He's got the money for it, and the human organ market is booming. I don't know about forever, but I'm sure that the people in that wealth class are doing all they can to find a way to make it happen by any means available to them.
I think it's absolutely hilarious when jay actually drives these cars hard (like they are meant to be driven) and the owners etc are just so anxious and nervous looking like the vehicle is made of glass 😂 jay is a national treasure.
My dad became friends with Bill Harrah in the early 1940's over a shared passion for cars back when as my dad put it "We were both poor". Dad went on to be an airline pilot, race track owner and car collector with a pretty impressive collection for just a regular guy (including some I am sure that Jay would envy) but that was nothing compared to what Bill Harrah collected. I met him just once at 15 when the Franklin "Westtrek" was held in Reno and he opened up his collection to the club and even went as far as loaning out a dozen of his Franklins to members that had flown in. While I can't say he always attended shows back then he did when the Westtrek was on which was when I was introduced to him. While most of my dad's collection is long gone I still have the Franklin and hope to get it back on the road someday so I can attend at least one more Franklin Trek!
2 minutes in, and Phil greets Jay by saying a simple…”Hello” Sir, you’ve got my respect. Simple old school manners. Both you and Jay, are cut from the same cloth. Thank you both for keeping our hobby alive.
I felt bad that Phil tried the accountant reference joke TWICE without Jay even noticing, but Jay's never been a good listener, even when he was doing the Tonight Show.
In 1975 I sold a 1957 Lincoln Capri 2dr ht, yellow body, black top, two tone green cloth interior to a friend in Larkspur, California. He drove it to Harrah's Casino. A representative of Harrah's approached him and said Bill was interested in purchasing the Lincoln. Bill purchased it for his collection. About 1992 I took my son to see the car collection hoping to show him the Lincoln that I once owned. Sadly a lot of the cars that had been in the collection in the 1970s were gone and my Lincoln was gone too. But we did see this Jeep Ferrari and it's amazing!! It's great to see it again!!
My family spent an entire day at Bill Harrah's Auto Museum in the early 1970s. One of my favorite memories of my youth. Bill's collection included a locomotive, planes, and unusual musical instruments. I was so impressed. I'm going to put this smaller collection museum of his cars on my short list of "must see" visits for this year. Thanks so much for this video. A great testament to what an extraordinary person Bill was. And Mr. Leno, thank you for this channel and all the laughs. Applause applause applause.
What is your definition of "extraordinary"??? Seven Divorcees might argue with you, as well as any honest IRS Agent. He saved junk and threw away people.
This Jerrari is Amazing I love it! 😎👍Such a Cool vehicle with all that power and sound the color is nice too!💪💀🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏✌️Thanks for sharing Jay and Bill Harras Collection 🙏✌️🎉🇺🇸
Love your shows, this one made me think back to the early 70's. I was a young banker in Seattle and Harrah's was a client. We financed his jets. One day the bank sent me down to Reno to check on our collateral. I arrived and the hotel picked me up in one of Harrah's Rolls Royce limos. We drove to the hotel, but first stopped at Harrrah's lake compound, to see the lake homes and some of his antiques boats which included the cabin cruiser with twin Alison engines in it. As we were touring Bill Cosby walked out of one of the houses and stopped to say hello. It was quite a trip for a younger banker at the time, I did my review, stayed in the hotel and returned to Seattle to file my report. Thanks for this video and my travel back in time,
One of the best memories of my youth in the 70s was my dad taking me through the Harrah's collection in Reno, great way for me to understand my dad through the cars he loved/owned over the years.
Back in early 1974 my mom and dad took me with them to the newly opened Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe. We traveled in style because my parents had just bought a new 1974 Chevy 1/2 ton Cheyenne Super pickup. I was 12 years old at the time, and we lived out in the country in a very small town in Oregon. Where we lived, most of the roads were still gravel... When we got to the Hotel, I couldn't believe how cool it was. We stayed on the top floor and had an incredible view of Lake Tahoe. It's funny that you mentioned that each room had two bathrooms, because I remember wondering why there were two LOL... But what was really cool was that each bathroom had a t.v in it, and a phone hanging on the cabinet next to the toilet, and out in the room they had an electronic bar. The machine had pictures of all kinds of drinks, mostly alcoholic, on the front of it, and all you had to do was push the button and you got your adult beverage, or in my case a soda... Of course on our way back home, we stopped and went through the Harrah's car museum because my Dad had always loved cars, and I lived and breathed cars and motorcycles. It was very cool...
I saw this Jeep-Ferrari in person at the Harrah's Car Museum in Reno back in 1983. I was 15 years old and vacationing there for a couple of days with my family. Mom took my sisters shopping that day and my dad took me to Harrah's car museum for the day. It was great. It was warehouse after warehouse of cars. They also had on display John Wayne's 53 Corvette and Marilyn Monroe's 56 or 57 T-bird. Thank you, Jay, for showing this blast from the past. Cheers.
I was there around 1981. It was amazing! So glad I got to see the collection before much of it was sold off. I’d like to find more info on that collection.
I volunteer at the National Automobile Museum, and I gotta say if you're ever in Reno it is a must-see. We still have John Wayne's Corvette along with a couple hundred more vehicles.
