When I was at Chevrolet, I worked on all the high-performance cars, he recollects. By: Champion3. Pin. The owner, Dave Gerbitz, had an 8.5m mahogany Shepherd motorboat and Gerbitz got his young mechanic to replace the engines with those from a Corvette. Moonraker, built in 1992, continued Staluppis twin passions of speed and James Bond. Said to have appeared in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus events, the wagon has been treated to a better-than-original restoration with gold-plated trim, solid brass cage bars, and Amish-made wooden spoke wheels. Sold for: $286,000. Staluppi found himself back in the water thinking, You know what? https://www.caradvice.com.au/867835/pontiac-trans-am-signed-by-burt-reynolds-listed-as-lottery-prize/ In 2013, a company managed by car and yacht magnate John Staluppi, once described by the FBI as a member of the Colombo crime family, bought the site. He grew up with an intimate knowledge of people who have a tough life - and now he feels an obligation to help needy people have an easier life in some way. He is married to Jeanette. Record breaker John Staluppi is an American businessman who owns the Yacht Quantum of Solace. John Staluppie's car collection is estimated to be worth over $15 million and resides in Palm Beach County. This is his private wonderland, a world Staluppi has created to celebrate his love of cars and his childhood home. December 2019 https://leakecar.com/?fbclid=IwAR140CdY3htZFZi-uonW-5jyTSX_OH9ZYUjxK_ykNZ248q-IJFdeEZPxtxI Episode 1 of Revved and Ready: John Staluppis Cars of Dreams looks into the background of world-renowned car collector John Staluppi. https://www.ironplanet.com/jsp/s/auction.ips?s=4083201&mf=1 We pulled the engines out before the boat was finished and went to MTUs and water-jets. An investment-grade Camaro at a fair price. Hes still left with a huge chunk of change, the kind of money Staluppi once only dreamed of earning. Revved and Ready: John Staluppis Cars of Dreams (episode 2) Fresh from its unveiling at the Detroit Auto Show and here at Barrett-Jackson earlier this week, the much-anticipated 2020 Toyota Supra also hit the auction block on Saturday, accompanied by Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer. Celebrities who flocked to the four-day auction included Jimmy De Martini, fiddler with the Zac Brown Band, as well as Hollywood icon Burt Reynolds, who greeted fans, signed autographs and encouraged bidding on the block for three Pontiac Trans Ams. Ive got to find the right ones, with the tires on the fenders. UPDATE: Since this interview was first published Staluppis car collection was sold off, the vehicles going to different homes. But as Im going through it, Im thinking, What am I doing? If the place was bigger, Id just go out and buy another 150 cars and have 300 cars. 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