I am totally on board with this list:
I am totally on board with this list:
404 yo
I do live about 15-20 minutes away from his studio.
If I recall correctly he used to have a mid-60s Thunderbird but I don't see it on the list.
My one Prince encounter: back in I think the summer of 1983 (before Purple Rain came out) I rode my motorcycle to a local ice cream parlor. I finished my banana split and was leaving when Prince rolled up and parked next to me, on his purple Honda along with a really hot woman passenger. 
I figured out later that the guy who painted his bike also painted a couple of mine.
That's a pretty conservative collection.
Prowlers were offered in purple so that's what color i expect.
A 1984 BMW 633CSi, a 1991 850i, a ZJ Grand Cherokee, a Panther, a Z3, and an Electra 225? That's a pretty awesome garage if ever I saw one.
It is actually a very GRM collection! I wonder how often he actually hopped in them and drove around on public roads...?
No little red Corvette? I has a disappoint.
In reply to EastCoastMojo:
It was much too fast.
If I could, +1 to ECM for the comment and +2 to Wally for the reply!
EastCoastMojo wrote: No little red Corvette? I has a disappoint.
Could be a red XLR, that's just a very posh Corvette.
WildScotsRacing wrote: It is actually a very GRM collection! I wonder how often he actually hopped in them and drove around on public roads...?
From the stories I've read, probably not much. Apparently he never carried a wallet, so chances are his drivers license was expired and he couldn't be bothered to get it renewed. One story I read was how he would go into town to get a coffee with nothing more than a $100 bill. He'd order the coffee, hand the clerk the $100, take the coffee and walk away.
Listen/watch Kevin's Smith's YouTube video about the project he did with Prince. It's hilarious.
Prince was a strange dude.
Ian F wrote: Prince was a strange dude.
An eclectic loon for sure. That isn't so much a "collection" as the signature of a man who never got rid of anything.
Hmm... The BMW 850 was offered in Daytona Violet, but it is exceptionally rare. I wonder if this might be one of them...
Huckleberry wrote:Ian F wrote: Prince was a strange dude.An eclectic loon for sure. That isn't so much a "collection" as the signature of a man who never got rid of anything.
Yeah, that's just a rich guy who bought what he wanted, and never got rid of any of them. That's not a normal "car guy" kind of garage.
In reply to STM317:
I think you're right, but it sounds like a tasteful collection, even if they're all purple.
Ian F wrote:WildScotsRacing wrote: It is actually a very GRM collection! I wonder how often he actually hopped in them and drove around on public roads...?From the stories I've read, probably not much. Apparently he never carried a wallet, so chances are his drivers license was expired and he couldn't be bothered to get it renewed. One story I read was how he would go into town to get a coffee with nothing more than a $100 bill. He'd order the coffee, hand the clerk the $100, take the coffee and walk away. Listen/watch Kevin's Smith's YouTube video about the project he did with Prince. It's hilarious. Prince was a strange dude.
Or Eddie Murphy's brother, Charlie Murphy. He was on the Chappell Show and had some great stories hanging out with Prince as well as Rick James. Their is a couple of outtake stories on the DVDs too that didn't make it into the broadcast show.
In reply to RossD:
I heard he likes pancakes.
Buick Wildcat and Electra 225
well huh, wouldn't figure that.
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