I was an AC Casino house driver for Harrah’s back in the day. Highly structured corporation. Never knew the founder was a car guy. The company seems to reflect his idea of overboard service. This is the reason that Harrah’s is the largest publicly traded gaming company in the world. At least it was back then. Jay I saw you at Caesars in the 80s. The 80s were a blur back then because AC was New Year’s Eve every night. Had a good time that night. You are the foremost authority on most kinds of conveyance. I heed your advice which I get from your various conversations. Great stuff! Thanks D
@@carlcalvin1479 hands down the biggest and best show. Hot August Nights is like a religious pilgrimage for me every year haha. My absolute favorite part about living here is the car Culture
My dad and I rode our motorcycles to South Dakota from southern California in 1981. On our ride back we went thru Reno, then on to the California coast. We stopped at Harrah's to see the car collection. If I remember right, Bill Harrah had died and the alot of the cars in the collection would be sold off. My dad and I really wanted to see the collection in its entirety. One of the cars that I remember seeing was the Jerrari. You were allowed to walk thru certain areas of the shop. Although it was behind a rope, the front of the Jerrari was at the rope and the hood was off. Seeing the Ferrari engine in a Jeep was a head shaker. 43yrs later and I still shake my head and smile.
I busted out laughing when Jay referred to the "Gambino Tribe". 🙂 I do so love the stories associated with the cars. It's what Jay does best on this channel. - Ed on the Ridge
as a long time restorer, I am always impressed with what folks can do. I have restored 24 Jeeps and not once did I ever think, Humm Lets put a Ferrari engine in it! Tkx again Jay always a pleasure!
I used to think my dad's Wagoneer was cool with custom aircraft instruments, compass, altimeter, and a police spotlight mounted on the driver door....THIS Jerrari takes the cake though!
Hearing about the Harrah collection being broken up, I sure hope Jay has an established plan/will for his collection to remain intact and available for the public. It's an automotive treasure!
I've been to the Reno museum and saw this actual car there. As an avid reader of Car and Driver and Road and Track back in the day, I knew what it was. It's an amazing collection of truly interesting cars and well worth the trip.
OH MY GOSH!! I was literally just thinking about this Wagoneer a few days ago, haha. I had seen it in one of the car magazines as a kid, was thinking “I wonder what happened to that thing”. Thanks, now I know.
@@buzzwaldron6195 That’s to easy and normal, that’s what makes this so cool, plus this was done in the early 70’s. Getting that wheezy V8 to put out as much reliable everyday hp, back then, was not the same as today’s easy hp. I had an 84 Wagoneer and it was gutless.
@@buzzwaldron6195 Yeah an AMC 401 would have been pretty damned good with a lot less work. However, this Harrah dude sounds like he was really obsessive and obviously had tons of money.
Bill Harrah was a class act! Visited Harrah's car collection numerous times. My parents "The Mickey Finn Show" headlined at Harrah's at Lake Tahoe. We were picked up at the airport in a Rolls Royce, and stayed in a house right on the water with a chef. We also had the use of a gorgeous CrisCraft. Lifelong memories!
8:05 - Thank you Jay, showing this historic classic. That’s absolutely coolest engine setup, I’ve ever seen for long time. That mustard orange color fits that Jeep perfectly. My dad had a white 1978 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it had very smooth car like ride, on city streets.
I toured Harrah's museum in 1972 driving from San Francisco to Pennsylvania when I was discharged from the Navy. I saw a woman open the door of the Bugatti Royal and then slam it shut. I almost fainted. I got under the Thomas Flyer to take pictures. Still have the slides somewhere............Jay
I used to drive an old Wagoneer at my first job at age 17. Big, heavy, lumbering machine that made you feel you could go anywhere. I can just imagine that with a crisp powerful Ferrari engine. What a great car and so nicely finished. Jay, you are looking great! Thanks for sharing another interesting creation. Fantastic.
@bwofficial1776 Just buy a blazer at thst point if you're gonna put chevy running gear in it. The amc 360/401 can be easily modified for more power to push a wagoneer around.
I saw the Jeep Jerrari in 1980 at the original unbroken Harry Harrahs Auto Museum in Reno NV. This car was so memorable, I have told the story of when I saw the Jerrari at Harrahs many times over the years. One of the coolest cars you'll ever see.
Saw this car at the National Automobile Museum in Reno. Learned about it from a curator/mechanic and spent another 10 mins just walking around it admiring it. This thing is just cool😎
I went to Harrah’s and saw the car collection when I was a we lad in 1981. I have pictures of this Jerrari from back then. Glad to see it’s still in great condition.
My friend had 3 1918 Oldmobiles with straight 8 engines. Bill Harrah had a restored one and my friend went to Reno to see it to help in his restoration.
I recall driving up to Tahoe in my 1976 Wagoneer with the 403 cubic inch V-8. Got it fitted with a decent dual exhaust and headers and it was pretty quick by the standards of the day. That car collection was so huge you had to visit a drinking fountain each time you finished a row of cars.
...the Gambino Tribe... classic Leno! I had just watched the Ferrari movie and noticed the gold watch with the brown leather strap that Enzo wore and thought how cool that was. And here we go...Jay is wearing something similar, glad he got off that Apple watch kick. Great YT all around.
Worked at Harrah's Reno from 84-89. Though Bill Harrah was already gone, Holiday Inn's corporate influence hadn't kicked in yet when I started, by the time I had left the "bottom line" mentality had driven many people to other clubs around Reno. Sadly and hard to believe, it is now completely gone.
