Question of the Day - 31 August 2023

The original museum was really amazing.  I especially loved the Duesenberg room - an entire room filled with gleaming, beautiful, Duesies.  Once it switched to the sales room it wasn't nearly as nice, but I'm glad I got to see it a couple of times in its full glory.

I wonder how many Jay Leno bought?

but it really was a thoroughly awesome collection of vehicles.

I left out the word “word.”

Does anyone know what happened to Bugsy's car that was on display at the El Cortez?

on our first and only stay at IP. I was impressed at how many of the older models had chain drives; but decided later that was probably just an extension of bicycle technology in the early days. And also it probably took a while to develop the idea of a transmission, drive shaft, and differential.

On that trip we also went to our first and so far only Las Vegas time share presentation: didn't buy, but got free tickets to "Legends in Concert." I tried not to feel guilty and almost succeeded. Later I looked back on it as one of my better decisions.

And finally since today is the last day of August, I'm assuming the "freeloaders"--myself included--will be cut off tomorrow. So once again, farewell and best wishes to everybody at LVA, and to all my fellow unpaid QOD commentators. I like to think we contributed something to the program over the years.

Especially Kevin. 

A must see each trip...ah the good old days. Cars were expensive to buy.  I tried to buy a 1057 Dodge convertiler.  They "laughed" at my fair offer. 

Echo'ing Cliffords comments, The cars albeit very shiny were of questionable operating order. If you were to look for a comparable Model you would generally find that these were priced 30-50% over market. I am sure it costs money to store and polish these and the museum was a cost neutral means of doing so. 

Barret in comparison does a good job of selling stellar automobiles at fair prices albeit you inevitably get two idiots at auction that drive up the price of something but that is usually the exception vs the norm. Where they get you is that their buyers premium is very expensive compared to other auctions.

Since the commenter indicated he wasn't going to be coming back after today, I want to say that my affiliation with the LVA has been nothing but great and I think that those who are leaving are pretty short sighted. Plus I'll also comment on the timeshare as a timeshare owner I have taken trips to places like France that has saved me many many dollars, that I never would have gone to if I hadn't been able to exchange my timeshare for. I am as frugal as it gets, and I still view my ownership of my Las Vegas timeshare as one of the better investments I have made. So with that said, absence makes the heart grow fonder and I hope the commenter will decide that 3 bucks a month is not the budget breaker that they originally thought and after they miss the QOD for a month go ahead and subscribe. And not to mention the many discounts and deals that were uncovered by the LVA that we wouldn't have known of otherwise. 

AUCTIONS have plants in the audience (either auctioneer or the owner of items) that bid things up. 
  

I thought there was a big issue when they found he was a follower of the Nazi's. A bit more than just a collector, and that put pressure for him to sell the collection.
Rumor ?

After I resumed coming to LV in 2012, I saw the Auto Collection three or four times.  It was always a lot of fun.  What I really appreicated was that you could view them at your own pace--take your time with the cars you really liked, brush past the ones that were all show and no go.  Yes, its time finally came, and I miss it, but the memory lives on. 

I checked it out just once back in the 90's...had to pay retail for the entrance since I didn't gamble enough for comp tix. I'm more of a muscle car guy & this collection was pre-1965 as I remember. I also recall the casino owner dude had a WWII era (bomb-proof?) car on display that was supposedly owned by Adolph Hitler...kinda freaked me out to be honest. If I didn't know the provenance, I would've prob just thought it was a beautiful German made automobile...but then I felt kinda evil for briefly admiring it. Some people collect the weirdest shit.