condition went to another storage site in the event that a museum in Belgium might open its doors in 2009.

Of course there is a lack of aid and subsidies and the museum never opened despite the contribution of a private collector. Fire trucks are very expensive to restore. But hope is reborn, and in 2013, a museum that may theoretically open in 2014 near the Swiss border has spoken up and might give them a good home.

found on http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features/1404_garaj_mahal_craig_jackson_collection/

The fantastic cars? An R code GT 350 Shelby Mustang, a 427  Shelby AC Cobra that Tommy Smothers once owned, the AAR Cuda Dan Gurney raced, a '70 Hemi Cuda Convertible, #68 ZL-1 Camaro, that hadn't ever been tilted or driven on the street, it had 190 racing miles, and the original owner still possessed it, and the Shelby EXP 500  

See the gallery at http://www.petrolicious.com/canepa-designs-is-a-big-toy-box

But just ponder the feeling you'd have if you walked out to your garage, and looked upon these dozens of cars, and had to figure which to take for a drive to the post office

Photos from the gallery that Road and Track photographer Alex Nunez took in 2013 http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/web-originals/photos-the-glickenhaus-collection#slide-2

I think there can be no disagreement that a Yenko 1969 Camaro and 1970 Yenko Chevelle, plus a Boss 429 Mustang and a Hemi Superbird is a rock solid car collection.

David Nicoll was a scheming New Jersey crook that was president of New Jersey’s Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BlS), Nicoll bribed over a dozen doctors to send blood samples to his company to test, all while billing Medicare for the bogus work. Between 2006 and 2012, his scheme bankrolled an astounding $200 million for BLS, and earned him a reported $33 million, which he spent on cars, strippers, and season tickets to the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets.

the auction results from the Sept 12th event:
1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird                                          575,000
1970 Ford Mustang, BOSS 429                                          285,000
1967 Ford Mustang, Shelby GT 500                                   170,000
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Chevelle, 2 Door Hardtop              237,500
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Nova, 2 Door                                  400,000
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro                                            315,000
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, Malibu Convertible                      70,000                
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, Super Sport 454 LS6 V8             155,000
1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda (mid-restoration)                     347,000

Images and info from http://www.ajwauctions.com/auctions/us-marshals-seized-vehicle-collection and https://autos.yahoo.com/news/us-marshals-auctioning-off-rare-muscle-car-collection-163054978.html

above, a 1949 Nash wrecker truck that was only for dealership use, not general public