Jay, you really crack me up!! Back in the late 70's a friend of mine and myself drove over to Sparks, NV to go through the Harrah Automobile Collection. You are right. There were so many cars packed in to those buildings that it made your head spin!! I also remember that each one was indeed restored to be able to drive. He even had a Ford TriMotor airplane that we could go up inside. Yep, going through his collection was mind boggling on how many cars there were. Being that my family had a home in North Tahoe, we got to see the "Thunderbird" boat with the Merlin engines. They keep that boat near Sand Harbor in a beautiful boat garage. Jay, if you ever get a chance to do a video on that 57' boat, please do so. I am sure the current owners would LOVE to have you and your video crew up to do a nice video on it. Thanks again Jay for your videos. ......Russell D.
Great episode! Jay is just the coolest. He goes far enough back to actually know that '70's Tahoe/Reno crowd first hand. The ultimate example of a true Car Guy. The stories he is unearthing, really interesting, revealing, odd sometimes. A Ferrari engine in a Wagoneer, bizarre and very cool somehow.
The Harrah museum was amazing. I saw it back then. I remember a row of Model T’s, one for each year, each car original with matching numbers, and all in perfect condition. The same with Model A’s and Lincoln’s. He had a President Kennedy Lincoln convertible. I remember looking at Rickenbacker's, and he had a Ford Tri-Motor. The shop was incredible. We’ll never see it’s like again, but thanks, Jay for your efforts in preserving automotive history. I hope some day you will produce a DVD set of all the Jay Leno’s Garage episodes.
Another of those cars I remember reading about in Road & Track when I was a young man. Really do appreciate your sharing this experience with us Jay, you're the best!
Wow, this episode of Jay Leno's Garage brought back some memories. I was fortunate to have befriended Terry Ward (now deceased) when I moved from rural Nevada to the Reno/Tahoe area in the late 1970's. Terry was a very good friend of Mr. Harrah and had keys to Bill's warehouses down by the RR tracks. On two occasions, shortly before Bill died, Terry took me there to see the old cars. With flashlights in hand, we roamed the dirt floors of the warehouses for hours; I don't recall why there was no lighting. I don't think Bill ever drove the majority of these cars, not even for one mile, as they were mostly in various stages of disrepair. Importantly, Bill had tucked these essentially complete examples away, protected from the weather. The thing I remember most about the warehouse trips is how I was able to see the evolution of technology emerge from year to year; like when windshield wipers first appeared, etc. We also visited Bill's shop once where I saw the Jerrarri in person. I was so smitten by that machine that I don't even remember what else was in there at the time. I do remember the shop being so clean I would have been fine with eating off the floor. Before Nixon's national 55 mph speed limit was imposed, Nevada did have long stretches of rural Interstate with no speed limit but none in the immediate Reno-Tahoe area. I think the closest of such zones was between Fernley and Lovelock; however, the State also had many miles of two-laners that were generously posted at 80 mph. It's sad that the Harrah collection was broken up but, the National Automobile Museum holds a good sampling from that collection and provides an interesting stop for visitors to the area. I try to take my grandchildren there when they visit hoping some might catch the classic vehicle bug.
Mr Jimmy Carter gifted us the 55 mph speed limit in 1974 as part of an "emergency" package to reduce fuel consumption. That particular emergency lasted for 13 years. Another provision was the seatbelt interlock system that prevented starting the car unless the driver's belt was buckled. That emergency ended almost immediately as car buyers pushed back, hard. Dealers were then required to bypass the system. I know all this because I "inherited" a 1974 Plymouth Duster when I got married in 1975. I noticed wiring under the seat. She had bought the car new, but had no idea what it was for. Took awhile to figure out what it was all about.
@@TomC2100 The emergency (temporary) 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on January 2, 1974, and became effective 60 days later. It was made permanent when Congress enacted, and President Gerald Ford signed into law, the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 on January 4, 1975. Jimmy Carter, who served as POTUS from 1977 to 1981, inherited and had nothing to do with the 55 mph nightmare.
Summer of 79 my wife and I visited my brother we go was a chef at Harrah’s. Visiting the museum the Jerrari was the first rig inside as we paid to get in. Several cars that stood out in my memory was the Thomas Flyer & I still have a framed drawing of it I received 5 years before. Al Jolson’s V16 Cad, Carol O’Conners Ferrari, & the Exce? Motor cycle that belonged the Lawrence (of Arabia).
I bought an '84 Jeep Grand Wagoneer circa 2000. It had a 360ci/5.9L V-8. It was my fishing rig. It could take me places most fisherman couldn't get too. One of my favorite spots was on the Stanislaus River in Calaveras Co, CA. That part of the Stanislaus is in a deep, steep river canyon. There was a crude road that switched back down the canyon wall. I would put the Wagoneer in 4 low and the compression of the engine would enable a slow crawl up and down the canyon. I didn't have to brake on the way down. I sold the Wagoneer when I moved in 2003. I wish now I'd hung onto it. I notice Jay has a Dieppe poster on the wall. Dieppe is the locale of a European auto rally that goes back a long way. But in WWII - in Aug 1942 - one of the most savage battles of the war was fought there, on the beaches, in the sea and in the air. My dad was captured by the Germans there and spent the rest of the war in various German POW camps.
