It’s not every day you get the chance to see a car collection worth $30 million-dollars. Last weekend after Supercar Sunday we joined Luxury4Play on a drive to the Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, CA.
The Non-Profit Museum first opened in 1994 by founder, Dick Marconi, this museum is home to a great collection of historical, exotic, and classic cars. The collection is a mix of American Muscle Cars, Super Bikes, Formula 1, Indy Cars, Vintage Racing and High Performance Exotics. Funds raised by the museum go to help at risk children, so if your thinking of hosting an event sometime soon be sure to check out the Marconi Auto Museum.
When you enter the museum you walk down a hallway full of Super Bikes on either side and pictures of history on the walls.
This Ferrari F50 is one of two at the museum and I gotta say it’s one of my favorite Ferrari’s of all time. The body of the F50 is made of carbon fiber and was designed to celebrate Ferrari’s 50 years in business. Based on the 1987 Ferrari F-1 car and only 349 cars were made.
Info:
- V-12 Engine
- 0-60 in 3.7 seconds
- Top Speed is 203 mph
- Value: $850,000
The BMW M1 Supercar, designed for BMW by Italdesign in 1981 and with help on construction and manufacturing by Lamborghini, this is one of the rarest BMW’s with on 450 total made.
Info:
- 6 Cylinder Engine
- 0-60 in 4.4 seconds
- Top Speed is 192 mph
- Value: $85,000
The one-of-a-kind Ferrari FX, a car I had never seen before today, is based on the Ferrari F512M and custom made in 1996 for the Sultan of Brunei. This Ferrari has a F-1 gear box by Frank Williams which is valued at $1,000,000.
Info:
-V-12 Engine with Carbon Fiber Body
- Value: Priceless
The 1950 Ferrari 195S, is one of three left in the world and was hand built by Enzo Ferrari. Dick Marconi and his son raced this car in the 1988 Mille Miglia.
Info:
- 2341cc V-12 Engine
- Top Speed is 110mph
- Value: $1,225,000
This 1991 Cizeta Moroder was the firs exotic produced with a V-16 engine mounted in the middle of the car giving a perfect 50/50 weight ratio. The two things that caught my eye about this car is the right hand drive and the OZ Racing wheels.
Info:
- Transverse V-16 Engine
- 0-60 in 4.4 seconds
- Top Speed is 205mph
The 1955 Gullwing is based on the 1952 Mercedes 300 Sl race car. This car is so classy it came with its own set of specially made luggage when purchased.
Info:
- 6 Cylinder Engine
- 0-60 in 8.5 seconds
- Top Speed is 146mph
This 1973 Ferrari 365 GTBS4 was ordered for Cher by Sonnny Bono. It’s one of 79 that were made to US specifications.
Info:
- V-12 Egnine
- 0-60 in 5.9 seconds
- Top Speed is 174mph
- Value: $1,000,000
The 1972 Ferrari 246 GT named the “Dino” was named after Enzo Ferrari’s son. This was the first Ferrari Dick Marconi purchased. This car has no emblems or name plates and its root beer color is very rare.
There were so many rare and beautiful vehicles around and since we were going to be leaving to another event it was hard to keep track of all the information. Here are some more from the collection.
And if that wasn’t enough check out the cars in the parking lot…thanks again to Luxury4Play…we had a great time!




















































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