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Posted 2005-12-29 9:05 PM (#46859)
Subject: Richard Carpenter Cars



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Location: Colorado, Pike's Peak		He has several "cherry" Mopars

http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/Auto-24%201960%20Dodge%20Polara.htm

Very nice Polara ans some other fin mobiles

Sorry if you have already seen these cars. The dude has money to burn.


Slim
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58 Ray
Posted 2005-12-29 11:01 PM (#46865 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Colorado		Slim,

Cool link! That garage (showroom) and the cars in it would be awesome! I think you can eat off of that floor!!

Cheers,

Ray

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58 DESOTOS RULE
Posted 2005-12-30 3:15 PM (#46907 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH		I had heard that he had a few 57-59 Chrysler letter cars, but I see he's also got some other interesting hardware as well. The 1960 Dodge Polara is very tasty. Maybe he's going to compete against Jay Leno ---
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Ray Bell
Posted 2005-12-31 6:56 AM (#46950 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Dalveen, Queensland, Australia		Sorry folks, I can't get the link to work...

And as I'm very keen on many songs by The Carpenters I'd especially like to!
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Posted 2005-12-31 9:04 AM (#46955 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: The Netherlands		Try this one and see all his stunning cars!

http://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/Auto-00_Auto%20Collection.h...

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forwardlookparts
Posted 2005-12-31 9:46 AM (#46957 - in reply to #46859)
Subject: RE: Richard Carpenter Cars



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Location: Minneapolis		VERY impressive! Kind of nice to see a collector who actually purchased some of the cars new when they were kids. Especially being MoPars!

He certainly did it right-- He scarfed up the rare FLs in the late seventies when they could be had for a few grand or less, d@mn!

I hope some of these cars see the light of day, at least they arent packed in the building so accessibilty looks like they may. So many look to be over-restored, which to me, should lose points at judging time. I like original, or restored to original, they should not mirror the detail of a hand-built Rolls. Afterall, these WERE mass produced, flaws and all!

I really like the color combo of that 300-E. But I'd go with the 300-F for the styling even though I am not a black car kind of guy.

Great collection, thanks for posting!
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Ray Bell
Posted 2005-12-31 10:07 AM (#46959 - in reply to #46859)
Subject: RE: Richard Carpenter Cars



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Location: Dalveen, Queensland, Australia		A great collection...

Did you like the comment on the Pontiac GTO?

Up until model year 1967 if one wanted an automatic, the GTO came only with the hoary two speed; fully nine years behind Chrysler and not the proper automatic tranny for a car like the GTO


His father seems to have guided him quite a bit, I suspect he might have been very pro-Chrysler.

Thanks for the link!
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Kenny J.
Posted 2005-12-31 10:12 AM (#46960 - in reply to #46907)
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58 DESOTOS RULE - 2005-12-30 12:15 PM

Maybe he's going to compete against Jay Leno ---


The Carpenter family has been collecting Mopars long before Jay Leno was a factor in the entertainment business. I first heard about the "Carpenter Collection" around 1979-80.

K.
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MOPARHEMIPAUL
Posted 2005-12-31 10:43 AM (#46961 - in reply to #46957)
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Location: OHIO		Carpenter has a very impressive collection.
Most people can't compete with these cars.
Hard to compete at car shows when you are against cars that are restored and with new paint. Your car is sitting their not restored and with original paint-I just pull the judging form and enjoy the show and meet new friends. I mostly go to car cruise's where people enjoy cars new and old.
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Posted 2005-12-31 10:51 AM (#46962 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Snohomish, WA.		I want the 60 Polara and the 68 Charger R/T.

You guys can fight it out over the rest of the collection, which is VERY impressive.


Mike
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Posted 2005-12-31 1:01 PM (#46966 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Lenore, Idaho		Wow, for some reason he doesn't strike me as being a car guy......
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Posted 2005-12-31 1:37 PM (#46968 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Minneapolis		Mike, you want the two Dodges, huh? I 'just' want all the other MoPars!
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Posted 2005-12-31 3:51 PM (#46972 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Farmingdale NJ		I must say I have a whole new respect for him now
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Kenny J.
Posted 2006-01-01 11:45 AM (#47005 - in reply to #46972)
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		I've wondered off and on for several years if Richard is among us under an alias?

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Posted 2006-01-01 11:55 AM (#47006 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Minneapolis		Sumthin' tells me his time is worth a little more than to hang out in website forums. I could be wrong...
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Kenny J.
Posted 2006-01-01 12:22 PM (#47007 - in reply to #47006)
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada		True, but he could drop by once in a while. Maybe not posting, maybe not even as a member, but maybe to get a feel for what we "little people" in the hobby are up to.

I have a friend who is very high up in one particular political party. He is extremely busy as both a lobbyist and a party advocate. But he finds time to surf the web and exchange chat on some lists.

At least we have some celebrity vehicles among us, even if their current owners are regular folks like us!

K.

