Tim Allens '68 Camaro on Jay Leno's Garage

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HitAnyKey

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Awesome COPO Camaro! And a nicely done vid by Tim and Jay. Two classy guys with great tastes in Cars.

I kinda felt sorry for Tim as he sat there watching Jay punch it. Was thinking, if that was my car Jay would be in the Passenger seat :)
 

BUTCH1

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Maybe its me but after watching numerous videos of jay leno and his vast collection of cars he seems like he doesn't really know much about them, he likes them and enjoys driving them but give him a wrench and he'll probably try to eat soup with it.

He was a mechanic at a Rolls Royce dealer in Boston, you have no idea what your talking about, these days he hires mechanics to help maintain his collection but probably still does some of his own work..
 

ManyBeers

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Awesome COPO Camaro! And a nicely done vid by Tim and Jay. Two classy guys with great tastes in Cars.

I kinda felt sorry for Tim as he sat there watching Jay punch it. Was thinking, if that was my car Jay would be in the Passenger seat :)

It isn't a COPO.
 

QueBert

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Jay still actively drives around his steamer, I'm going to have to imagine those aren't very reliable. So it would require a good knowledge to fix it every time it breaks down.
 

phucheneh

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What the fuck are you talking about? Jay Leno knows his cars very well. He seems like fucking Wikipedia when it comes to his knowledge about just about any car. Hell, he seems to know more about his guests cars and their history than they do! I'd bet Jay could work on all his cars, with time, but he has so many that he could never work on all of them. That's why he has his own shop and mechanics and leaves it to them to work on them full-time.

I think he was confusing Leno with Tim Allen. I can't stand to listen to his fake-ass 'manly man's man' shtick. He knows nothing about anything.

edit: but Leno certainly doesn't fix his own cars. He may be capable to some extent, but I'm pretty sure he has his own personal mechanic. Probably a whole staff, to some extent, to keep his fleet up and running and not in the state of neglect that would tend to happen with that huge amount of cars.
 
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