I was there at the Mt. Wilson Run in 2003 and met Jay Leno in the parking lot
at the base of the road running up to the observatory. He had seen all of us
going by and he actually turned around to come meet us and to see the cars up
close. He was driving a tube frame racer that was really cool.
He did say that he owned a 1968 1600 while he was in college and that it was
long gone. This was before he had any money and like most college kids who
owned sports cars sold it in favor of something a little more sensible. He was
not yet in the position to save every car he ever owned.
He was a very nice guy and not pretentious at all. Just another Joe sharing
his love of cars.
Andrew Murphy
1966 1600
SoCalROC
> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 23:11:11 -0700
> From: eddietude@socal.rr.com
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Roadsters] Roadster Rumors
>
> I've heard the rumor a few times that Jay Leno has a Datsun Roadster.
>
> I can tell you for a fact, he doesn't. I got to tour the entire place
> today, and I'm still speechless. WOW. Some amazing stuff there.
>
> He DOES have a 1965 convertible HONDA two seater, which was never sold
> in the US. (It came from England, and was a right hand drive car.)
>
> He has almost 100 motorcycles, and a little under 175 cars. in 65,000
> feet of storage and shop space, and he just bought the building next
> door, because he wants more cars... Pretty amazing some of the stuff he
> DOES have...it's a rather eclectic and somewhat odd mix of cars in some
> ways.
>
> At the end, I asked about the Datsun Roadster, and his guy who's been
> with him for decades said "nope, he doesn't have one of those."
>
> Eddie
>
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