You can buy Ol' Blue Eyes' last ride: a 1985 Chrysler Town and Country wagon
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For sale in the Auto Trader in England is this 1985 Chrysler Town and Country wagon, essentially a K-car woodie, that was a St. Valentine's Day gift to Ol' Blue Eyes from his wife in 1985 and is likely the last car he ever drove. It is listed at about $40,000, or about 40 times it's trade-in value, just for being associated with Frank Sinatra.
Frank, excuse me, Mr. Sinatra owned the car for six years and used it for "incognito trips" taken by the Sinatra family. It is believed that the Sinatra's drove the majority of the 77,777 miles during those first six years. Vehicle history shows that the car was then registered to Keaton Webb for about 10 years until being put into a charity fund in 2001 and finally purchased by a collector at a Palm Springs auction in 2004, who took the car to the UK where it currently resides.
Other notable Sinatra vehicles that have been sold in the past are in keeping with the Chairman's image and include a 1989 Jaguar XJS that sold in August of 1998 for $352,000 US, and a 1970 Lamborghini Miura P400S that sold in June of 2003 for $296,000 US.
[Source: Luxist]
Thanks for the tip, Todd!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark MacLeod 4:56PM (1/18/2007)
"1989 Jaguar XJS that sold in August of 1988 for $352,000"
It was probably so expensive because the buyer was trying to recoup the cost of the time machine.
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joe bob 6:12PM (1/18/2007)
reminds me of the Seinfeld where George buys "John" Voight's old lebarron for some reason... ha
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Richard Warren 6:38PM (1/18/2007)
Say it ain't so.
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Mark MacLeod 7:58PM (1/18/2007)
Oh sure, fix the typo after my comment.
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Greg 8:51PM (1/18/2007)
This story is just too damm funny!
Of all the cars that were produced in 1985, including all of the larger station wagons made by General Motors and Ford... for the ''Incognito'' transport vehicle would be a K car.... LOL
Gotta love it!
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T Stuart Clough 10:02PM (1/18/2007)
That car was NOT drivin 77,000 miles by Sinatra---He rarely drove at all, and he did have a relationship with Chrysler, and had a "Sinatra" Imperial and the family still has the "Sinatra" Imperial that was made into a Limo---Id bet that wagon was used by the housekeeper to buy groceries!!! Incognito!!!
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Patrick 11:20PM (1/18/2007)
This Was His Last Car? No Wonder He Died. He Was Probably Seen In It Then Died From Heart Failure Due To The Extreme Embarrassment
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John P. 7:05AM (1/19/2007)
I heard John Kerry drives an old chrysler like this. Sinatra could pull it off, Kerry? Not even with his wife's husbands money.
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SVICJA 7:21PM (5/15/2009)
I HAVE A 1985 CHRYSLER EXECUTIVE SEDAN MINI-LIMO AND LOOKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS ONE.
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