The Top Cars Jay Leno Needs To Get Rid Of In His Car Collection

He could give me his Chrysler Turbine Car, I would take really good care of it!!

I always wonder what collectors like Jay do when it comes to insurance and having that many cars.

Collector car insurance is extremely reasonable, as they know the cars are cared for and not driven much. Plus you set the policy based on the value of the car, so there is no debate if the vehicle is totaled.

I'm sure Jay gets a special rate as they are driven infrequently and he can well afford it. I read an article a couple years back where he said he lives totally off the income from his standup comedy appearances while banking all his late night show income which in his last years exceed $20 million a year. Having no children or living siblings I suspect money will be in trust to maintain collection as a museum after he passes, just a guess. To insure my '34 Ford rod at $65,000 replacement value costs only $600 a year though usage cannot exceed 5,000 miles a year. Much much less than insurance in my area on daily drivers.

Car collecting is a fun mania and Jay Leno is the boy on Christmas morning.

My path into automobiles came from car collectors. I met one at a cars and coffee who was impressed that at 13 I knew what his car was. Over a few months of the two of us interacting over cars at that event, I got hired for cash to dust his cars cars, then to detail them. He had a friend who also collected cars, so I got hired there too. They had a third friend so I got hired there. At 16, I was starting the cars and doing warm ups and drives around the block.

They saw my circumstances (dire) and my grades in school (perfect) and encouraged me to go on in school. When I finished by BA, one of them was in failing health, so I became a live-in care taker and as he had no children, he paid me in cars I would discover after he passed. He transferred the titles to his buddy and upon his death, the titles were transferred to me. Around the time I was finishing my MA he passed and then the next "grandfather" took a dive so I became a caretaker yet again until he passed.

They both had collections that just grew and grew as they grabbed one flavor of the day after another. The third grandfather--Edward--told me we were "awash in cars", so cars needed to be let go Disposing of them and keeping the few was a priority. Selling collector cars is quite different than selling new, which I did while I was in college.

My first TVR a Griffith 200 in its Jack Griffith glory was in the first collection. I have it to this day. My love for the Jensen Interceptor came from the second grandfather. Edward forced me into the car business as a favor to him and I've been there since. Ironically, my doctorate comes in handy in the business. I refer to them as my grandfathers because they were of that age and aside from my siblings, I had no family worth the time of day, so I adopted them as my family.

It is an unwieldy thing having a collection to keep them running and maintained, but I am grateful for having been given the windfall that allowed me to sell some to buy what I wanted, such as my first Sagaris that I purchased in the UK and traveled around there for a week or so before bringing it home. Edward knows England well, so he was the co-pilot. Tremendous fun.

I agree with most of this list but would keep the Blastoleene and any other tank/airplane engined creations. Regular cars can go. Ugly cars can go.