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Jim Wangers San Diego

Yup, we're in LA now. It's still hotter than hell and I'm staying with my friend Bobbi in the hills of LA where it is even hotter than downtown. This place is nuts - the power keeps going off. WTF? Anyway, Bobbi is a photographer and a pretty tough chick who is into righteous cars - she used to drive a big-ass Parisienne as a daily. Bobbi took me to meet Jm Wangers who was heavily involved in the introduction of the Pontiac GTO, a car which is widely considered the first muscle car. Jim is a bona fide car legend and yes, he does have a wig but I dont think anyone has the balls to ask him about it.



Anyway, Jim was a lovely old coot, full of stories and with pants that defied logic - how did he get them that high? Jim also has a big shed proudly full of Pontiacs... as well as a few wild drag racing beasts and a ferrari or two. It was enough to make you sick, he even has a full time car butler to look after them all. How cool would that be?


yes!

My favourite car was the Judge in orange, which is a 69 GTO. The whole time I'm thinking to myself 'how can I get a drive in this machine?' but of course, you know how much this car is worth and how you should NEVER ask anyone if you can drive their car. So what does Bobbi do? Now because she is a chick, because she obviously knows her cars, because she actually had the cajones - she asked for a drive and they said yes. I on the other hand wimped out on the 69 and so the car we drove was a 1964 convertible GTO with a wild tri-carb 6.5 litre donk. Estimated value? $130-150,000 usd. How fucking cool is that?

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