Went on a field trip today......
 

Not really a boating related post, but I thought that since we are all performance freaks, I'd share the photo's.
I went to SEMA last year and met Ken Ligenfelter through a friend of mine who has been buddies with Ken for years. Long story short, he invited me to come anytime to visit, and see his "collection".... It is not open to the public, although he does open the viewing to charity organizations for private parties.

I also went to the engine lab and took a tour through that as well.....

Well today, I went up to visit and got the tour of of a lifetime! I saw vehicles that are INCREDIBLE, and was so blown away that I was almost speechless!

For those of you that may have seen this collection, you must agree that these are some of the FINEST cars in the world!
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One of the Ferrari models was missing that he owns... The LaFerrari..... It was back in the shop for a recall... With a base price of $1.4 million, who'd of thought....

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How about the 1955 Corvette "Duntov Mule" test car!!
That is the original, "hand casted" small block!
Unbelievable!

Sorry for the sideways pictures...

How about a Paxton Supercharged Blue Flame Six Corvette!
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I have more, but this sideways thing is killing me! What is the issue?

Nice pictures....even though I'm sitting here with my laptop sideways haha

I know, I apologize... How do I fix this?

i think you need to change the thread title to DREAM TRIP,very impressive indeed.

Wow nice stable of cars!

It was amazing! He has 250+ cars in his collection.... Unfu**ing believable stuff!

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From our discussion, his passion is truly cars. He has an incredible line up of Ferrari's and his Corvette collection is just amazing.... The amount of "one of...." Is just crazy!

This COPO was brought directly from GM to Summit Raceway in Ohio where it made its public debut...
It was fired up for the first time, and promptly run down the track....

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Mike, I've been in some clean shops before, but the engine assembly room was like a "clean room" as was the rest of the R&D facility... I was only allowed to take a few pictures there. They are doing the fit up for the 2016 Camaro supercharger work.

The guys from Magnuson flew in from California and we weren't allowed to see the secret stuff they had going on....

The sideways pic thing is usually because you are posting on an Ipad. They right themselves when clicked. Posting them smaller helps sometimes. Great pics.

in post 2 what is the red car just under the gt40, just curious. Pretty cool lookin car . . .

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Hey Dave! It's a Falcon, twin turbo, 1000 hp, built in Milford, MI... Less than 10 manufactured... Designed by an Ex GM guy.....

Dave....
http://falconf7.com/

whatever that red car is in the second post... I NEED IT

Awesome awesome awesome thanks for sharing!

A story I read awhile ago. A very good read and watch the vids also.

http://www.enginelabs.com/engine-tec...s-alive-again/

^Cool article, the old man had a '94 Z, was a pretty neat car along with all the development, the following, and behind the scenes stuff going on. Kind of an oddball and what made it so neat versus the standard Corvettes of that era. Really changed my opinion of Corvettes as a 14 year old. (may have seen 164mph on the Kentucky toll road once on the way to Bowling Green, which back then was pretty fast....)

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More from the visit......

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Can't fathom what that collection is worth. Are those all owned by him? Pretty wild he has all those Ferraris, plus everything else, way cool.

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Truly one bad as* visit to one mans passion....

Those Falcon F7s are sick! Jeff Lemke designed and built. He is also the one who built the Street Serpent widebody Vipers. That red one pictured may be car #1?

Yes Jason, he owns them ALL! And he is a very cool, down to earth guy.He took some time and talked with me yesterday even though he just flew in from California in the morning from the dedication ceremony for the new Peterson museum. He continues to buy cars that he finds "interesting", and then he may sell off some through auction or to other buyers.

I believe that you are correct, it is the number 1 car.....

OK HB how about some invites for your OSO "friends" :party-smiley-048:

He finds cars that he likes for one reason or another and either purchases them, or he builds them the way he likes....

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These cars are the "favorite" ones. There is another stash of vehicles in another location, and some are out on loan, others are being used at industry shows like SEMA and this week is the PRI show.

Believe me, I was honored, thrilled, amazed, awestruck, and a bunch of other adjectives when I walked into that building... :eek::faint2:

Wow,wow and more wow! What a thrill to get a private tour of such a collection.