Who says you can’t be rich and white trash? Newport Beach’s Richard Moriaty takes the concept of putting that old-car-on bricks-in your-front yard thing to a whole new level.
When we first came across this story, we were ready to declare Richard a complete idiot. Bolt a Lamborghini to the wall? Sacrilege. This is a car that should be driven. This is worse than the guy who only puts 6 miles a year on it. But then we discovered that Richard did drive it. A lot. And it got old. And he got sick of it breaking down. And towing it.
So, he had the wall space. And access to a seven ton crane. And, well, we have to say, it’s a pretty darn good piece of art.
BTW, the Lamborghini’s 12 cylinder engine now lives as a coffee table in the same room. (To be sure, a copy of the children’s book Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel sits atop it.)
When we first came across this story, we were ready to declare Richard a complete idiot. Bolt a Lamborghini to the wall? Sacrilege. This is a car that should be driven. This is worse than the guy who only puts 6 miles a year on it. But then we discovered that Richard did drive it. A lot. And it got old. And he got sick of it breaking down. And towing it.
So, he had the wall space. And access to a seven ton crane. And, well, we have to say, it’s a pretty darn good piece of art.
BTW, the Lamborghini’s 12 cylinder engine now lives as a coffee table in the same room. (To be sure, a copy of the children’s book Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel sits atop it.)
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