Harrah was really one of us. Great video, Jay..I've only seen pictures of this thing in magazines. Didn't realize it had those Euro-style headlight wipers on it. Good to see that's it's still alive! Fantastic.
@@williambarry8015 Well Jerrari I hat the Ferrari-Motor Jay is presenting, but Harrah decided to switch to an 'understetement car' and took the engine into Jerrari 2. Right now the original engine from a Wagoneer is in the Jerrari 1. So motor mounts were probably also taken out
@@williambarry8015 the engine from Jerrari #1 was put into the one in this video. Last I saw it, someone had put an American v8 in (I think a small block chevy but I can't remember for sure) and it had been repainted green instead of the white it was originally finished in.
I worked a t a Jeep/Lincoln/Mercury dealership as a technician during college from 1978 thru 1982. Air conditioners for AMC during this period were mostly afterthought devises that were mounted under the dash resembling an aftermarket unit but for the most part integrated well, and were matched to the interior color. The AC unit in this truck looks to be an aftermarket under dash unit (possibly an ARA brand) mounted in the center of the dash where the original glove box was. Yes the glove box is these early jeeps was in the middle of the dash.
This AC unit is the same as found in the Super Wagoneers '66-69 and Wagoneer Custom of 1970-71. They put them in the glove box area to clear the center console, which had it's own glove box. The center arm rest is also a Super Wagoneer feature. Those knobs in the console are also 60s era Jeep.
For a period of time Harrah had the West coast distributorship for Ferrari. I worked for a Ferrari dealership in Denver, Colorado. We would fly to Reno and drive new Ferrari's back to Denver. I saw the first Jerrari there along with Harrah's personal Ferrari Daytona. The license plate on the Daytona gave you an indicator as to how much "pull" Harrah had in Nevada. The plate said "1'
I remember seeing this when we visited the museum in the early 80s. It was special to our family since at that time my dad was working for AMC in Detroit.
I visited Harrah’s car museum in 1972. That was time well spent. I remember the Bugatti Royale. I took a picture ( slide ). I didn’t realize what I was looking at. I do now.
Thanks Jay. For all of us that love internal combustion, it's a story that just makes ya smile. The sound of that engine reminds me of Franco in The Gumball Rally. "The first rule of Italian driving, what's behind me is not important."
As a young man I visited Harrah’s museum along with two buddies. He had two Bugatti Royales and so many cars we spent two days touring. A few years later I had another encounter with Bill Harrah. While driving my 66 Mustang east across the Nevada desert on a two lane road driving around a hundred, I noticed a pair of headlights quickly approaching from behind. Soon thereafter a Ferrari 410 Superamerica coupe flew by. I was lucky to catch a glimpse of the plate “Harrah1”.
I met Jay back in the 1980’s at Cental Connecticut State University community center as a beginning entertainer, he was funny and entertaining as a normal guy touching base with regular life issues.. I was lucky to get another opportunity to meet him again recently at his overflow shop in Fall River Massachusetts! What a great guy! Nice .. normal .. respectful, the way he treated his staff was a sign of a great person.. when his wife comes out, she was unbelievable, I think that’s 50% of the reason why Jay is successful, because he is supported by a great wife and I truthfully believe, if you have a spouse that supports you at the level, you will be successful.. and in that regard, I think Jay nailed it!
As a current classic Wagoneer owner, I would love to see the suspension setup which keeps it stable at 140+.... it's got solid front axles and probably requires pinky levels of steering input. Harrah sounds like a madman.
In business, too. He built the biggest casino empire in the US at a time when the mob ran Vegas. I'll bet driving fast was more than just a hobby for Bill.
I had a 78 Cherokee. It woukd have no problem doing 120mph with the 360 before it ran out of gearing. It was relatively stable from what I remember, not Mercedes stable, it drove like any other 70s car at 120 at the time
ive taken my 90 grand wagoneer to 110 and it was pretty stable tbh. but my 90 has suspension upgrades from chrystler that amc didnt have.. I also have an add a leaf on the new leaf spring packs to stiffen them up.. its like adding sway bars.. keeps sway way way down
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 I have an '89 with the panhard bars so I think we're running identical suspension and steering. I have several upgrades to the steering/suspension that should tighten things up. However, I still have a bit of play on-center. I thought that was just the nature of having a steering box.
@joshualeone4383 my 90 has no play. Its suprisingly has better steering thab my 98 grand cherokees. But one has 500k the other 230k miles. Wagoneer only 155k. Could be your steering box or the steering column joint has play. Or other ball joints on the drag link and so forth. The chrysler year grand wagoneers have track bars thats the name. Not sure what it is you mentioned. The ilder ones dont. Like my 76 Jeep j10 has no track bars. Not 100% needed for solid axels on leaf springs more for coil springs. But it still helps. Stiffee leaf springs with either factory new springs and coil over shocks. Or an add leaf will help with body sway from high speed turning.
well I never met Bill but I like him already. Good to see Jay looking well. we love your work Jay , you bring joy to so many with your vehicles. Thank you Sir
Hello from Butler Pennsylvania the Birth Place of the Jeep. This needs to be on display at the Heritage Jeep Fest in June of 2025. This FSJ is sweet Please Please bring this to Butler PA for display.
