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Auto Union Type D Race Car To Auction For $8 Million
Detroit, 5:44 PM
Fri Nov 27
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I'm really not sure of that, but I'm pretty sure I heard once that the first race tracks (circa the era of this car, or maybe before) we're made out of wood? Anyone can confirm this?
Maybe I'm just got too much Breakfast Scotch too...
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Here's some footage of motorcycle racing on the board track at Daytona FL, filmed in 1920.
+ Watch video
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Yes, this is it. Back in 2007, Christie's was consigned to sell this car, estimating 8-12 million Euros which would have made it the most expensive car ever sold.
Apparently there was confusion as to the chassis number and its racing heritage. They thought this car was #21 with a 1939 French GP win, turns out its #19 with a not-as-spectacular racing history but good enough for the punters to drop millions on it.
Regardless, for most collectors this is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity. You hear that a lot in collector circles but it's 100% true in this case. Not many of these cars come up for sale, as in never come up for sale.
Bummer for the auction house that the economy has turned. A couple years makes all the difference when silly money is concerned.
03/16/09
If I had $8 million laying around that I didn't know what to do with -- you know, if I had already bought GM -- then I would buy this.
Then I would try to enter it at a LeMons race. I would have money, obviously, so bribing the judges would not be a problem. Plus, I would think Lieberman and Ms. Martin would look the other way to have such historic awesome running around the track.
Sometimes dreams are all you have.
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I always imagine if I was rich I would be like Thomas Crown. I would buy and destroy things just because I could.
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After seeing that, I wouldn't recommend anyone hitting a bison, except for maybe Edward Liddy. Edward Liddy can afford to buy this car, and then smash it into a bison.
I hope he's going plaid at the time of impact too.
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She was on the highway and two moose were running across. Her car struck both of them.
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No, really!
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My friend was driving home from Baltimore to Pennsylvania and managed to hit a black bear. I'm not sure which car he was in though - it was either a 750iL, an SL600, or a 328 GTS. I think he said the car wasn't too banged up, though, so it probably wasn't the Ferrari. When he got back to his parents' house that night and inspected the front of the car, he said there was bear fur and blood everywhere. Explaining that one to the insurance company must have been a bitch.
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Where's Billy Mays to scream at the top of his lungs about amazing shit when you need him??
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