I was called over to the O’Quinn Estate one more time recently to photograph a sizeable chunk of what is left of the massive collection. The majority in this set were classic American muscle cars, but there were a few European oddities tossed in there for good measure. It’s such a shame to have to run through these cars so quickly, as I could spend an entire day just photographing one of these amazing machines. But the experience of coming into contact with pieces of history like this will be something that I won’t ever forget. As the collection dwindles down to about 40 cars after this lot, what once was a collection of around 1,000 cars seemingly vanished in a matter of years. It’s pretty sad to see the collection broken up, but I’m glad to have been able to document it at the least.
2007 Chevrolet Corvette Ron Fellowes Special Edition
Dedicated for Ron Fellows success in Chevrolet’s GT-1 Class ALMS race, this special edition Corvette has less than 200 factory miles.
1966 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Such a beautiful car, inside and out. Flawless black paint and its the 327 V8 that rumbles along perfectly.
1932 Ford Model 18 Street Rod Roadster
1964 Pontiac GTO
1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda
1958 Alfa Romeo Milano Spyder
1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Hemi
1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car
– 193 Factory miles since new with original build sheet!
1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396
1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro
– “COPO is an acronym for Central Office Production Order, and was the ticket to getting some souped-up Camaro with big-block power under the hood. Not just 396 power, but 427-cu.in. power with 425hp. There were several COPO designations, but basically, this meant there was a limited run of non-standard vehicles-something you could not order from Honest Harry at Chevy Land in Anytown, U.S.A.” – Source
1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone Pace Car Convertible
1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Motion Phase III
Only 15,000 miles since new, this Corvette is very unique in the fact that it retains the original 454-cid V-8 with a four-speed transmission that was given the speed guarantee of 11.5 seconds in the quarter mile. It also carries a second guarantee offered by Motion; with the extremely rare Hone overdrive installed this car was given a guarantee to cruise at 120mph with the overdrive engaged.
More info on this beast here.
1988 BMW M6
Beautiful car with a 3.5L I6. I personally love this car.
1974 Jaguar XKE Series III V12 Convertible
1929 Citroen French Taxi
1955 Ford Fairlane Club
1951 Kaiser-Darrin Special Traveler Hatchback
1961 MG A 1600 Roadster
1936 Ford Police Car
1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
1969 Shelby GT500 KR ‘King Cobra’ Fastback
A beast of a car, with open headers leading to 428 Cobra Jet V8, this thing was loud. See for yourself in the video below, which still doesn’t do it justice.
And one more of the King Cobra warming up its tires just a little bit, and me giggling like an idiot while recording. It’s pretty hard not to with this car, haha.
1939 Steyr 320 Cabriolet
1933 Willys Street Rod
1,500 horsepower, spits flames and will rattle your fillings when idling. Amazing car.
1974 Chevrolet Corvette
1933 Dodge Brougham Sedan
1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie Skyliner with retractable roof
1970 Shelby GT500 Fastback
1968 Morris Mini Convertible
1951 Ford Custom Half Ton Pickup
1972 Pontiac GTO 455 HO
1955 DeSoto Fireflite
1953 Kaiser Dragon
2006 Desperado Chopper
2004 ASVE ‘Texas Star’ Custom Motorcycle
1940 Packard Super 8 Convertible
1941 Cadillac Series 61
1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Serial number 1…the first in the line produced!
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
Gorgeous car, power everything. The perfect example of American Luxury in the late 50’s!
1932 Packard Series 904 Custom Convertible
