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Old 06-27-09, 10:12 AM
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Default Michael Jackson dead - leaves behind large car collection

Back in February it was announced that a collection of items belonging to Michael Jackson would be auctioned off, including his own fleet of vehicles. Although that auction was cancelled in mid-April, it gave us a chance see how the King of Pop lived while being chauffeured around California.

Now that MJ has passed on, we decided to take a look back at these vehicles. It is unknown what will happen to many of the Neverland Ranch possessions (Jackson did have a lot of debt), and surely some of these will wind up either on the auction block, or in a museum.

Jackson owned at least four limousines, including a 1999 Rolls Royce Silver Seraph that was unusually decorated, to say the least. Our friends at Jalopnik described it well, when they said, "The dark blue Seraph wears an interior which looks to have been pulled directly from the Palace of Versailles." Jackson was said to have designed the interior himself, which probably explains the generous use of 24-carat gold. The vehicle was said to have a 5.4-liter V12 aluminum engine that generated up to 322 horsepower.

He also owned a 1990 RollS Royce Silver Spur II, trimmed in contrasting white leather and black fabric. Dark, tinted windows were adorned in white curtains, and a full-service bar that was used for god-knows-what. His white, 1988 Lincoln Town Car had a much more subdued interior that used gray leather and fabric. The fourth limo is the same 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood used during the filming of Driving Miss Daisy. Jackson's collection included a 1997 Neoplan Tour Bus with individual seats and booths, and a king's crown embroidered in the carpet. Possibly used on the HIStory World Tour, the bus featured a bathroom lined in porcelain, gold, and granite.

A few of his other vehicles included a 1993 Ford Econoline van with leather seats, individual tv screens, and an old-school video game console, a 1986 GMC High Sierra firetruck, a 1988 GMC Jimmy, and a replica of a 1909 Detamble Model B Roadster. Amongst the collection was an electrified horse-drawn carriage, and a 2001 Harley Davidson touring police bike.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10906262...car-collection

The King was also a car guy, I have to admit he had a bit of a strange collection. R.I.P M J
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Old 06-27-09, 10:15 AM
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Oh, interesting non-driver oriented collection.
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I've a Hotwheels Michael Jackson limo somewhere.
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I saw his limo at a very high end audio shop in LA. Regardles of what tey are they will be worth way more than standard market value because they belonged to Michael Jackson. Accusations about molestation aside, if you were alive in the 80's you were into his music. Thats why the cars will bring a nice premium
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would have been cool to see MJ in a Lambo or a Ferrari... too bad he wasn't a true car guy, last car he bought was in 1999? RIP
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Originally Posted by SLegacy99
I've a Hotwheels Michael Jackson limo somewhere.
Wow, great investment (at least percentage appreciation lately).
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
Oh, interesting non-driver oriented collection.
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pretty cool collection
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Not my cup of tea but those cars are going to be worth ten times their true value probably. Funny how nobody cared about Michael Jackson anymore just the day before he died, but right after his death he's bigger than he was in the 80s and 90s. So I guess those classic cars will be worth ten times or more of their value.
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I never knew that Michael Jackson was a car guy. Odd. RIP.
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...and $500 million in debt?!?!?!??!!!

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Ford Van? For pickin up kids for sure!!!!!!
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honestly, why did he have these...
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