Posted on 01/01/2009 7:54:53 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
When eccentric doctor and compulsive hoarder Harold Carr died at the age of 89, his relatives faced a daunting task to sort through his possessions.
His home was packed with piles of medical machinery, 1,500 beer steins, thousands of receipts and even a World War Two spy drone.
But all the effort became worth it when they opened the door of his garage - and struck gold.
Inside they found a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, one of only 17 ever made.
The historic automobile with only 26,284 miles on the clock still has 99 per cent of its original parts.
It will be sold in Paris next month and is strongly tipped to surpass the £4.7million world record for a car at auction.
Auctioneers have put a reserve price of £3million on a two-seater described as one of the 'ultimate road-going sports cars from the golden era of the 1930s'.
And despite the credit crunch it could fetch anything up to £6million.
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Dino has outlived 2 wives and 2 significant others and is living with another. He was one of the first to go ashore in Nagasaki??? fore whatever that is worth...
Time for the Utah Utes to Roll the Tide.
Sugar bowl starting on Fox. Now. I got my runnin redskins shirt on.
I think it’s time you go snooping!
Some years ago (ten, twenty?) there was a story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel concerning another old bachelor who died. After everything in his residence was disposed of, someone checked out his garage. In it they found a mint condition car from the thirties. You never know what you'll find in an old guy's house.
That’s criminal to do to a car like that!
My next door neighbor is about 40 and certainly not rich, but he has a tricked out ‘02 or 03 Mustang coupe in his garage.
He drives it out, washes it in the extreme, drives it enough to get the flat spots off the tires and puts it back in the garage.
He weighs about 350 so I’m sure will have to deal with it
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