"Jonee" (Jonee)
08/24/2018 at 13:10 • Filed to: Beverly Hills Car Club
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"Jonee" (Jonee)
08/24/2018 at 13:10 • Filed to: Beverly Hills Car Club | 11
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You’ve probably seen ads from this place because they’re everywhere. They’re always of some interesting classic in dubious condition sitting in a white void with what seems like an absurd price. I don’t know anything about the sales experience with these guys, but they were honest eno ugh with me about one car I can’t get out of my mind. The cars don’t get any less questionable in person, but I have to say, this is one of the most fascinating car dealer spaces I’ve ever been in. They have an incredible variety of rare and interesting cars most in a state that would make you want to run away screaming. I mean, there are what can only be described as derelicts. But, of amazing cars. Some with sold stickers.
Jobjoris and I paid them a visit a couple weeks ago and were agog at what we found.
This Ghibli is in near mint shape in the world of the Beverly Hills Car Club. I’d say it’s only been sitting for +/- 5 years.
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Those and this Pantera were in the good room.
The warehouse in back is where the really fun stuff is.
A goddam herd of dusty E-Types.
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This one has a few more issues:
That’s still a rare car that I guess if it has a VIN plate, is worth restoring in some fashion.
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That thing started life as a 1962 Maserati 3500. Not much of the Maserati is left as you can see as it now has a less than flattering fiberglass body, and a rear end and motor out of a Chevy.
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That is one of the most mind-boggling cars I have ever seen. It was once a 1956 Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato “Double Bubble” and now it’s a work of art. Well, it was always a work of art, actually, but now it’s a different kind of art. At some point, a Corvair transaxle with cus tom cut gears and a Buick V8 were shoved in and this little car became an ice racer on Big Lake Alaska. It was actually featured on Bring a Trailer last year when it was on eBay for $300,000. You read that correctly. The owner who ice raced it had two 250TR Ferrari T estarossas that he also raced on the lake, but apparently they didn’t live as hard a life as the Abarth. He also claimed this was the 750 that won the Mille Miglia which would make its fate even more unfortunate, but I don’t know if that claim was ever substantiated. I can’t imagine BHCC got it for anywhere near that eBay price as they’ve seemingly moved it.
Time travel is hard on a car.
Ran when parked!
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That’s the one I want to bring home. I know I shouldn’t, but it’s one of my (admittedly many) dream cars. A Glas 1700 GT. Yeah, it’s in dodgy condition. There’s rust, but they all have rust. Their bodies were built by Frua in Italy and then shipped to Germany where they were finished at the Glas factory. But, they were literally rusty by the time they got there, so you’ll never find a completely clean one. It also has an automatic transmission that may have been added later. Glas never made a GT with an auto as far as anyone knows, but it’s possible this was a special order for America because the 1700 sedan got an automatic, so it could be an original Glas unit. T hese cars are really rare and special. BMW even kept building them after acquiring Glas, but I prefer these original Glas cars without the pasted on kidney grille . So awesome. I nearly plotzed when I saw it. It’s got a nice bird’s nest of wires too, and I have no room for it, but I want it anyway.
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I’m still not 100% certain I’d buy a car from these guys, but it’s a really entertaining place to visit.
An an added bonus, on the way home, we spotted this poor Renault Dauphine sitt ing in the weeds outside a little bodega. The owner says it runs, so I told him I expec t to see him driving it next time I’m in the neighborhood.
dogisbadob
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 13:20 |
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awesome cars
lone_liberal
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 13:29 |
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To me t hat 356A doesn’t have patina, it has rust that needs to be fixed.
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 13:40 |
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Man, that looks like an awesome place! Some cars definitely look like they are way to far gone though. (Apart from the Abarth, that looks perfect as it is)
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 13:42 |
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Damn years of looking at their website I never thought to stop there. I should do that
fintail
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 13:46 |
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You found that Ponton coupe, nice.
Something fascinating about cars in this state of decay, many of them I’d just want mechanically sorted and would drive them otherwise as-is.
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Jonee
> CaptDale - is secretly British
08/24/2018 at 15:01 |
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It’s worth it. That place is like an amusement park for car lovers. Although you can’t go on the rides.
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Jonee
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
08/24/2018 at 15:02 |
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Yeah, I’m not sure what they do with some of those heaps.
