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Old 10-16-12, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by S2000toIS350
Yowzah SVT

A collection that ranges from an Opel GT to a BMW M1

Any details on the red car with the strange doors or that yellow Ferrari vert?
The red car is actually a VW kit car. He got it because it has Gullwing doors and he loves anything with Gullwing doors.

The Yellow car with the Ferrari emblem is a Fiat Dino.

Originally Posted by jwong77
Holy crap, he owns 3 F1 cars?!? Isn't one of them a Micheal Schumacher world championship winning car?
Actually two of the cars are Formula 3000 cars. One of them is a two seater, and yes the MS car IS a championship winning car.

Originally Posted by DustinV


I see he also owns a Ferrari 365 GTC/4 - those are very rare cars. Only about 480 were made.





Thanks for sharing!

The Ferrari 250 GT SEFAC is my favorite Ferrari, close second is the 365 GTC/4
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Old 10-16-12, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SVT2888
The Ferrari 250 GT SEFAC is my favorite Ferrari, close second is the 365 GTC/4
Excellent taste, sir.
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Old 10-16-12, 06:53 AM
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Very nice... I didn't know you where friends with Jay Leno lol... Very nice cars
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Old 10-16-12, 10:42 AM
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Thanks SVT

Do you have a sense how long it took to amass this amazing collection?
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Old 10-16-12, 11:18 AM
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wow, this is nuts. thanks for the pics, good stuff! !
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Old 10-16-12, 05:55 PM
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A jaw dropping collection !, thanks for sharing..
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Old 10-16-12, 09:24 PM
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A brief story about him:

Dr. Nobles has founded more than 27 companies in the fields of Electronics, Medical Devices, Banking, Automotive Engineering, Retail, Real Estate and many others.

In his capacity as the chairman, President, CEO of both Private and publically traded companies, Dr. Nobles has personally invented and Developed more than 150 medical devices, as well as some of the leading electronic technologies of our era including the first portable computer and electronic book.

Dr. Nobles has also designed all of the buildings and facilities for each of his companies around the world, which include office, clean-rooms, manufacturing and test laboratories. He has worked closely with the local governments on each phase of these facilities.

Dr. Nobles is also a residential real estate developer and has worked to develop local real-estate in Orange and LA county.

Dr. Nobles also controls Aurora Capital Investments and Swiss Biomedical investement fund in Geneva and Paris, with his partner and the general fund, which controls a $500M portfolio.

Dr. Nobles has been a contributing author for publications on Endovascular Surgery, Angioscopy, Surgical Technology, Neurosurgery, Cardiology, Neuro Endoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery.

He has lectured and presented at the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Society of Vascular Surgery, the University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Chapman University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Harvard Medical School, and the International Society of Neurology and Neurological Surgeons. He also holds an appointment to the National Board of Advisors for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Dr Nobles has 27 years of hands on clinical experience in the O.R. and Catheter lab, having scrubbed in more than 2000 cases from Neurosurgery to Cardiology.

Dr. Nobles has 27 years of hands on clinical experience in the animal lab performing more than 500 cases.
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Old 10-16-12, 10:07 PM
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very very nice. Great collection !!
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His garage reminded me of the Ferrari garage in Vegas
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