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All right. Hey, it's Greg with the Collective Car Podcast.
Before we get to Heritage Invitational and some incredible supercars,
Ferraris, McLarens, everything else,
let's go in the opposite direction and hear a little bit about
America's Packard Museum in a great event they have coming up that you need to be a part of.
So for that, I welcome Rob Asignum. Rob, how are you doing, buddy?
I'm doing great. Thanks for coming, Greg.
Here we are at America's Packard Museum in downtown Dayton, Ohio,
celebrating our 34th year here in Dayton,
educating and helping people connect to the legacy of classic cars, especially Packards.
We are hosting the National Association of Automobile Museum's annual conference
coming up next week, hosting our peers from all over the country,
from California to Maine and everywhere in between.
And after that, our signature gala event, the 2026 Packard Spring Fling,
begins on Friday, April 24th and concludes on Saturday, April 25th.
Well, that's awesome. And now I will be doing a little book signing, right?
Friday night, the very first, the big launch.
That's exciting. Yeah. I mean, it's the debut.
Yes, we're going to have lots of different events on Friday night.
In a playful twist on America 250, we're doing the British are coming as our new exhibit.
We're filling America's Packard Museum with tiny British sports cars
and a couple of American luxury cars built for the British market with right hand drive.
Yes, signing books on Friday night.
Also a live painting installation by Sin Customs.
They're out of Arkansas and they paint modern art automotive art on real road signs,
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We're going to have over 20 pieces in our auto show.
And also the Sweet Beats, a Cincinnati based Beatles tribute band is going to be performing.
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Just Saturday this year. Saturday, there's events all day.
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And then followed by our signature gala.
The Packard Spring Fling Gala is 6.30 to 10.30 on Saturday night.
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I've got longtime car friend Doug Cohen here. How you doing, buddy?
I'm great. How you doing?
Good, man. Every time I see you, you always have iconic cars.
And the first time I saw this car was not without a Ferrari show, ironically.
I went to Cavalino, judging Ferrari a couple years ago, and this was in the parking lot.
Right.
Because I believe it was being shown the next day at Mar-a-Lago.
Right.
Okay, well tell us, what are we looking at here?
Sure. Nice to see you. This is a 1981 Lamborghini Countache P400S Series 3.
All right.
The reason it has the police lights and the graphics is it was built as the safety car
for the Monaco Grand Prix. It was literally the intervention or safety car, again in 1981 and 1982
for the Monaco Grand Prix. So what were its responsibilities?
And it was built for these sort of two Playboy brothers, Jean-Claude and Patrick Mimran bought
Lamborghini, and this was Jean-Claude's personal car. It has a few special features,
and then he used it as the safety car. He was...
So basically this would come out on track when there's an accident, the slow down,
rest of the field.
Yeah, it's sort of the lead safety pace car.
F1 safe, I love the light. Is that the license tag?
That's the license plate I came up with.
Oh, I like it. Very nice.
So F1 safety car. It's totally original. It was stored for like 35 years.
I bought it through John Timmering. It curated.
Sure, yep.
He found the car, recommissioned it, kept it super original.
I think I bought it with 5,000 kilometers and it has around 8,000 now, so I put,
you know, 3,000 kilometers on it. I've danced it around the world a little bit.
I have seen it around the world. Yeah, what's to the right underneath the glove box there?
Oh, that's some speakers that were put in. A big amp was put in the car.
So that's what that is. And then the car again has some special features.
He wanted, Nimran wanted like a storage unit. So that's, that was factory.
It's the only coontosh with leather door panels.
What about the switches here? That's done for the safety? Are these switches here?
Those are speakers. Those are speakers.
Any extra switches or anything? Well, where are the light switches?
There's an extra switch here for the light bar. It's right here.
When you slip into this thing, does it go now or no? Do I need to put the ignition on?
Yeah, you got to put the ignition on. Okay, maybe I should.
There they go. And then we can put the light bar on. There you go. Sounds great.
All Italian tune up, right?
Awesome. So you've been sharing this all over the world since you bought it?
