Las Vegas Imperial Palace auto car collection review

The car collection at Imperial Palace is an institution.  I've been going there since I was a wee boy in the 1980s.  Back then, the highlights of my trips to Vegas involved visiting the collection and being given a $10 roll of quarters to use at the video game arcade at the oh-so-pink Circus Circus.

Most of the cars on display are for sale.  If you visit once a year, I guesstimate the turnover of cars is around 20%.  My biggest complaint involves the display.  This place seriously needs freshening up.  The fluorescent bulbs and ugly 1990s high school classroom blue carpeting have got to go.

Without further ado, here are my favorite cars:

1963 Ford Thunderbird Italien concept car

Engine bay of 1987 Buick GNX ($95,000; 5,480 miles)

Lancia 037 bought new in Guatemala

1 of 2 RHD Ferrari Superfast Series II ($1.8 million) (and look at that atrocious lighting!)

1968 Toyota Corona RT-52 Coupe with 2,274 original miles ($25,500).  I love the diversity of the collection.  So long as the car is cool and interesting, it's in!

Yugo!

1980 Peugeot 505 sedan with less than 8,000 km for $39,500

1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith Vignale Saloon ($450,000)

Ford RS200 traffic jam

1956 Lancia C10 Appia panel van ($65,000)

1954 Alfa Romeo 1900SS Ghia coupe ($325,000)

Jaguar XJ220

Ferrari Daytona and Datsun 280ZX

1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Superleggera

1966 Bizzarini P538 Spyder prototype (red) and 1967 Bizzarini P538 Coupe (white)

Peugeot 405 ad: Take My Breath Away

En fuego!

Peugeot 405 for sale and Alfa 164 for sale

This masochist is trying to kick his habit and selling his 405 and 164.  His gain is your loss.

Alfa 164 ad.

Peugeot 405 ad.

1987 Peugeot 505 Liberte wagon for sale

I checked out this 505 wagon today at an Alameda used car lot.  It's seen better days.  The rear hatch door and the rear passenger side door do not open.  But for $1,695, it's a pretty good deal.  It lived its life as a one-owner car in San Francisco.  The used car dealer bought it at an auction via the previous owner's estate.  It's the Liberte edition, which apparently commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.  How random.

Source.

Carspotting (40): Peugeot 103 SP moped scooter

As a local yokel, it's always fun to go to the Big City.  Look what I found locked to a parking meter.  I had no idea Peugeot made mopeds.

2010 Anti-Football Run/Drive Pictures

This morning, I made it out to Sausalito to catch the 20th annual Anti-Football Run. A collection of classic car enthusiasts brought out their treasures for show and tell and a 100+ mile jaunt through rural Marin County. I was most surprised about the variety of cars on display. Here are my favorites.

Official Bring A Trailer Porsche 356

Old Datsun sedan

BMW E9, Jaguar E Type, Datsun wagon

Jaguar E Type

Renault 16 grill

Renault emblem

Renault door handle

Innocenti Mini Cooper

Lancia Fulvia (perhaps the most beautiful car I saw today)

Fulvia close-up

Fulvia front

Porsche 944S 16 Ventiler

TWO Alfa Romeo Giulia wagons! The one on the left was the one I saw in Calistoga last weekend. The one on the right is a recently-imported right hand drive version.

Saab 96

Saab: Born from Jets (or maybe Prop Planes)

Jensen Interceptor III grill

Jensen Interceptor III

Little white Alfa, big black Imperial

Saab Sonnet

Sonnet V4

Bentley hood ornament

Two Merc convertibles

Maserati Mexico

Fiat wagon next to another E Type

Alfa, another Imperial, Datsun

Peugeot 404 break

No words can describe this

Left hand drive Austin Healey, right hand drive Alfa wagon (Lancia in the background)

Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1.6 wagon