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Throwing a $200,000 Birthday Party
Peterson was also Peterson Publishing, so of course that was Hot Rod magazine, which was the Bible of building cars through the '60s, '70s, and '80s. It was really quite a, quite a deal. But, uh, I got, got to, uh develop a relationship with Carroll Shelby, and I kept some of John von Neumann's cars at the hotel. And of course, uh, Ken Miles, who was racing for Carroll Shelby.
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Yes, yes.
My background is I have 30 years running the garage at the Beverly Hills Hotel. So we, uh, the garage of the hotel is kind of like the Batcave, and I'm like Alfred. Yeah, so we, uh, we do quite a few things that, uh, it's, uh, the garage is known around the w…
So that's the big museum that has all the cars.
Peterson was also Peterson Publishing, so of course that was Hot Rod magazine, which was the Bible of building cars through the '60s, '70s, and '80s. It was really quite a, quite a deal. But, uh, I got, got to, uh develop a relationship with Carroll Shelby, and I kept some of John von Neumann's cars at the hotel. And of course, uh, Ken Miles, who was racing for Carroll Shelby.
Shelby, um, is that like Shelby, like Mustang Shelby?
Shelby Cobra. Shelby Cobra car, right? So if you saw the movie Ford versus Ferrari, um, Ken Miles drove for Carroll Shelby. That character was in that movie.
Oh, okay, okay.