I have. It's been to Pebble in the preservation class. I went to the ice and Samaritz. You drive
around the frozen lake. That was this year, right? I did it last year in 2025. Okay. And then it did
the 60th drive around Lake Garda in Italy with Lamborghini to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of Lamborghini. That was a couple years ago. So we're at Heritage Invitational today.
When will this be out at another show? Do you have something on the calendar? It's actually going
to Delray next weekend. Okay. So Delray Beach, Florida. And then it'll probably go away.
I think it needs to show up in Cincinnati and I can stir it in my garage a little while.
Cincinnati. It's going to Cincinnati. Obviously. Obviously. It's going to Cincinnati.
We're going to Cincinnati. Yeah, man. Huh? Thanks, Doug. We're going to Cincinnati.
Thanks for sharing such an amazing car. My pleasure. All right. This is the car. I'm
shocked to see it here, but I'm so thrilled. The Porsche one off 963 RSP for Roger Pinsky,
one of one built by Porsche for Roger Pinsky. I am shocked to see this, but stunning car.
The modern interpretation of the 917. You can see the cup holder that
made a lot of press because it was so funny that this car actually has a cup holder.
Here you go. 963 RSP. One of one
inspired and handcrafted for Roger Searle Pinsky. Wow. Signature by the CEO.
And I know Roger would actually drive this thing on the road. This is insane.
So we're at the clubhouse of 10 tents for the car show. So I'll just take a little walk over
here. We got a nice roof and a couple of vendors. But then if you look cool cars. Oh, wow. I see two
GT 40s right there. AC, Cobra, Seattle. Anyways, it just goes around. You've got the stage over here.
So a lot of great stuff. And we'll have some owner stories here in a minute. All right. I have
Michael who is totally into his car. You can tell by his outfit, but tell me, Michael, what do we
have here? This is a 1991 Toyota Sentry limousine, factory limousine. So this would be considered
Japanese domestic import or market JDM, correct? Yes. Now what makes this special? Because I see a
ton of cool. Where do we start? Where do we start? Obviously, tell us about your outfit.
All right. Well, I've kind of gone with the Japanese limo driver outfit right now.
Okay. Gloves, suit, got to have that. And then you said you also have the CEO outfit, right?
Well, if I take them off and I take the hat off and all of a sudden I'm basically sitting in the
back. Now I'm a CEO. You go from the front to the back. All right. Well, why don't we start in the
front? Why don't we start with what's under the hood and then we'll look inside because there's a
VEU engine. This was only made for the century. Wow. It is shared with the sedan and the limousine
model, but only through, I believe, the 95 or 96 model year. And then they went to the V12 after
that. And the V12, we were talking about this earlier, it's the only V12 Toyota's ever made.
The only one they've made, and I believe the only domestic Japanese production V12 ever made
I'm going to make a stretch here, but that's not the factory hood support.
No. Unfortunately, they're a little hard to get. I would imagine a lot of parts aren't
there. In fact, I just spent probably 45 minutes talking with a gentleman who works on these cars
and we were discussing about what works on it and what doesn't. Wow. Okay. He's going to be a
great resource. He actually is. Yes. Well, let's move on to the inside here because obviously we
have the very cool side mirrors. One of my favorite things about Japanese cars. Yep. And then inside
right hand drive, as it was, they only came in right hand drive, right? Yep. The front up here
is not terribly interesting. It's a car. It's interesting, the big turn level. Is that for
the transmission? Yeah, that is. That's crazy the way it's so high up like that. They like the
column shift because it gave room upon the console instead. There are other, the sedan models did have
a standard center shift. And then I noticed we've got the nice emblem here on the side
of the screaming eagle, not Pontiac, but and then you have the, is that plexiglass for the partition?
Nope. It's glass. Okay. And they work curtains. Oh, the curtains work. Look at that.
Very nice. So if you're audio only, it is kind of a dark, what color would you call this? It's
almost like a dark maroonish. Yeah, dark maroon burgundy as where I usually use. I don't remember
the exact paint coat name or anything like that. Well, and then the back, it gets really crazy
because you have curtains on the side windows and the rear windows and you also have a TV.
Indeed. You've got everything you could ever want back here as a CEO in the 90s.