Thanks Jay..hope Mavis is doing ok..if you got a 69 triumph spitfire you could show..driving thru dover Westwood Wellesley..in the late 70s was the best..
Glad to see Jay back in action. I was worried he wasn’t doing well after being injured so bad and his age. Hopefully we get more and more episodes. I know he loves it.
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It was a sad day when Bill Harrah passed then Holiday Inn Corporation acquired Harrah's casinos & things were never the same...
Jay! You should consider doing your next video on the 1989 Shelby Dakota. Just so you know it was the only pickup-truck in 1989 that was a convertible. It came with a 5.2 L (318 ci) LA V8 engine and 4-speed A500 automatic transmission. It's the perfect West Coast truck!
Great episode! Johnathan Ward must be digging through his dumpsters right now, looking for old Ferrari parts!😂 Thanks to everyone involved in this production; it was a lot of fun to see and hear the juxtaposition between the V-12 and the Jeep body. Brilliant . ✌🏻❤️🙂🇨🇦
Jay definitely seems to be doing better. He's got his energy back. Makes me happy to see.
Yeah right?! He looks great, this made me happy too.
@@Porsche996driverYes, looks like he’s lost some weight too. I need to try that! Ha Ha!
He does look better. Down a few pounds too.
I missed the news. I'm guessing he was quite sick?
Yes it’s really good to see, I was worried about him.
I would love to be able to keep Jay alive forever, he is a real treasure
He's got the money for it, and the human organ market is booming. I don't know about forever, but I'm sure that the people in that wealth class are doing all they can to find a way to make it happen by any means available to them.
We are in this life just visitors as, a traveller passed by a shade of tree to take a rest then left the place .
@@Mahdah1955 alright, Khalil Gibran. Keep going.
@turdferguson2982 you can stay, devil need some helper till his day comes.
I think it's absolutely hilarious when jay actually drives these cars hard (like they are meant to be driven) and the owners etc are just so anxious and nervous looking like the vehicle is made of glass 😂 jay is a national treasure.
My dad became friends with Bill Harrah in the early 1940's over a shared passion for cars back when as my dad put it "We were both poor". Dad went on to be an airline pilot, race track owner and car collector with a pretty impressive collection for just a regular guy (including some I am sure that Jay would envy) but that was nothing compared to what Bill Harrah collected. I met him just once at 15 when the Franklin "Westtrek" was held in Reno and he opened up his collection to the club and even went as far as loaning out a dozen of his Franklins to members that had flown in. While I can't say he always attended shows back then he did when the Westtrek was on which was when I was introduced to him. While most of my dad's collection is long gone I still have the Franklin and hope to get it back on the road someday so I can attend at least one more Franklin Trek!
2 minutes in, and Phil greets Jay by saying a simple…”Hello” Sir, you’ve got my respect. Simple old school manners. Both you and Jay, are cut from the same cloth. Thank you both for keeping our hobby alive.
I felt bad that Phil tried the accountant reference joke TWICE without Jay even noticing, but Jay's never been a good listener, even when he was doing the Tonight Show.
@@plane_guy6051 yea,
A Touch of ADHD for sure.
In 1975 I sold a 1957 Lincoln Capri 2dr ht, yellow body, black top, two tone green cloth interior to a friend in Larkspur, California. He drove it to Harrah's Casino. A representative of Harrah's approached him and said Bill was interested in purchasing the Lincoln. Bill purchased it for his collection. About 1992 I took my son to see the car collection hoping to show him the Lincoln that I once owned. Sadly a lot of the cars that had been in the collection in the 1970s were gone and my Lincoln was gone too. But we did see this Jeep Ferrari and it's amazing!! It's great to see it again!!
My family spent an entire day at Bill Harrah's Auto Museum in the early 1970s. One of my favorite memories of my youth. Bill's collection included a locomotive, planes, and unusual musical instruments. I was so impressed. I'm going to put this smaller collection museum of his cars on my short list of "must see" visits for this year. Thanks so much for this video. A great testament to what an extraordinary person Bill was. And Mr. Leno, thank you for this channel and all the laughs. Applause applause applause.
Same here I remember this Jeep !
the only other guy I knew personally who had huge car collection was Harold Lemay !!
A unique car and most definitely a unique gentleman . Thanks Jay .
What is your definition of "extraordinary"???
Seven Divorcees might argue with you, as well as any honest IRS Agent.
He saved junk and threw away people.
This Jerrari is Amazing I love it! 😎👍Such a Cool vehicle with all that power and sound the color is nice too!💪💀🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏✌️Thanks for sharing Jay and Bill Harras Collection 🙏✌️🎉🇺🇸
Love your shows, this one made me think back to the early 70's. I was a young banker in Seattle and Harrah's was a client. We financed his jets. One day the bank sent me down to Reno to check on our collateral. I arrived and the hotel picked me up in one of Harrah's Rolls Royce limos. We drove to the hotel, but first stopped at Harrrah's lake compound, to see the lake homes and some of his antiques boats which included the cabin cruiser with twin Alison engines in it. As we were touring Bill Cosby walked out of one of the houses and stopped to say hello. It was quite a trip for a younger banker at the time, I did my review, stayed in the hotel and returned to Seattle to file my report. Thanks for this video and my travel back in time,
I am so glad to see that Jay is doing better and in my opinion he is a legend in the automotive industry. Just an awesome guy
Make up.
