Lingenfelter Collection Open House 2015

"Matthew Keyser" (teisco15) 04/25/2015 at 19:30 • Filed to: None

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One day out of the year, the kind folks at the Lingenfelter Collection open their doors to us mere mortals so that we may drool over cars that cost more than our lives. Today was that day, and if you aren’t amazed by the caliber of cars in this garage then you are either A. Jay Leno or B. one of those UAE oil magnates that has a Zonda as your ‘beater car.’

Here are some pictures from today to help illustrate my point:

Here’s the LaFerrari next to the Enzo next to the F40 next to the 288 GTO next to the 599 GTO next to the FF. You know, the usual.

I must also point out that I was never sold on the LaFerrari’s looks until I saw it in person. Having seen the P1, the 918, and now the TheFerrari, I must say that the bright red Italian is the best looking of the 3.

He also has a Reventon, because who wouldn’t want a million dollar Murciélago?

You know you are in a room with some impressive motor carriages when you have to go back because you forgot to take pictures of the Bugatti Veyron.

Just a Porsche 959, no big deal.

Alfa 4C?

Next to an Alfa 8C? I’ll take both please.

You know you have truly arrived when you own a purple Vector.

New California T, nice looking car but very underwhelming given the stiff competition.

Wasn’t this car on the VetteKart episode of RoadKill?

Some $kay bait for good measure.

And that was only in the first room. The other 2 didn’t have near the amount of traffic because to the casual observer, these other 2 were filled with random tuned GM products, but actually there was some really cool metal.

This is the Blue Flame supercharged engine in a 1953 Corvette

There was this thing!

And a Banchee from GTA looking thing!

This one has an Eagle on it because ‘Murica

There is also this conglomeration of.. parts.

This exists as well.

This one is blue carbon fiber.

See? It’s so blue

This thing was really cool

8.2 Liters of freedom

And 8.2 meters of air vents.

Then there were some odd cars.

Really?

A Fiero. Why?

What is this?

For real. What is it?

WHAT ARE YOU!?!?

This doesn’t help at all!

SERIOUSLY?

Is that a Pantera wing!?

Give back this man’s wing!

Ken doesn’t even have matching shoes!

Some times even Ken Lingenfelter needs to go slow.

The fastest car in the collection. A Top Fuel Funny Car.

Why? Because fuck you thats why.

So there you have it, that’s my take on the Lingenfelter Collection.

Blondude > Matthew Keyser 04/25/2015 at 19:38

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Greenwood C3 Corvettes are best C3 Corvettes.

$kaycog > Matthew Keyser 04/25/2015 at 19:43

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My favorite. Shocker, isn’t it? What a beautiful collection of cars! I wish my name was $kaylingenfelter.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Matthew Keyser 04/25/2015 at 19:54

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I just got Kinja’d so hard. If I try and expand the top photo, it appears on my screen upside-down. Incredible collection.

Matthew Keyser > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 04/25/2015 at 19:55

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Yea, it always does that with iPotato photos. Sorry!

JGrabowMSt > Matthew Keyser 04/25/2015 at 20:12

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A well done aggressive looking C3 can be awesome. Those pictures are pretty good examples of good ones too.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Matthew Keyser 04/25/2015 at 22:18

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The car you are confused on what the hell it is is a Pontiac Tojan. Basically another completely forgotten car of the 80's. They were commissioned by GM to be built by a company called Knudsen Automotive from '85 to '91 (I think), supposedly to compete with Ferrari (It did NO such thing). In reality, it was basically a body kit for a GTA T/A, powered by a 305 TPI and a 700R4. It was horrendously overpriced, there were anywhere from 150-300 built (estimates vary).

Otherwise, sweet pictures. Wish I could have made it; working on Saturday sucks.

Matthew Keyser > Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage 04/25/2015 at 23:43

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Thank you for the information! I however will continue to refer to is as the Pontiac Toejam because that is just an all round better name

citrus > Matthew Keyser 04/26/2015 at 12:57

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iirc from when i was there a couple years ago this is a bubble back grand prix?

weren’t they designed as some kind of nascar homologation special?

jtecho > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:56

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REVENTON

WatMyner > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:56

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Stunting!

Nobi > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:57

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That’s the Tojan, an 80’s coke-tastic body kit for a 3rd gen Firebird.

