by Mike –

The Shah of Iran had a large car collection that included a Bizzarrini GT 5300 that appears to have been in a front end accident and not repaired. It also has many other dents and dings as you can see from the picture below.

I was reminded of the Shah’s collection when I read the Michael Sheehan article in the latest issue of Sports Car Market magazine. In this article he talks about his experience with the car collection of the Sultan of Brunei. It is worth reading, I have included a link below.

Here are more pictures of the Shah’s Bizzarrini which is in a museum in Tehran along with many other cars.

The front end damage is evident in this picture.

A close up of the nose badge shows the damage to the aluminum.

It is sitting on stilts. Looking at this car is especially painful for me because it has a chassis number very close to my Bizzarrini, it is the same color as mine and it has early style door handles just like my car.

Maserati Ghibli also on stilts.

Lamborghini Miura that also appears to have front end damage similar to the Bizzarrini, again on stilts.

I am sure that many of us would like to rescue some of these cars.

The Michael Sheehan article about the Sultan of Brunei is here. A link to more pictures of the cars in Iran is here.

Click on the images for a larger view.