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Man Bolts Lamborghini on Wall in Mansion
Associated Press ^ | May 16, 2006 | Unknown

Posted on 05/17/2006 6:19:12 AM PDT by decimon

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Auto art has been taken to a new level after an Orange County man bolted a 1974 black Lamborghini Countach to a wall inside his home.

Millionaire Richard Moriarty hired a 70-ton crane to lower the Italian sports car into his mansion through a skylight in the living room.

On Friday, a five-man crew hung the 1,000-pound engineless vehicle from a steel-reinforced wall with loops of half-inch-thick steel cable.

Explaining the unusual placement for the car, Moriarty said, "I have a Lamborghini and I've got a big wall."

The car's engine was removed and transformed into a "200-mph coffee table," he said.

This isn't the first time Moriarty, an heir to the family that developed South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, has installed offbeat elements in his home. Previous innovations include an indoor rifle range and a 28-foot-high interior waterfall, architect Fleetwood Joiner said.

Moriarty's irreverent tastes don't stop at home decor.

The 58-year-old organized exotic parties in the 1980s, and more recently he planted a vineyard on his 3.5-acre estate and began bottling wines under such labels as "Wretched Excess" and "The Idle Rich."


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To: decimon

If Howard Dean gets wind of this,he'll be visiting this guy personally to ask for a contribution....and he'll get it.


22 posted on 05/17/2006 6:45:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Hatteras
I would also add a nice set of skid marks painted across the wall leading up to the tires...

Now, see, that sort of humor would render the whole enterprise much less stupid. It would be funny--nobody could walk into the room and not laugh--and the owner would in a sly way be poking fun at himself.

23 posted on 05/17/2006 7:14:30 AM PDT by Fairview
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To: Mr. K
While you are correct - it is a stupid way to spend your money- it is his money to spend as he sees fit.

Absolutely. And he might very well think the ways I would want to spend money are stupid, too. But if someday his money runs out, he may wish he hadn't spent it quite so foolishly. (It's funny how some of these very rich people don't realize that the money can be gone tomorrow, especially when one fritters it away on idiot projects like this.)

24 posted on 05/17/2006 7:17:41 AM PDT by Fairview
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To: generally

ROFLMAO


25 posted on 05/17/2006 7:36:47 AM PDT by moviegirl (I guide this ride)
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To: generally
It would have been a lot cheaper just to get the p***s enhancement surgery.

Would that be off the wall?

26 posted on 05/17/2006 7:55:23 AM PDT by decimon
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To: Drew68

My Mom knew the guy that originally built South Coast Plaza. He was a bean farmer named Segerstrom, and she knew them in the '30's and '40's.

He had the idea to develop his bean farm into a mall, and now it's a real success.

I haven't been back to Newport Beach in over a decade, I imagine it's changed, some!

Ed


27 posted on 05/17/2006 12:36:20 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: windcliff

ping


28 posted on 05/17/2006 12:41:22 PM PDT by stylecouncilor
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To: Fairview

Nah - I ain't gonna jump ya. I know what you mean. Don't know where you are from, but "down here" we usually say, "He's got more money than sense."


29 posted on 05/17/2006 2:13:06 PM PDT by HeadOn (Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid.)
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To: decimon
Legally a piece of his personal property just became real property since bolting it would constitute more-or-less permanent attachment.

Interesting idea from a tax perspective

30 posted on 05/17/2006 2:15:47 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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