You got two desks. Yeah. It looks like. So you've got a regular desk up here. Down here,
you can kick your feet up or just rest them and it all pops up too. Nice. You've got holders here
on the sides for your magazines or your newspaper. You got a center console with what DVD? It is VHS.
Oh, VHS. Wow. I'll go in from the other side here. Yeah, let's fix this.
And you have the bar. You have to have the business bar. Yes, I have the bar.
And it looks like that's chilled. Not just chill. It will make ice. There is an ice tray in there.
An ice tray. Wow. VHS. You've got the center with probably a pretty early cell phone.
Yeah. This would have had a car phone in it. There's an inner phone up to the front as well.
That's why there's two of them in there. One is the inner phone. Wow. You've got a remote control
in the back here that controls all the functions of the car, including your CD. The 12 disc CD changer.
Okay. That still works. It also controls the radio, the air conditioning. Oh my goodness.
Yeah. Everything. Yeah. The TV works as well. The TV can also, well, if this was still the 90s,
it would receive. Is that what these Panasonic antennas are? Yes. That's what they are.
Wow. That's crazy. And they're removable too. Wow. Okay.
So how long have you had the car? I want to say I've had about seven years now.
And why did you want this car? Why not? I wanted a century. Pretty bad when I first learned about
them. And a friend of mine sent me a video or a link to a website, which was Japan Direct Motors
down in Columbia, South Carolina. And when I saw the car, I fell in love. I just did it so cool.
There is almost nothing else like it on the road. So my last question.
Do you, are you in the front seat at all times or are you in the back seat at all times?
My friends are too afraid to drive it. So you're in the front seat. Probably the front seat,
unfortunately. Okay. But your friends have a good time in the back seat. Oh, they love it.
Awesome. Well, thanks for sharing it. Absolutely. The incredible lineup of Ford. So stay until the
second to last one. It's the most iconic Ford I think I've ever seen in person.
But obviously here we have the 2024 GT Gulf oil color is really, really cool. The new Mustang GTD
and a red, white and blue, which I absolutely love that. And then this is a real GT 40 here.
No race history, but the real deal. Right hand drive 1965. Since no one's here,
let's take a little look inside. I can't believe the door is left open right now.
But look at that original patina on the interior. Incredible car. And then I don't know anything
about the Buick here. Nice little Corvette. But here's the car. This is the Le Mans winning
1966 Ford GT 40 from the Kauffman collection. This is the car that actually won Le Mans.
So really insane historical car. Bruce McLaren. Motor racing team.
Arguably the most historically significant Ford. And then I'm going to end on this little mock one
here 1970 428 four-speed car. But what's interesting about this car is the hood stripe.
Usually you see him with a black hood stripe, but a rare option is the white hood stripe
with the white shaker hood. So that looks wrong, but that was actually an option that most people
didn't do. But let's, oh wait a second, we've got an incredible car next to us. Looks like an
unrestored Cunningham. All right, look at this thing. Wow. All right, I think there were 31
Cunningham's built. This one is oh my goodness. Look at this thing.
All right, it's got the Chrysler firepower.
Four carbs.