He is first a legend in comedy. Cars are his second passion.
@@tolanstout no makeup at all
One of the best memories of my youth in the 70s was my dad taking me through the Harrah's collection in Reno, great way for me to understand my dad through the cars he loved/owned over the years.
I had been to that museum twice in my life time !
same - I was only 12 or 13 when we went in '77, and I remember the Jerrari
Back in early 1974 my mom and dad took me with them to the newly opened Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe.
We traveled in style because my parents had just bought a new 1974 Chevy 1/2 ton Cheyenne Super pickup.
I was 12 years old at the time, and we lived out in the country in a very small town in Oregon.
Where we lived, most of the roads were still gravel...
When we got to the Hotel, I couldn't believe how cool it was. We stayed on the top floor and had an incredible view
of Lake Tahoe. It's funny that you mentioned that each room had two bathrooms, because I remember wondering
why there were two LOL...
But what was really cool was that each bathroom had a t.v in it, and a phone hanging on the cabinet next to the toilet,
and out in the room they had an electronic bar. The machine had pictures of all kinds of drinks, mostly alcoholic, on the front of it,
and all you had to do was push the button and you got your adult beverage, or in my case a soda...
Of course on our way back home, we stopped and went through the Harrah's car museum because my Dad
had always loved cars, and I lived and breathed cars and motorcycles. It was very cool...
I saw this Jeep-Ferrari in person at the Harrah's Car Museum in Reno back in 1983. I was 15 years old and vacationing there for a couple of days with my family. Mom took my sisters shopping that day and my dad took me to Harrah's car museum for the day. It was great. It was warehouse after warehouse of cars. They also had on display John Wayne's 53 Corvette and Marilyn Monroe's 56 or 57 T-bird. Thank you, Jay, for showing this blast from the past. Cheers.
I was there around 1981. It was amazing! So glad I got to see the collection before much of it was sold off.
I’d like to find more info on that collection.
I volunteer at the National Automobile Museum, and I gotta say if you're ever in Reno it is a must-see. We still have John Wayne's Corvette along with a couple hundred more vehicles.
I was an AC Casino house driver for Harrah’s back in the day. Highly structured corporation.
Never knew the founder was a car guy. The company seems to reflect his idea of overboard service.
This is the reason that Harrah’s is the largest publicly traded gaming company in the world. At least it was back then.
Jay I saw you at Caesars in the 80s. The 80s were a blur back then because AC was New Year’s Eve every night. Had a good time that night.
You are the foremost authority on most kinds of conveyance. I heed your advice which I get from your various conversations. Great stuff!
Thanks
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As a kid living in reno NV. Back In The 1960s I remember both the car museum and the no speed limit ! Reno was much better then !
AZ was the same... no man's land and roads for days...
Yep. Reno now is pretty ghetto. Lived there for 45 years and left last year.
@weirdshibainu yeppers I left California in 1991. Sure glad I did. Now look at it !
Being from Reno Bill Harrah is a hero in this town. He brought so much car culture to the city that still lives on strong today!
Yep, I live in Sparks! He's an OG.
Hot August Nights is a great car. Probably due to Harrahs
Car show
Been to the National auto museum the jerrarri been in there forever
@@carlcalvin1479 hands down the biggest and best show. Hot August Nights is like a religious pilgrimage for me every year haha. My absolute favorite part about living here is the car Culture
My dad and I rode our motorcycles to South Dakota from southern California in 1981. On our ride back we went thru Reno, then on to the California coast. We stopped at Harrah's to see the car collection. If I remember right, Bill Harrah had died and the alot of the cars in the collection would be sold off. My dad and I really wanted to see the collection in its entirety. One of the cars that I remember seeing was the Jerrari. You were allowed to walk thru certain areas of the shop. Although it was behind a rope, the front of the Jerrari was at the rope and the hood was off. Seeing the Ferrari engine in a Jeep was a head shaker. 43yrs later and I still shake my head and smile.
Yes I saw it the same way and a split window VW bug but the collection I saw in the early 70s was long gone.
You can see it again if you're ever back in Reno at the National Automobile Museum! 175 of Bill's cars are here and preserved.
I busted out laughing when Jay referred to the "Gambino Tribe". 🙂
I do so love the stories associated with the cars. It's what Jay does best on this channel.
- Ed on the Ridge
as a long time restorer, I am always impressed with what folks can do. I have restored 24 Jeeps and not once did I ever think, Humm Lets put a Ferrari engine in it! Tkx again Jay always a pleasure!
I used to think my dad's Wagoneer was cool with custom aircraft instruments, compass, altimeter, and a police spotlight mounted on the driver door....THIS Jerrari takes the cake though!
Hearing about the Harrah collection being broken up, I sure hope Jay has an established plan/will for his collection to remain intact and available for the public. It's an automotive treasure!
If not I'm willing to take the collection. 🤣🤣🤣
After setting himself on fire there's gotta be will now, no?
@@bruceh92 you don't think that roll in the hemi under glass barracuda convinced him?
@@bruceh92 He is only done with motorcycles
I'd be happy with one of the denim shirts! lol
I've been to the Reno museum and saw this actual car there. As an avid reader of Car and Driver and Road and Track back in the day, I knew what it was. It's an amazing collection of truly interesting cars and well worth the trip.
