Located on the fifth level of the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino self-parking facility, The Auto Collections is home to a rotating display of more than 300 classic cars including racing cars, muscle cars, touring roadsters and many others.
Vehicles that have been housed at The Auto Collections to date include a 1932 Ford High Boy, a 1961 Cooper Climax 2.5-Litre Formula One Race Car, a 1970 Pontiac GTO also known as “The Judge,” a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette 283/283 Roadster and a 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T Convertible.
The Grand Salon displays the elite cars of the collection and most of the vehicles found here are one-of-a-kind. In this part of the exhibit, guests have the opportunity to get an up-close look at rare automobiles like the 1931 Minerva 8 AL Rollston Convertible Sedan, valued at $750,000.
Several of the cars found at The Auto Collections have been previously owned by various celebrities including Johnny Carson, Howard Hughes and Nicholas Cage. There is even a 1942 Lincoln Armored Presidential Limousine which was custom built for Franklin Roosevelt and later used by Harry Truman and a 1953 Cadillac Ghia Concept Car once owned by Rita Hayworth.
Other cars of note in the 125,000-square-foot exhibit are a 1906 Cadillac Type A Touring car (the oldest in the collection), a 1929 Duesenberg built for Howard Hughes and later owned by Wayne Newton (the most expensive car in the collection at $5 million) and a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle with only 80 miles on it and the original window sticker still intact.
Perhaps the best part of The Auto Collections is that all of the cars are available for purchase, but unfortunately price tags reach as high as $5 million.
On average, one car is sold at The Auto Collections each day, meaning the exhibit is constantly changing and you will never see the same collection twice. In addition, with the wealth of limited edition and one-of-a-kind models found here, visitors will have a chance to see at least 50 cars they wouldn’t be able to see anywhere else.
As guests leave The Auto Collections, they can pick up a souvenir or two at the newly-expanded gift shop, which carries everything from books on automobiles to puzzles and calendars.
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December 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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