DanimalHouse > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:58

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You know you have truly arrived when you own a purple Vector.

Ash78, voting early and often > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:58

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Great collection!

I just saw my first Enzo this weekend, as well as a GT in the same color scheme as this one (both from a local club). The most fascinating thing to my 4-year-old was that he was taller than both cars. Here’s Enzodudarino, since I’m not into the whole brevity thing:

Greg Bell > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 10:59

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That's not Horrible. Its not Awful........Its Horriawful.

Wheelerguy > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:00

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Look at that. The sexiest Alfas of the 21st century.

GabeCee13 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:00

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What the miserable hell???!! Where’s the b-body Impala SS?

Greg Bell > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:00

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Nice, a Callaway amongst Lingenfelters.

Fragile_this_side_up > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:02

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Clown mouth!

Duck > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:02

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Did anybody warn the Fire Marshall before gathering that many Ferraris?

icelandr > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:02

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2nd time at the collection, Last July I got invited out when another car club was out there. Then the open house. Love the old vettes and the exotics are crazy to see in person. The C6RS look a lot better in Race Car Yellow.

AspenRS > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:03

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That green C4 convertible is a Callaway Sledgehammer. Callaway, being another famous Corvette tuner. Lingenfelter actually took one of them to an absurd 254mph.

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/…

HiMyNameIsJayAgain > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 04/27/2015 at 11:03

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He ded.

HiMyNameIsJayAgain > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:04

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I’m such a sucker for exposed carbon fiber. Does that make me a bad person?

slicks30z > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:04

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Those mirrors look Huge from this angle

Greg Bell > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:04

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I think I drove one of these once on Grand Theft Auto Vice City.

Vin > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:06

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The rarest car in that motherfucker was the unmodified Fiero. Unmodified .

How is it not the base of a DeToLamborarri kitcar is beyond comprehension.

slicks30z > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:07

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this belongs in a 70’s redneck garage for sure

slicks30z > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:09

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solstice coupe, how I want thee

M@ > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:10

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I had no idea this was in Brighton until a friend told me. One of the companies I work for is right down the street!

2ndgear > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:10

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That Pontiac 2+2 you took a picture of is a fairly rare car with less than 1,300 units produced. It is a 1986 Aerocoupe that was a homologation car built by Pontiac for NASCAR. It had a fix rear window (a bit of a design flaw for street use), and all units produced came in the same silver two tone paint job with a 5.0L V8 and four speed auto. Most of the rarity nowadays is that it’s very difficult to find them in near perfect collector shape, since the buyers that did buy them actually used them.

I’ve owned half a dozen Fieros. That looks like a pretty clean GT.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:11

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For the manly man who thinks this is an acceptable wingman to prevent you from getting a penicillin shot versus a conventional one in your wallet that has been there since your older brother never used it and gave it to you so that you could think you were cool now that you had an expired, dried out baby stopper in you back pocket.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:12

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I want matching shoes!

DjM1390 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:12

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This angle maid me first think that was some crazy front license plate bracket. The anger was real.

afaik > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:13

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Its as if he had too much taste in room one that he had to balance it out with just pure godawful everything in room 2

Charlie B. Sharenative > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:13

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Excuse me, dafuq this thing is?

willmederski > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:23

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Local Ferrari dealership: “We’ll pay for the open bar if we can park our cheapest, ugliest Ferrari right smack in the middle of the party to convince Daddy Warbucks it’s the perfect Sweet Sixteen gift for their pre-teen.”

PatrickPM > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:26

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Incredible. I actually just saw a Ligenfelter Suburban the other day oddly enough

jjhats > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:27

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custom vettes get my attention

C-5M Load Smasher > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:27

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Coolest fucking dash ever. I want it on every car I own.

carzcarzcarz > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:28

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Favorite car right here, love the whale tail!

Bullitt417 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:32

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I’m impressed and a little surprised at the amount of Callaway Corvettes in the collection. Then again, I guess it is a good way to benchmark your rivals.

Agilis > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:34

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Wheel weights added here? On this car? That’s just rude.

Canadmos > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:34

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Kinda reminds me of toejam. Say it 10 times really fast.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:36

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jizzedinmypants.jpg

Pajamas > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:37

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Just for my curiosity, anyone know what these are/do?

highplainsdrifter > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:39

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Thats a great collection. I really like the Ferraris in matching red paint. That’s the way to do it.

timgray > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:39

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All of those are BORING....

