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"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux)
12/30/2014 at 11:54 • Filed to: None

Who is the most Jalop celebrity of them all? (pic unrelated)

Who actually works on their own whips, has impeccable taste (or not) etc. I want true A listers here, not reality show flunkies like Wayne Carini or Xhibit. Seinfeld, Leno, we all know about them, but give me more. Go deep, stuff like Tom Hanks and his Syncro Vanagon...

DISCUSSION (43)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 11:57

Well, he was, but Paul Walker. And then CJ Wilson. Dude has a Miata race team and a blurple P1.

Leon711 > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 11:57

Queen Elizabeth II

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You bet she can drive stick!

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She didn't choose the thug life.

505Turbeaux > Leon711
12/30/2014 at 11:59

oh yeah, this begs the question of why our leaders over on this side of the pond think showing this side of themselves is a negative thing

Leon711 > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:01

to be fair she was a driver and mechanic in the armed forces and is a bad ass.

Her daughter Princess Anne owned a reliant scimitar too.

JEM > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:01

Kinja'd!!!

Paul Newman.

"At the age of 70 years and eight days, he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona ."

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:02

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:03

It's really a question of who *hasn't* gone crazy with their funds and gotten obvious things like '57 Chevys, the true denominator here will be someone who has gotten (or still has) something totally stupid and just DNGAF. Emmett Kelly was a good example in some respects - had a 2CV and a Panhard Dyna Z - his son had a Crosley and a Renault 4CV. Peter Falk is another good one - that Peugeot counts for a lot.

505Turbeaux > JEM
12/30/2014 at 12:03

this guy has always been one of my heroes in the car world. RIP

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:04

agreed. Good pulls right there too

505Turbeaux > Leon711
12/30/2014 at 12:04

truth

Mercedes Streeter > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:06

Rowan Atkinson.

He Daily Drives a McLaren F1 and has even wrecked it at least once. He got it rebuilt (to the tune of nearly a million dollars) and kept on driving.

From his interviews, you can tell he loves his cars and he loves putting miles on them.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:06

Though some may have issues with the politics of either, Ronnie and LBJ (insofar as either were celebrities) both had interesting choices too. Ronnie with the Subaru Brat and other weirdnesses, and LBJ with the Amphicar.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:08

lest you forget this one as well about the Gipper

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HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:10

James Garner was pretty jalop.

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HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:11

Dr. McDreamy wants to give up acting to pursue motorsports full-time

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Thats pretty jalop

505Turbeaux > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2014 at 12:13

this guy actually kicks ass in alot of ways. He does a hell of alot of charity work out of my state too.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > JEM
12/30/2014 at 12:13

He also made salad dressings

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:14

He also Grand Marshaled the Chicago Auto Show, it seems, though he was more "temporarily in possession of" the '54 Cadillac LaEspada than an owner as such:

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The Chive also says that his first car was a '34 Nash.

jariten1781 > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:15

As much as it will make people cringe, Paris Hilton drives an LFA and owned (owns?) a Moto 125 team. Those are pretty Jalop cards to hold.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch
12/30/2014 at 12:17

And he gives my wife a reason to watch racing documentaries with me.

Bless you, Mr. Dempsey.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jariten1781
12/30/2014 at 12:18

That may be an indicator that somebody on her staff is trying desperately to Jalop vicariously.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:18

This guy?

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505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:21

awesome

jariten1781 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/30/2014 at 12:21

Potentially, I (obviously) don't know the girl. My thinking is though, there has to be some pretty serious interest to buy into the 3rd tier feeder series that no one watches. If you were trying to just be associated with the sport you'd just buy a sponsorship in the premier series where people would actually hear about it.

505Turbeaux > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/30/2014 at 12:22

who is that?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:23

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jariten1781
12/30/2014 at 12:24

Or there was a friendship involved. People sometimes do things for or with friends that seem odd from the outside, and is much as PH is derided in every way for shallowness, I imagine she's relatively guileless in terms of her personal friendships.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 505Turbeaux
12/30/2014 at 12:25

Watching this trailer makes me want to keep my car forever, slowly making it better and better like Bana and Jack Olson. I really need to watch the whole movie...

505Turbeaux > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/30/2014 at 12:26

aha thats right!