Press release
Source: Hagerty Insurance Agency
If there were prizes for expressions of individuality, classic and collector car owners would always rate high amongst the recipients.
But there are also those true ‘Oscar’ candidates, whose idiosyncrasies have prompted specialist insurer, Hagerty, to award its own gongs in celebration of the collector vehicle hobby, and the more extrovert of its brethren, in the USA.
For more than a decade, Hagerty Insurance has issued policies on some of the greatest and most valuable cars in the world. But from time to time they also receive requests that may prompt them to think: ‘You’d like us to insure what?’
“When we first set out to insure collector vehicles, we intentionally didn’t want to discriminate and limit ourselves,” says McKeel Hagerty, CEO. “But we never anticipated how broad the collector category really is, or how many unique and truly individual vehicles - and owners - there really are out there.”
Armed with information received from its on-line trawl for unusual collector cars, Hagerty has pitched the following as its ‘Top Ten Quirkiest, Coolest and Most Unusual Collector Cars’.
1. Ghostbusters car
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood who ya gonna call? This '65 Cadillac wagon will surely protect you from ghosts. Of course, we ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
(Note: Vehicle pictured is a 1959. The vehicle we've covered is a 1965.)
2. Pumpkin Chucker/Old Fire Truck
This vintage fire truck can shoot pumpkins 400 metres in any direction you point it. The 25-foot long barrel makes garaging an issue, but it certainly keeps unwanted trespassers at bay.
3. The Big Red Phone car
This 1975 VW Beetle was transformed into exactly what it’s called – a big, red telephone on wheels. Complete with a keypad, receiver and matching owner/mascot, this car is not easy to miss.
Source: Hagerty Insurance Agency
If there were prizes for expressions of individuality, classic and collector car owners would always rate high amongst the recipients.
But there are also those true ‘Oscar’ candidates, whose idiosyncrasies have prompted specialist insurer, Hagerty, to award its own gongs in celebration of the collector vehicle hobby, and the more extrovert of its brethren, in the USA.
For more than a decade, Hagerty Insurance has issued policies on some of the greatest and most valuable cars in the world. But from time to time they also receive requests that may prompt them to think: ‘You’d like us to insure what?’
“When we first set out to insure collector vehicles, we intentionally didn’t want to discriminate and limit ourselves,” says McKeel Hagerty, CEO. “But we never anticipated how broad the collector category really is, or how many unique and truly individual vehicles - and owners - there really are out there.”
Armed with information received from its on-line trawl for unusual collector cars, Hagerty has pitched the following as its ‘Top Ten Quirkiest, Coolest and Most Unusual Collector Cars’.
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| Ghostbusters car |
1. Ghostbusters car
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood who ya gonna call? This '65 Cadillac wagon will surely protect you from ghosts. Of course, we ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
(Note: Vehicle pictured is a 1959. The vehicle we've covered is a 1965.)
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| Pumpkin Chucker/Old Fire Truck |
2. Pumpkin Chucker/Old Fire Truck
This vintage fire truck can shoot pumpkins 400 metres in any direction you point it. The 25-foot long barrel makes garaging an issue, but it certainly keeps unwanted trespassers at bay.
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| The Big Red Phone car |
3. The Big Red Phone car
This 1975 VW Beetle was transformed into exactly what it’s called – a big, red telephone on wheels. Complete with a keypad, receiver and matching owner/mascot, this car is not easy to miss.