The insurance company says that one reason for making this Camaro is that it’s easier to transport one car around the company than two. Also, State Farm is obviously using it as a publicity stunt, not just an educational tool. They use it to educate State Farm agents about vintage cars and the difference between original equipment and customization or restomods.
One side of the car is completely stock, the other side has been modified. The concept is carried out even under the hood as the stock side of the engine has cast iron heads and the restomod side has an aluminum head. That might make the car run funny, that is, if they ran it. Though theoretically the car is functional, to prevent issues from safety and regulatory nannies the car is void of fluids so they can take it into any building.
if this car fetches the requested price of 31.7 million, it will be in the 3rd position of highest priced cars in the world, the 1 and 2 positions are held by a 63 and a 62 Ferrari GTO
Stirling Moss drove it to the 1959 World Sports Car Championship
skip the first 45 seconds . This is just the first of several videos for those of us that can't travel to Milan Italy.
The museum is looking to sell the entire collection to an organization that can house it in a better exhibition center, but it isn't going to break up the collection
After nearly 40 years of hauling pumps across countries and borders, Mr. Fisogni faces a dilemma that often besets collectors of any other trinket: who will take over his precious possessions?
Mr. Fisogni's 26-year-old son, who works in a financial firm in Paris, says he has no interest. Mr. Fisogni says auctioneers have, over the years, offered to buy individual pieces, but he wants to keep his collection whole. The result is that Mr. Fisogni's compilation of gas pumps is gathering dust.
A few kilometers' away from Milan, the Fisogni Museum displays an impressive collection exclusively dedicated to the history of filling stations: the petrol pumps, signboards, the compressors and tools which contributed to powering the world in the last two centuries.
Today the Museum is composed by more than 8000 pieces divided among gasoline pumps (150), oil tanks (2.000), equipment like oil replacement, grease-cup, fire extinguisher, air compressor, etc. (2.500) and an incredible number of accessories, gadgets and toys, having the logos of the automotive companies from the beginning of the century.
The Museum provides also a very rich archive of technical design or advertising materials continually consulted by students and designers.