OH MY GOSH!! I was literally just thinking about this Wagoneer a few days ago, haha. I had seen it in one of the car magazines as a kid, was thinking “I wonder what happened to that thing”. Thanks, now I know.
I would have simply cheaply beefed up that stock AMC 401" V8 for more power and much more torque...
@@buzzwaldron6195 That’s to easy and normal, that’s what makes this so cool, plus this was done in the early 70’s. Getting that wheezy V8 to put out as much reliable everyday hp, back then, was not the same as today’s easy hp. I had an 84 Wagoneer and it was gutless.
@@buzzwaldron6195 Yeah an AMC 401 would have been pretty damned good with a lot less work. However, this Harrah dude sounds like he was really obsessive and obviously had tons of money.
Not really the point of this exercise @@buzzwaldron6195
It’s something Jay would do himself. He really enjoyed driving it. Keep them coming Jay.
Bill Harrah was a class act! Visited Harrah's car collection numerous times. My parents "The Mickey Finn Show" headlined at Harrah's at Lake Tahoe. We were picked up at the airport in a Rolls Royce, and stayed in a house right on the water with a chef. We also had the use of a gorgeous CrisCraft. Lifelong memories!
I remember Mickey and Fred .
I remember their place on University Ave in San Diego.
Loved "The Mickey Finn Show" on A.B.C. back in the day!!!
bill harrah sounds like one of jay lenos heros
20 years ago when I was visiting Reno I saw this car in a museum. I still have couple of pictures. What a great story!
8:05 - Thank you Jay, showing this historic classic.
That’s absolutely coolest engine setup, I’ve ever seen for long time. That mustard orange color fits that Jeep perfectly. My dad had a white 1978 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it had very smooth car like ride, on city streets.
I toured Harrah's museum in 1972 driving from San Francisco to Pennsylvania when I was discharged from the Navy. I saw a woman open the door of the Bugatti Royal and then slam it shut. I almost fainted. I got under the Thomas Flyer to take pictures. Still have the slides somewhere............Jay
This is stuff people actually watch and are interested about ❤.
I am interested in anything not electric, unless it is 100+ years old
I used to drive an old Wagoneer at my first job at age 17. Big, heavy, lumbering machine that made you feel you could go anywhere. I can just imagine that with a crisp powerful Ferrari engine. What a great car and so nicely finished. Jay, you are looking great! Thanks for sharing another interesting creation. Fantastic.
I want to get a Wagoneer and put a Vortec V8 with a 6L80 in it. Wagoneers were the first luxury SUV but are a bit slow and thirsty.
Would have simply cheaply beefed up that stock AMC 401" V8 for more power and much more torque...
@bwofficial1776
Just buy a blazer at thst point if you're gonna put chevy running gear in it.
The amc 360/401 can be easily modified for more power to push a wagoneer around.
@@buzzwaldron6195Harrah had basically unlimited funds. Go big or go home.
@@cgschow1971 - Just because you're rich doesn't mean you should be stupid!
I saw the Jeep Jerrari in 1980 at the original unbroken Harry Harrahs Auto Museum in
Reno NV. This car was so memorable, I have told the story of when I saw the Jerrari at Harrahs many times over the years. One of the coolest cars you'll ever see.
Saw this car at the National Automobile Museum in Reno. Learned about it from a curator/mechanic and spent another 10 mins just walking around it admiring it. This thing is just cool😎
I went to Harrah’s and saw the car collection when I was a we lad in 1981. I have pictures of this Jerrari from back then. Glad to see it’s still in great condition.
My friend had 3 1918 Oldmobiles with straight 8 engines. Bill Harrah had a restored one and my friend went to Reno to see it to help in his restoration.
What a thing of beauty. Classic utility with that Ferrari sound.
I recall driving up to Tahoe in my 1976 Wagoneer with the 403 cubic inch V-8. Got it fitted with a decent dual exhaust and headers and it was pretty quick by the standards of the day. That car collection was so huge you had to visit a drinking fountain each time you finished a row of cars.
You mean the AMC 401? 403 was an Olds engine.
Gee I would have simply cheaply beefed up that stock AMC 401" V8 for more power and much more torque...
401 not 403..
@@buzzwaldron6195 the 401 would deff make more power than that ferrari engine, especially torque
that is the coolest car I have ever seen, that is perfection. the ultimate daily in the world no question.
As always, fabulous. Thank you Mr. Leno
...the Gambino Tribe... classic Leno!
I had just watched the Ferrari movie and noticed the gold watch with the brown leather strap that Enzo wore and thought how cool that was. And here we go...Jay is wearing something similar, glad he got off that Apple watch kick. Great YT all around.
I grew up in Reno in the 70's and loved going to the auto collection for my birthday many years. The Jerrari was one of my favorites.
Worked at Harrah's Reno from 84-89. Though Bill Harrah was already gone, Holiday Inn's corporate influence hadn't kicked in yet when I started, by the time I had left the "bottom line" mentality had driven many people to other clubs around Reno. Sadly and hard to believe, it is now completely gone.
but not forgotten! R.I.P. Mr. Harrah
I was a craps dealer on swing shift during those years. You are correct about the corporate influence.
