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I'm been sitting on these pics for a while - thought these pics would brighten this snowy week for all affected by the current inclement weather covering much of the country.
John Staluppi opens up his personal collection/museum once a year to the public for charity. There is an extensive write-up about him and his collection, along with more photographs.
If you're in South Florida next October, it's well-worth seeing.
Enjoy!
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Location: Cincinnati | Thanks Chopper John since we saw the 60 Polara coupe on another thread here is a red D-500 Polara Convertible. This another clone or is it Sean Machado's on loan? TIA
http://www.carsofdreams.com/cars/dodge_1960_polara/index.html |
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| Beautiful pics, very nice. I especially like that 300F, man they even chromed the long rams under the hood. Outstanding looking cars. |
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Location: Atlanta GA USA | Sure looks like he has one or two of everything  Was this at an exhibit hall of some kind? Just wondering where they are kept the rest of the year. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA | I went to the website and it indicates the collection is in a private museum in a shopping center. Thus, it looks like the cars stay put all year and what we are seeing in the pictures is the museum. Quite inpressive.
I live very close to one of the best collections in America....that of Milton Robson, north of Atlanta. Among his treasures is the only 1960 300F Special convertible made. He has more than 60 cars on display set among an old west town, vintage filling station, and vintage repair facilities. Once in a while he will open the display to car groups.
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Location: Australia | is that that devine '61 coupe that was on ebay a year and a half ago or such?? what does the owner of the cars do for a living? adriana |
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Location: Atlanta GA USA | 61Newport413 - 2010-02-09 9:00 AM
I live very close to one of the best collections in America....that of Milton Robson, north of Atlanta. Among his treasures is the only 1960 300F Special convertible made. He has more than 60 cars on display set among an old west town, vintage filling station, and vintage repair facilities. Once in a while he will open the display to car groups.
I had never heard of Milton Robsons collection. Found more info here...
http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/features/hppp_0607_milton_rob...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffglasson/sets/72157619894537072/
Appears to be in Oakwood, GA.
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Location: Chestertown, NY ( near Lake George) | I worked fo Staluppi for 10 years on LI, in NYS, he owns car dealerships in NY and FLa. He is a big car guy and was a great person to work for. The cars are at this location permanently. He duplicated the neighborhoods he grew up in Brooklyn, NY. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Thanks for sharing !!! I like the pic with Donnie ridin next to Can-man  Is that Chucky-wucky gettin broke out in Can-man's side-hack?????? |
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Location: bishop, ca | Staluppi's blue car is a clone, but the red car is the third-of-three real D500 Polara convertibles known to exist.
Of the three verts, one is red (Staluppi's) and the other two are white, and blue (Sean's re-painted 'red' car, with a blue
interior, originally, and, Sean's all-blue car---presently being restored.)
Sean has said that he might just do the right-thing, and return his re-painted red car to its glorious OEM paint/trim
schemes, as each car has its own true identity.
There were actually seven all-blue verts built, in the St Louis plant, which were distributed to various sales-zones
for publicity purposes.
Sean's car, IIRC, was sent out to Portland, and, recently, there had been a(n unfounded, it turned out) rumor that another
of the blue verts might have been discovered in the MN-area.
Stalupp's got the identification wrong, on the 1959 Imperial.
Edited by d500neil 2010-02-09 2:22 PM
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Location: bradenton florida | So that where they all are. I guess we now know who has been buying them all at BJ |
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Location: Cincinnati | 61Newport413 - 2010-02-09 9:00 AM
I went to the website and it indicates the collection is in a private museum in a shopping center. Thus, it looks like the cars stay put all year and what we are seeing in the pictures is the museum. Quite inpressive.
I live very close to one of the best collections in America....that of Milton Robson, north of Atlanta. Among his treasures is the only 1960 300F Special convertible made. He has more than 60 cars on display set among an old west town, vintage filling station, and vintage repair facilities. Once in a while he will open the display to car groups.
