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Old 09-14-10, 07:44 PM
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Talking Ken Lingenfelter's car collection (huge)

Ken is the brother of the Lingenfelter Corvette tuner fame, who made his money with a title company.. which he then sold for $500Million, and took over his brother John's Lingenfelter Performance after his brother died.

Ken has about 3 warehouses full of cars. it is PARADISE.

the Super Room: http://www.flickr.com/photos/penth2o...25026230/show/

the Corvette Room: http://www.flickr.com/photos/penth2o...00952569/show/

the Muscle Room: http://www.flickr.com/photos/penth2o...01596153/show/

Another Photo Gallery: http://www.midwestscc.com/gallery/al...n-of-michigan/

This is just SOME of the cars in the Super Room.














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The Vette Room











The Muscle Room











 
Old 09-14-10, 08:35 PM
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Oh my. Obviously he doesn't ever drive them because they're not road-registered.
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That's quite a nice collection. This bad boy stood out the most for me

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Geeezzzus. What would it cost to insure all of those cars? Can a man have too many cars?
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WOW! Very nice. Lots of great cars and the muscle room brought back many good memories.
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The 959, or Porsche that looks l like a 959 really caught my interest.

I thought there were only a handful imported to the US?
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Originally Posted by superchan7
Oh my. Obviously he doesn't ever drive them because they're not road-registered.
I'm sure he has enough money to have his own road course, oval, etc...
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Beautiful collection
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very nice collection! now need to drive them :P
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Not sure which I would want - the Brera or CGT...
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Good Lord!

I need a minute...
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Originally Posted by speedflex
Good Lord!

I need a minute...
Yeah, seriously! Sick collection.
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That's just amazing... I guess we know what he did with that $500M! haha
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What are a Cadillac Seville and Eldorado Coupe doing in the super room?



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