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Jonee
> lone_liberal
08/24/2018 at 15:03 |
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Patch up the floor, get a tetanus shot, and go, I say.
Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/24/2018 at 18:28 |
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Now about that Glas...
I nearly plotzed when I saw it.
I think that was a joint effort. I remember spotting it at about the same time as you. It was as if time stood still from that moment on...
This visit I will remember for quite some time. I ho pe yo u’ll get that Glas and I hope, next time I’m over for coffee again, we’ll do the BHCC again!!!
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
08/24/2018 at 21:43 |
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Haha. That’s my new favorite gif. He’s really going for it.
Yeah, we were simultaneously gobsmacked. Like when we saw the Alpines at Autoworld. I was speechless for a second before I comprehended what I was looking at.
For sure! This is definitely a place I want to visit regularly. It’s a wonderland.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/25/2018 at 05:46 |
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I like the way the cut off that scene with the Isetta . Now we don’t know if he crashed into those t raffic cones or not.
We do think/feel alike a lot. I better not let you near Krista too much.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
08/26/2018 at 00:18 |
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He looks like an expert Isetta pilot. I imagine all cones were left standing.
Haha. You have nothing to worry about. I don’t have your Dutch constitution to handle her.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/28/2018 at 04:35 |
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I imagine him crashing into those cones and into a wall. That would generate so much more likes. It’s all about likes nowadays, remember?
No one has...
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
08/28/2018 at 22:24 |
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This is true. But, if he did, why didn’t they show it in the gif?
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/29/2018 at 04:45 |
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To protect their star driver from being mocked at online? Death threats? Who knows...
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
08/29/2018 at 22:40 |
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I think he’d get more death threats from rivals jealous of his magnificence in that clip.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/30/2018 at 04:00 |
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The police should be able to take the guilty rival in easily as there can’t be too many with these kind of skills!
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
08/30/2018 at 22:56 |
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You’ve never seen me drive an Isetta.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
08/31/2018 at 03:19 |
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True. Was that footage about you???
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/02/2018 at 02:18 |
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No, but I was once driving one with this German guy who is like the world’s foremost Isetta expert. He may even have worked for BMW, or something. Anyway, he told me to “take it easy” at one point.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/03/2018 at 04:12 |
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All that training by Lenny clearly resulted in God-like racing/driving skills. Better call Newman/Haas!
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/03/2018 at 22:55 |
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You saw how I handled 5 cylinders on Angeles Crest. Imagine what I can do with just 1. I can’t wait to get the LNA up there. If Newman still raced Datsuns, I’d be there.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/04/2018 at 03:35 |
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Watch out for that Camaro/Challenger/Charger dude up there . He’ll crash into you without any fear. Or knowledge.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/04/2018 at 22:31 |
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Totally. He wouldn’t even know I was there. Kind of like how we treated him when he showed up to Newcomb’s Ranch.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/05/2018 at 05:17 |
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Maybe if you open up your bonnet he will get curious. How can that car propel itself without any engine?
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/05/2018 at 22:33 |
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You’re right. Anything under 8 cylinders probably doesn’t register in his brain.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/06/2018 at 05:58 |
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My point exactly. Myron is going to check his cars in the Petersen in 9 days btw, maybe you should go say “hi”.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/07/2018 at 00:54 |
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Oh, that’s interesting. I’ll send him a note. Is he going to make sure no one’s been touching them?
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/07/2018 at 08:04 |
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Oops. I touched it. I had to. After all that monitoring in the Vault I had to touch things.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/08/2018 at 00:02 |
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Ah. And, I’m sure word got back to Myron since we know you were being surveilled.
Speaking of which, Jason is clearly monitoring Instagram now. Right after you posted a Slantnose, he posts this:
https://jalopnik.com/this-is-how-porsche-could-make-a-modern-slantnose-1828863326
Pretty much saying verbatim your bit about the loophole.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
09/08/2018 at 10:13 |
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OH COME ON! So us shifting to/adding another platform makes him move along? He doesn’t even follow me! Hahaha... No coincidence. NO EXCEPTIONS!
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
09/09/2018 at 21:47 |
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Why would t he sneaky bastard stop now? He needs our ideas. No exceptions!