As in GT with shorts rams and 4 speed Pont a Mousson. Here's the low down on this 1 of 1 From Welcome to 300 Country One white convertible has been documented, serial number 8403-141816. This car was originally sold to George Kuehm of Milwaukee, and was later owned by George Cone and Bruce Hoover. It was recently owned by Tom Turner, and is now in the private collection of Milton Robson of Atlanta, GA. This car was discovered in a northern Michigan estate near Duck Lake in 1978, languishing in a garage and showing only 11,040 miles. Fully documented with a bill of sale from the Edwards Motor Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the car had a sticker price of $7,158.30. It is the only 300 GT Special convertible in existence. Much promotion was given to the idea this mileage is correct and that the car is vastly original and untouched. That is absolutely not true; it required major restoration and parts replacement according to GT owner Wayne Graefen. Perhaps that was 111,000 miles, huh? This car was listed for sale in Cars and Parts in 2000 with an asking price of $225,000. The car was advertised at numerous prices over at least a decade. It did not sell even close to the final asking price. Here's a list of what was different about the 300F Special GT Pont-A-Mousson steel-cased 4-speed transmission painted Chrysler Aluminum color, modified floor pan. Special cast bell housing to adapt motor to transmission. 1.74" exhaust valves No hood pad Truck flywheel, clutch assembly, and disc to accept Pont-A-Mousson shaft, truck linkage. Clutch and brake pedal set from a manual transmission Plymouth or Dodge. 1960 - 1962 short rams ( part numbers 2129986 - 7) complete with brass hot water fittings. 1963 - 1964 short rams are different castings and are exhaust heated. Carter 3084S carburetors with manual chokes. Long air cleaner studs (4) Chrysler part number 1670694 air filter elements (2) Silicone spark plug wires (mauve in color) 1960 - 1961 3" 4-bolt cast iron headers ( part numbers 2129998 - 9) 1962 - 1964 headers are different castings. 2.5" exhaust pipes and low back pressure Arvin mufflers. 1960 Imperial alternator. Mechanical racing camshaft 284 - 284 - 55 degrees and solid lifters. Some say there were no published specs for this cam. 2.93 : 1 Sure-Grip differential Console aluminum insert without ashtray cutout Ribbed aluminum plate to block off automatic transmission pushbuttons with toggle switch for backup lights 10' Bowden choke cables, (2) steel choke cable brackets, manifold water T-fittings, 12' HD heater hose. The F Special's $800 option price doesn't sound like much today, but in 1960 it was a hefty cost, equaling nearly 20 percent of the car's base cost. (They lost money on every one they built) Today, that would be like a $5,000 option on a $30,000 car. Ouch. The floor pans had to be modified, among other things, which added to the cost. Was it worth the money? Depends on how fast you wanted to go. For the average Joe, no way. The car idled and ran rougher than the normal F and had a rather hefty appetite for premium fuel. But for the race car drivers, yeah........... gimme one of those. And here is a link to a living the high life with a GT out of the box...enjoy http://chrysler300country.com/gregg_ziegler_2.htm |
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Location: Florida | Thanks y'all for answering all the questions. It is indeed an impressive collection. It would be nice to see it open more than one day a year.
If I'm correct, the building in which it is housed is an old Wal-Mart - a pretty darn big building!
The 300s are the first group of cars you see when you walk in the door - right after 1960s Batmobile and Batcycle recreations! He definitely likes his 300s.
There are about 2-3 dozen 1955/56/57 Chebbies in one corner of the museum - they're all parked bumper-to-bumper and door-to-door - hardly a one can you get a good look at - not like the 300s and other Mopars, which seem to be John Staluppi's favorites.
The only other collection I've ever seen like this is a heart surgeon's collection in Coral Springs, Florida - he's primarily a GM guy, and is the type of guy who restores an ordinary four-door 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille to the same impossibly high national show-winning standards that he restores a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible, a 1953 Olds Fiesta convertible and a 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible - of which he has one each also.
Like Staluppi, the surgeon also has a facade of a Cadillac dealership inside the building - but Staluppi's is a three-dimensional building, and the surgeon's is a full-scale wall poster with his family members browsing new 1960s Cadillacs in an imaginary dealership. |
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Location: Florida | Now I see the "Chrysler Crown Imperial Convertible" instead of the more accurate "Imperial Crown Convertible". |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Got a request that will make following threads easier ... when posting a bunch of photos, add a single photo with the message and post, adding a second post with the rest of the pix. This allows a viewer to click on the "bottom" advance without a lot of scrolling when the thread gets long.
Some times we have a lot of pix to post, but if a viewer has seen them but wants to just visit the most current posts at the end of the thread, they are forced to scroll until the end of the first post before the "bottom" icon appears. As a thread gets long, this can involve many visits and a whole big heap of scrolling !!!
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Location: Netherlands | Just hit the "End" or "Page Down"-key on your keyboard. Same effect, only faster 
Sweet collection of cars there!
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Location: bishop, ca | Also, there's this little button-tab, way-over on the far right side of the confuser....
Even EYE know how to use that feature.
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Location: Parts Unknown | Oh, you "wizard" types .... always have an answer !
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Expert ,, George Passed away July 28th 2021, He will be Missed
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Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | It is a private museum/collection that is only open one day a year to raise funds for a childrens charity. It is in N Palm Beach FL.
George
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Location: somerville mass | i knew about cars of dreams from cars for sale on ebay..... then i found the link to the museum... after my jaw dropping open all i could think was -
IF I DIE IT MIGHT AS WELL BE HERE! WOW! |
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John Staluppi's Cars of Dreams Museum in North Palm Beach, Florida
