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| - My husband was psyched to see this collection. The Imperial Palace is not the most luxurious place, the exhibit space is pretty bare-bones, and the gift shop is pointless, but you're here for the cars, right?
There's an impressive representation from the classic era: from a fab 1930 Lincoln to a decent batch of muscle cars and other '50s-'60s iron. He was particularly taken with a beautiful '65 Chevy Impala coupe in the rare Evening Orchid color. Experimental and concept cars from American makers will be interesting to those in the know. Everything is in superb condition.
A lot of the cars were Rolls Royces, which aren't his area of interest. There's also a shrine to Johnny Carson, along with the car he learned to drive on and subsequently restored. Aside from the celebrity factor, that didn't seem very compelling, car-wise. Some wacky postwar European cars made him laugh and shake his head. Some decorative elements (maniquins, a player-guitar) are just bizarre.
Car devotees will like it here; car devotees who are tired of walking around the strip will love it; and car devotees who are tired, and who found a coupon to get into this place for free, will be thrilled.
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