P.S.- It could be debated if all of us are normal enough to be "regular folks!" I sure ain't!!!!
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Posted 2006-01-01 2:45 PM (#47021 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Dellslow, West ("By God") Virginia !		"Kenny" How to 'we' know, 'you' are not Carpenter,,,,,,is disguise!? mmmmmm?
How do you know, that 'I' might be Carpenter? You NEVER met me, have you? So,,,,,,,?
Oh s**t! The thought just crossed my mind, like a old re-run, nightmare. Hobby could be Carpenter!!! Psyco and Sasquach?
How many of you, actually met, and talked, with Fearless leader? He sorta' resembles Carpenter.
Y'know how those 'Hollywood' types are, with disguises, and makeup!
Well, 'I' wish 'I' had some of his $$!
Anyway.
At one time, he had EVERY 300 Letter car model. Meaning, HT and Convt, of each year in his collection.
He and Goers got together to re-pop the 300 interior.
Another '50's singer who was into MoPars. Bobby Vinton, from Cannsburg, PA I saw a B&W picture of him and his wife/GF, sitting in either a new, '57 Fury/Belvy, or a '58 Fury/Belvy HT.
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Posted 2006-01-01 10:36 PM (#47059 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Kronenwetter, Wis..... . just south of Wausau		Now theres a rich guy who knows how to enjoy his money. Of course I prefer that 59 white Sport Fury. IMHO white does the greatest justice to the Sport Fury. I had a white one like that back in the '60s. I gotta get off my rear this winter and paint my copper colored one white. I think Richard also had a blue Sport Fury (convert?) a few years ago that he sold. If anybody is interested in buying a couple buildings like that, there are 3 setting in a group in Iola, Wis that belong to Chet Krause, ex owner of Krause Publications (Old Cars Weekly). He recently auctioned off his vast car collection and last I knew, the buildings were for sale. If interested, contact me first, then maybe I can collect a finders fee and then can afford to paint my car
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Posted 2006-01-06 3:25 PM (#47459 - in reply to #46972)
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Location: northern germany		i had a video tape about his cars i recorded from german tv in the late 80s or early 90s, showing him driving that white 59 fury coupe and a black 59 adventurer coupe and lots of 300s in various stages of restoration. they also showed his very first car, he still owns, a 60s plymouth b body, he or his family bought new, if i remember correctly. yes he is a mopar guy! unfortunatly a jealous girlfriend destroyed that tape
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Posted 2006-04-26 8:01 AM (#54765 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Scotland		I've got a Bobby Darin album from 1958 and on the back cover he's giving autographs on the hood of his 58 Plymouth Belvedere convertible.looked on his sites and found the dream car he built,looks like lots of FL bits on it

http://www.bobbydarin.net/dreamcar.html
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Posted 2006-04-26 8:41 AM (#54766 - in reply to #47021)
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How many of you, actually met, and talked, with Fearless leader? He sorta' resembles Carpenter. Y'know how those 'Hollywood' types are, with disguises, and makeup!

You figured me out.  I am a retired rock star, living in a 4 room duplex with a one car garage in Pittsburgh. 

I actually spoke to him about 10 years ago as I recall when I first got my car, and was calling around looking for parts.  In those days, you would call another owner, and ask for the numbers of anyone else they knew with your type of car, and kept going on down the line until you found what you needed. 

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Posted 2006-04-26 8:55 AM (#54767 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Auburndale Florida		I like that 59 Adventurer looks just like the one that was Buffy the vampire slayer.
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Posted 2006-04-26 9:45 AM (#54768 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Dellslow, West ("By God") Virginia !		What did you go and do THAT for , Fearless?
Now, EVERYONE knows yer secret! Rock star,,,,,? How 'bout, retired Porn star?
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Posted 2006-04-26 11:49 AM (#54773 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Whetstone, Arizona		Hi Guys....if i remember right...."MCG" (mopar collectors guide) did a story on Richard Carpenter and his car collection...back in the early 90's...John in AZ
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Posted 2006-04-28 9:38 AM (#54902 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Middletown CT		Collectible Automobile back in the 80s (I have issue at home) did an article
on Richard's 300s. Then he still had all of them, except the 1962 which he had sold.
The Hemmings Dodges (marque books series) paperback has an article on his cocoa brown 60 Polara 2 door HT (also pictured in the Mopar Muscle book pub. a while ago) The 2 things that made me drool: going to a piano lesson and getting out and seeing your dad come to pick you up with a 1960 Dodge, and being given a 300F for next to nothing when a buddy comes back from the service!
Does he ever let the public view his cars? Beth
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Arnie Cunningham
Posted 2006-05-05 12:33 AM (#55355 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Ohio		Funny because the other day a channel on tv was running the "Carpenters Movie" thats was a tv movie made in the 80's.....After they hit the big time they come home in a 59 Fury convt and he gives the keys to his dad as a gift.......his old man say's "you know I always loved these 59 furys"
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Posted 2006-05-09 3:50 AM (#55633 - in reply to #46859)
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Location: Cape Cod, Ma		That 60 Dodge Polara is my favorite, the black/brown combination looks awesome
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