Real Linginfelter cool cars? The ones that were made but never sold.

2010 Trans AM that was never made. Instead we got the hideous body kit that they sold that was ugly as sin.

ChrisMPower > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 04/27/2015 at 11:41

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This is awesome. Stealing.

MoparMap > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:41

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What is this car? I like it.

Burn535i > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:43

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You can cover it in whatever the hell you want to, but it’s still going to be right out of a Cobalt...

Burn535i > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:50

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No, leave the Pantera alone! Let that disgusting failed-abortion of an aerodynamic piece infect the Tojan (?, sure I guess it’s called a Tojan...seriously, Tojan?)

Burn535i > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:51

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Clown-shoe with an Imola Red gut completes the collection. We can all go home now

thedevilinside > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:52

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Callaway C16, very cool. He has a lot of cool tuned Vettes.

The green one looks like a Sledgehammer but a ‘vert?

charski > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:54

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Were the Ferrari's Lingenfeltered, or were they stock?

Autojunkie > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:55

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Are this and the following car Callaway Vettes? I’m not a huge Callaway guy, let alone a Vette guy, but these seem to have the look and feel of a Callaway creation. Either way they’re some sort of Vette body kits, which are never really impressive.

daender > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:55

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Greenwood GTO.

IMSA-style bodykit.

dkpjester > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:55

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I looked and looked hoping I’d pop up in one of these. My dreams of randomly popping up on Jalopnik still remain sadly unfulfilled.

boo-gotti > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:57

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What’s the story behind the Red Wings Ferrari I see in there?

Vintage1982Benz > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:57

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daender > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:57

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Inky Blue!

Autojunkie > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:57

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Are these getting to be so rare that a whole generation of adult gear heads never knew they existed?

Autojunkie > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:59

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The Pantera looks 100% better without the wing.

Peter Barron > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 11:59

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Panoz?

Eric Sean Delaney > Blondude 04/27/2015 at 11:59

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I know, I couldn’t believe he called a Greenwood a “conglomeration of.. parts.”

boo-gotti > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:00

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Want. If I ever had that money I would love a blue carbon fiber car!

Peter Barron > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:00

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I want

Vintage1982Benz > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:00

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The Car Stories podcast had a nice interview with Ken Lingenfelter up several weeks ago, it is worth a listen. The Car Stories podcast itself is great, too, if you’ve never heard it before.

Ken seems like a pretty down to earth guy and the fact that he opens up his collection like this once a year just reinforces that point.

Jeffrey G > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:00

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It is a Tojan GT Coupe. Basically an 80’s F Body with a body kit.

Eric Sean Delaney > Autojunkie 04/27/2015 at 12:02

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Yep, it looks like it. He also has an Aero Coupe right next to it. May not be the most exciting cars, but man they look awesome.

RosarchII > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:03

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Been to it a couple of times now, absolutely worth it, better than any car show. You will see more cars there than almost anywhere else. Ken is cool too, he will talk to you and even occasionally let you sit in the cars.

daender > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:03

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If I remember correctly, then this Vector M12 was a bit of a “oops” purchase. Lingenfelter wanted the twin-turbo V8 Vector WX3, which is the spiritual predecessor to the M12’s design. However, this M12 has a Lamborghini V12 (basically a Diablo re-body) and not the WX3 prototype’s Chevy V8. It sat in the back of his collection for a while in shame until he finally realized there are only 14 M12s left of the original 17/18. So it’s not his desired ‘Murican-powered Vector but a rare Vector none the less.

deugea > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 04/27/2015 at 12:03

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I can’t stop laughing. I’m going to pee my pants pretty soon. That’s the best GIF I’ve seen in a long time.

g101010101 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:03

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Most beautiful car ever designed in my humble opinion. Ferrari 288 GTO

The Troof > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:04

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OK…I’m sorry…really?! Wheel weight on the outside..on a LaFerrari? SMH

daender > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:06

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Guldstrand GS90!

TractionControlOff > AspenRS 04/27/2015 at 12:16

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Not quite... it’s the Callaway Speedster. The Sledgehammer was a one-off.