Cunningham. Oh, okay. A lot of significant cars here. All right, Alexander, you have been sharing
this car all over the place. You've been trying to educate the next generation about how special
this car is. Tell me what we're looking at because for my listeners and viewers, it's not what you
think it is, right? That's correct. This is a 1944 KDF wagon type 82E. These are the pre-production
Volkswagen's that we all loved and know built with the 22 million Beatles. So Volkswagen's
celebrating that 75th anniversary. This is 82 years old. Wow. This is a limited production
prototype car. They made 121 of these during the, during 1944. And it's the only 1944 that we believe
has ever been shown at a car show, passenger car, I should say, because during 1943 and 1944,
there was no passenger cars built worldwide except for some Beatles. Some of the type 60s
and the type 82E, which is what this one, this one here is meant to be the military version of
the Beatles. But just like what they would call the type 60, the civilian version, the civilians
never got their cars either. They all went to higher ups in the military, higher ups in like
the postal system and things like that. Because of the shortage of cars, that's what happened with
these as well. Most of these went to like the head of the Red Cross, head of postal systems,
railroad inspectors, all kinds of different things, police, different inspectors, and also
military as well. So there's eight known that we know of, possibly 10 that are parts of cars in
various conditions worldwide. This is the only known 44 passenger cars I said shown in the United
States. And we're really proud of it. It took us 22 years to restore it. And it took 10 different
countries involved, which they all were involved to help us. So this car today, the way it is,
because everybody's helped doing it. I mean, I'm not a super talented guy. I kind of look at myself
as the orchestra leader with the stick. And I had very talented musicians making the music. That's
how I kind of look at myself. So so many questions I have for you. First off, what was the original
goal? It was supposed to be the people's car. Is that correct? That's correct. So what Ferdinand
Porsche did is they wanted to have, they wanted a carbon copy, what Henry Ford did with the Model
T here in the United States. Henry Ford built the car that was made for the people here was
basically a people's car. It was a car that everybody can afford with simple, easy to maintain,
and the family could go in the whole car. That's what they wanted to do in Germany, the same idea.
Now this is, this, this is, you know, obviously, their politics were crazy at the time. We all
know about World War Two, everything like that. But this was meant to be the people's car is like,
would they have a choice? Or was this the government saying, hey, no, they could have a choice,
but it wouldn't be anything as inexpensive as this. It was supposed to be 950, I think it was
Reichmarks. Okay. And that was what the goal was to be built it. That was an impossible goal to
build. They weren't really able to do that. But the government financed it and really the people
financed it because the way everybody could buy, get one, well that was this idea, was there was a
stamp saving program where everybody could sit there, buy a stamp every week, and put it in a
book. And the idea was when you fill up all these books, you pass that car, that, that in, that book
in, and you paid for your car full one year of insurance also included. Okay. Nobody got their
car. So what was happening is they would be using that money to build the factory, and then
it started the war. And then it's that whole thing went out the window. And then they started
transforming the Volkswagen platform into a military car called the Kubu-Wagen Jeep,
which we, which, which called the Type 82. They made 44,000, I believe, of those.
Well, I love the fact that you're by one of the most iconic 911s ever. So
Exactly. In my new book, The Enthusiast Guide to Collector Cars, I do mention how this provided
the framework rear engine design that was somewhat of an inspiration for what came later.
But were these also all the same color? Well, you're completely right about that. You know,
the KDF wagons from 1938 to 1944, all the original DNA of any VW or any other Porsche you like,
that Porsche up there, that's the nine SP that, you know, that one off car, that this is where it
started. So it's really interesting. And people starting to understand that about why these cars,
these KDF wagons are so important that way. This one is painted this color, because an ordinance
went in in the beginning of 44, about late 43, that they're running out of the gray paint.
The chassis painted gray, the engines painted gray. They said from here on in, all the bodies are
going to be painted with the leftover paint from the Africa Corps, because they had a lot of that
left. And so that's what we did. If the car went into a war zone, they'd paint it right in the field
gray, or whatever they needed, sometimes white if it was up in the Alps. Oh, right. Yeah, and I love,
yeah, there's no chrome, everything's painted, the door handles, the bumpers. Do you mind opening
the door for us? No, absolutely. And it has the traffic haters, is that what you call them? Yeah,
this is a one off prototype. It took us a long time to figure that out. We thought somebody edited
it first. I can open the other side, you get some light. So this is a fairly simple car to restore,
but I imagine the reason the reason it took so long is because it's a prototype, it's rare,
one off parts, one off pieces, a ton of research. Well, actually, it's one of the hardest cars you
would think of restoring. And the reason it being is all the panels on there, there's no adjustment
points on them. Everything about the car is made on a jig, and it's supposed to fit where it has
to fit. So everything in order for this hood to fit, and this fender to fit, everything has to be
exactly in its right spot. The engine lid and the front hood are numbered because they won't go on
another car, they won't fit on it. These cars are very off and the first ones are very off. They
didn't get those jigs really, really down yet or anything. I guess what I'm referencing is if
you didn't know what this car was, and you compare it to like a 68 VW bug, those are very easy to
restore, whereas this one's much more difficult because of the rarity and how special. Can you open
the boot where the engine is? Sure. Take a look. Like I said, everything. Is that called DOS boot?
