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."
Ya think?
What a morbid waste.
Some people have too much money.
Now I'm just going to sit back and wait to be attacked for saying such a non-capitalist thing. I'm not anti-money, anti-free market, or anticapitalist. I'm just anti-stupid vulgarity. And this is truly stupid.
I'm thinking of doing the same with my '95 Ford Escort.
Ok, so I'm not as rich as this guy...
Oh, I agree. He has every right to do what he wants with the car. He's just an idiot.
What happens when one of the kids slams the door too hard and the "picture" fall off the wall?
Some also feel the need to compensate.
The crane company got paid.
The seller of an otherwise immobile Lamborghini got paid.
If Mr. Moriarty wants to spend his money, I say let him.
House door or car door? :-)
cool. if i could i would
Lamborghini's are works of art
no envy or jealousy here
It would have been a lot cheaper just to get the p***s enhancement surgery.
Lol. I guess in this case either.
You tend to see this type of behavior from heirs to the family fortune and not from the people who actually earned the money themselves.
I believe the car doors on one of those things are gull-winged and can't open manually. Needs power.
Of course, if he really wanted to be artistic, he should leave the one or both of the doors open and the wheels turned slightly. JMHO. ;-)
The best part is the bumper sticker that says "My other car is a Lamborghini" signifying he has two.
I like how when a rich person has a little piece of property, 3.5 acres, they refer to it as an "estate". When a "right winger" lives on the same size lot it is referred to as a "compound".
While you are correct - it is a stupid way to spend your money- it is his money to spend as he sees fit.
Think of the jobs this guys provided with this one act- the crane, the people who build cranes, the wall contruction crew, the intallers, etc... Not all commerce is brilliant and helps mankind, but it is still commerce.
Plus...
This is way less stupid than how the government would spend that same money. (not that you implied it should be taken from him)
Hey! maybe a swimsuit model laying across the hood in one of those seductive poses?
This could be pretty cool!
"My other house has an artillery range." :-)
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