TractionControlOff > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:17

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Doesn’t he own at least one Corvette from every model year? He’s got some serious eye-candy for ‘Vette enthusiasts.

Side note: why did he omit arguably the best Ferrari supercar of them all - the F50???

lingenfelter22 > $kaycog 04/27/2015 at 12:18

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We could merge accounts...

$kaycog > lingenfelter22 04/27/2015 at 12:21

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Hahahaha! I love it! You just made my day!

DamnTheNoise > $kaycog 04/27/2015 at 12:21

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He’s a really nice guy. You should go to SEMA and say hi.

$kaycog > DamnTheNoise 04/27/2015 at 12:24

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I would love that.

hold my beer and watch this > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:25

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Centri on a C1. Awesome

Sheriff Of American Douchetown > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:34

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If i had a wad of cash to blow on upgrading a hot sports car, Lingenfelter would be my first and only choice. Seriously. You have never heard any horror stories from them. They are worthy of trust. Hennessey, on the other hand..

AspenRS > TractionControlOff 04/27/2015 at 12:35

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Ah so it is. I saw that nose and those fender vents which are identical to the Sledgehammer and assumed it was just a convertible variant.

punkgoose17 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:37

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Looking at the shapes, I think there is a C5 under that body.

Fuel_of_Satan > Blondude 04/27/2015 at 12:40

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Sadly let down by the fact that they'd sell these body kits to every trailer park mechanic who'd half-ass them in place and drive around with narrow standard-width wheels.

I do love me a Daytona though. There was an "original" one built by Ecklers from a showroom fresh Corvette around my dad's area while I was growing up. Supposedly is was #3 of the ones mentioned here , same colors as this one (Not the same car). It had a weird/awesome setup of dual superchargers like this one as well (Likely the Lingenfelter engine they mention after the failed turbo setups), every bit as wild as the exterior.

(Posting pictures doesn't work as it should for me)

Garth Hancock > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:44

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OMG a Vector! Shame it’s only an M12. John really needs to up his game and nab a true Vector. The W8 Twin Turbo.

punkgoose17 > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:45

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Knudsen Tojan based on a Pontiac Firebird 1984-1986

GirchyGirchy > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:52

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I’ve always liked the Guldstrand GS90...much better than a stock C4!

TheLeanAngle > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 12:55

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Alpine head unit in THIS? That’s a damn shame.

Jdrentarol > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:04

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Holy crap a grey Reventón!

Abiter > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:04

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"Collector" is right....when your cars are parked so they need numerous others moved to be driveable, they are a "collection" rather than a "stable"....Leno can get most any of his cars out with only moving one additional vehicle.

DamnTheNoise > lingenfelter22 04/27/2015 at 13:10

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Is this a proposal?

Well played Sir, well played.

Loki240SX > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:14

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The Bugatti, TheFerrari, and Enzo were fired up and revved a bit. The 959 and F40 were highly requested but there were “battery issues”. I was disappointed in the sound from TheFerrari

motronic > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:21

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What? No, F50?

Chris Limbright > Nobi 04/27/2015 at 13:28

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I’ve personally talked to Ken about the Tojan and it was quite interesting here the full story of it from him.

borrusclitlicka > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:36

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Wow lots of corvettes.

Nobi > Chris Limbright 04/27/2015 at 13:37

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His personal one, or the Tojan line in general?

Dual-Overhead-Camo > Matthew Keyser 04/27/2015 at 13:44

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Okay...okay. So hear me out. First of all, wow. That's a truly amazing collection by any standards. However, is it weird to anyone else seeing a Bugatti, Italian supercar, or other rarity with a Lingenfelter decal affixed to the windscreen? The only ones I expected to see those on were the Vettes. I feel like I'm being a little fickle here, and if wrongfully so I apologize, but it's sort of a mind....uh bone to see those on there like seeing a VTEC decal on the back of a RAM 3500.

And yeah I get that it's the Lingenfelter collection and that when they take them out on a track people know who they belong to.

TractionControlOff > AspenRS 04/27/2015 at 13:51

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Yup, one of 10 Callaway Speedsters built. That was back when Callaway built special cars (I’d say ending with the 1999 C12, of which Lingenfelter owns 2 of the 19 built); now they’re just supercharged versions of the current factory Corvette that’s slightly cheaper than the actual Z06.