This is what they call the pulse nose. That's completely different.
So the engine is the 24 horsepower. It's a five number, which is the KDF type 82 ease is supposed
to have a five number. We got this car with no motor, supposedly the motor got hit by a bullet.
We found bullet holes in the engine compartment on the wall, so we knew that's probably true.
I located this engine, which is two cars after my car on the assembly line. Oh my gosh. How did
you find that? It's the only one I ever found, and I didn't even know it was that close. It was a
five number guy. I don't remember where he was from. I think it was either Czechslovakia or
somewhere, but he had all KDF engine beetle number parts. He had number ones for beetles,
two for cobbles, seven for swimmers, and then I had all these odd numbers for industrial motors,
like for spotlights and water pumps and all kinds of things. I knew what the five was. I said,
what's this? I don't know. You should buy the swim motor over there. That's the block. I knew what
it was and I got it and I bought it. I didn't know if it was good or not. So many of these motors
are just not good. I wrote the number down, put it on my wallet, a piece of cardboard,
wrapped that thing up. You could drop it off the Empire State Building and nothing was going to
happen to it. I sent that home. I got home. The motor wasn't home yet. I looked at my bird certificate
and I looked at my photo of the, I have a copy from the ledger book where my car was made with
the pen and ink written in the book. There's my engine on the same page, right down there. Oh my
gosh. Wow. That car that that motor went in was sent to the same place on the same day as my car.
Oh, that's unbelievable. I mean, I said this had to be. I kept thinking, I'm reading this wrong.
I'm reading this wrong. This can't be. It can't be. There it is. I said that motor found me. I
didn't find that motor. Well, I know you're sharing this all over the place. Where might we find it
in the future? What other car shows do you have on the calendar for 2026? Well, we just got accepted
for the Keeneland Concourse. Great show. We'll be there. Oh, great. Yeah. Keeneland is wonderful.
It's a wonderful show. They have nice people, beautiful grounds, a real nice show to bring
a family to. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. And so we're going to take it there and we're just going to
show it, keep sharing it, the story with everybody. People love the story. They, you know, it's,
you know, these are labor of love things and people love that people have their heart and
soul. I mean, one third of my entire, I'm 66 years old, one third of my life went to restore in
this car. That's true. I mean, I, that's why I got, I got gray hair now. Trying to restore this.
Well, thanks for sharing it at the Heritage Invitational. Oh, it's great. We had a great,
great time. I feel bad. Will the rain, other people couldn't come up to drive the car. It's
amazing that we just, we got up there and, you know, I felt it was really amazing being in the
passenger seat, in the driver's seat, looking at everybody, just smiling and filming it. It was,
and being so happy for it. It's, we had so many people behind us on this. It's wonderful. It's
wonderful. Thanks, sir. Okay, you got it. All right, Christian, this is one of your other favorite
cars at the Heritage Invitational today. What are we looking at? A Mustang GTD. What do you
like about this so much? I personally love it myself, but what draws you to this car? Because
it looks cool. You know, it's got a lot of aero. It's like a race car. Race car for the street,
big aero, big spoiler in the back. Yeah, DRS. Lots of carbon fiber. Now, what's DRS? Are you
said DRS? Yeah, so DRS, it's like in the cornering speed. So it goes down to give more downforce
when it's taking turns and it flips up on the streets to let air through to go faster. Very
nice. And I know this thing is like actually attached to the chassis. So this is a extremely
strong, crazy spoiler. Oh yeah, very cool. All right, I am blown away by this car. I've got Clark
here to tell us more. So Clark, tell us about your 79 Toyota Celica GT that is super special.
Well, I bought it when I was 17. I was a 20-year senior in high school and I
begged my daddy if he'd go find the paper from me about it, I'd go to work and pay for it.
He went and sat it up and I went to my dollars and paid for it. So what's crazy about this car,
it's unrestored all original 7,000 miles. Original owner? Yeah. This is nuts. Okay, so
why did you want this car? I just fell in love when I seen it. Okay. I had to have it in the
showroom where I'm from, we'll tell you. So it's straight four, five-speed, rear-wheel drive.
All right. And what was the first year that these were available? This generation was 78,
but they started making Celicas in 1770. Okay. This is the second generation. Yeah.
Second generation, 78, 79, 80 and 80 more. 78, 79, 80 and 80 more. Yeah. I mean this is just crazy.
I mean you got the stickers still on the fan and shroud. That's original hoses. Original hoses.
All-wired original ribcaps. Now they also had a fastback version, is that right? Yeah.
And a liftback. Do you mind opening the door for me? I mean look at this thing.
The factory 8-track car. Factory 8-track car. Oh yeah, there's the 8-track.
Five-speed original. Sunroof 10-track. Wow, look at this thing. The top goes
down behind underneath that top. Oh, okay. Here I am.
And so one thing I noticed was all the paperwork back here.
You got the original bill of sale. You got the original window sticker.
Mag wheels installed by the dealer.
What's this color called?
366. 336. Ain't no name on it. It's just a number.
Ain't no name. Just a number. That's awesome. So it's like a burnt orange with black interior.
So why so few miles on your dream car? Well, I said I bought it. My dad left
out and I drove it about two weeks. He didn't want me to drive it to school.
So he bought me another car to drive. Why didn't he want you to drive to school?
He just didn't want to get messed up. Oh, so he was in love with it as much as you were.
Yeah. All right, Clark. Well, thanks for sharing this incredible car. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Okay, of course, if you see a McLaren F1, you have to include it. So this is from the
RK Motors Collection. Incredible car. What's cool about this one, not that any McLaren F1 is not
cool, but this is one of five experimental prototype cars. You can see XP4 experimental prototype on
the side. Extremely cool. And what I like the most about this is the fact that no one's here
watching out for the car. It's just here and it's got a bunch of folks photographing it. Obviously,
the iconic triple seat. You got the driver's seat in the center. Really cool color combinations.
So this car obviously is incredibly iconic. But I love the fact that this is one of the
five prototypes. But then I also love the fact that there's nobody here watching over the car.
It's just it is what it is. And enjoy it. You don't see many 25, 30 million dollar cars
sitting around without security. So love seeing this at Heritage. This is nice to see the
Hendricks Collection brought out the big five Ferraris. They've got the Ferrari GTO, the 288 GTO.
Got the F40. Then you got the F50, which I believe that was just purchased at Modo Miami,
if I'm not mistaken. Then you've got the Enzo. And then of course the newest one, the La Ferrari.
Now what we need to add to this is the 250 GTO. So hopefully that's on Rick's radar for sometime soon.
So
About this episode
Heritage Invitational coverage swings from museum events to rare supercars and deeply specific collector stories. Rob Asignum highlights America’s Packard Museum’s 2026 Packard Spring Fling and NAAAM conference in Dayton, including “British are coming” right-hand-drive exhibit, seminars on the Goldfinger DB5, and a gala auction. The car walkaround features a 1981 Lamborghini Countach P400S safety car for Monaco, a one-off Porsche 963 RSP, a 1991 Toyota Century limousine CEO setup, and a Le Mans-winning 1966 GT40. The standout history lesson is a restored 1944 KDF Type 82E “people’s car” prototype with a bullet-hit engine, plus low-mileage 1979 Celica GT and prototype McLaren F1 XP4.
The Heritage Invitational at Ten Tenths Motor Club brought together some of the most incredible cars in the world. But what made the event truly special was the people behind them.
In this episode, I sit down with several owners from the Heritage Invitational to go beyond the show field and into the passion that drives these machines.
From a Le Mans winning Ford GT40 to modern icons and one of one builds, these are the kinds of cars that define ten tenths. But the real story is why these owners chose them, what they mean to them, and what it is like to live with something extraordinary.
If you want to understand what makes a great car truly special, it starts with the enthusiast behind the wheel.
The Collector Car Podcast features expert interviews, great collections, and market insights. With 25+ years of experience, Greg helps enthusiasts navigate the collector car world with confidence.