Jay, you really crack me up!! Back in the late 70's a friend of mine and myself drove over to Sparks, NV to go through the Harrah Automobile Collection. You are right. There were so many cars packed in to those buildings that it made your head spin!! I also remember that each one was indeed restored to be able to drive. He even had a Ford TriMotor airplane that we could go up inside. Yep, going through his collection was mind boggling on how many cars there were. Being that my family had a home in North Tahoe, we got to see the "Thunderbird" boat with the Merlin engines. They keep that boat near Sand Harbor in a beautiful boat garage. Jay, if you ever get a chance to do a video on that 57' boat, please do so. I am sure the current owners would LOVE to have you and your video crew up to do a nice video on it. Thanks again Jay for your videos. ......Russell D.
Great suggestion! I would definitely watch that episode
When I was a kid, any time our travels took us through Nevada, we would stop at Harrah's to see the cars. Fond memories!
If you ever make it through Reno again, come check out the National Automobile Museum. It's got 175 of Harrah's collection and added 75 more.
Didn’t know all this history with Harrahs and the Tahoe area!
God bless Jay such a good guy, he just wants to talk cars too. ✨
The jerrari logo is also wonderful.
Enzo rolling in his grave....! lol
Great episode! Jay is just the coolest. He goes far enough back to actually know that '70's Tahoe/Reno crowd first hand. The ultimate example of a true Car Guy. The stories he is unearthing, really interesting, revealing, odd sometimes. A Ferrari engine in a Wagoneer, bizarre and very cool somehow.
The Harrah museum was amazing. I saw it back then. I remember a row of Model T’s, one for each year, each car original with matching numbers, and all in perfect condition. The same with Model A’s and Lincoln’s. He had a President Kennedy Lincoln convertible. I remember looking at Rickenbacker's, and he had a Ford Tri-Motor.
The shop was incredible. We’ll never see it’s like again, but thanks, Jay for your efforts in preserving automotive history.
I hope some day you will produce a DVD set of all the Jay Leno’s Garage episodes.
Another of those cars I remember reading about in Road & Track when I was a young man. Really do appreciate your sharing this experience with us Jay, you're the best!
Wow, this episode of Jay Leno's Garage brought back some memories. I was fortunate to have befriended Terry Ward (now deceased) when I moved from rural Nevada to the Reno/Tahoe area in the late 1970's. Terry was a very good friend of Mr. Harrah and had keys to Bill's warehouses down by the RR tracks. On two occasions, shortly before Bill died, Terry took me there to see the old cars. With flashlights in hand, we roamed the dirt floors of the warehouses for hours; I don't recall why there was no lighting. I don't think Bill ever drove the majority of these cars, not even for one mile, as they were mostly in various stages of disrepair. Importantly, Bill had tucked these essentially complete examples away, protected from the weather. The thing I remember most about the warehouse trips is how I was able to see the evolution of technology emerge from year to year; like when windshield wipers first appeared, etc. We also visited Bill's shop once where I saw the Jerrarri in person. I was so smitten by that machine that I don't even remember what else was in there at the time. I do remember the shop being so clean I would have been fine with eating off the floor. Before Nixon's national 55 mph speed limit was imposed, Nevada did have long stretches of rural Interstate with no speed limit but none in the immediate Reno-Tahoe area. I think the closest of such zones was between Fernley and Lovelock; however, the State also had many miles of two-laners that were generously posted at 80 mph. It's sad that the Harrah collection was broken up but, the National Automobile Museum holds a good sampling from that collection and provides an interesting stop for visitors to the area. I try to take my grandchildren there when they visit hoping some might catch the classic vehicle bug.
Mr Jimmy Carter gifted us the 55 mph speed limit in 1974 as part of an "emergency" package to reduce fuel consumption. That particular emergency lasted for 13 years. Another provision was the seatbelt interlock system that prevented starting the car unless the driver's belt was buckled. That emergency ended almost immediately as car buyers pushed back, hard. Dealers were then required to bypass the system. I know all this because I "inherited" a 1974 Plymouth Duster when I got married in 1975. I noticed wiring under the seat. She had bought the car new, but had no idea what it was for. Took awhile to figure out what it was all about.
@@TomC2100 The emergency (temporary) 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on January 2, 1974, and became effective 60 days later. It was made permanent when Congress enacted, and President Gerald Ford signed into law, the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 on January 4, 1975. Jimmy Carter, who served as POTUS from 1977 to 1981, inherited and had nothing to do with the 55 mph nightmare.
Love that "Jerrari" badge. Too cool.
Ed: Jay's guest seems like an awesome guy!
Summer of 79 my wife and I visited my brother we go was a chef at Harrah’s. Visiting the museum the Jerrari was the first rig inside as we paid to get in. Several cars that stood out in my memory was the Thomas Flyer & I still have a framed drawing of it I received 5 years before. Al Jolson’s V16 Cad, Carol O’Conners Ferrari, & the Exce? Motor cycle that belonged the Lawrence (of Arabia).
This channel is a complete history archive or museum by itself. Thank you Jay, and by the way, one of the most beautiful cars I've ever seen.
Jay looks better than he has in awhile. Looks like hes feeling better.
He sounds better too, like his old self
I bought an '84 Jeep Grand Wagoneer circa 2000. It had a 360ci/5.9L V-8. It was my fishing rig. It could take me places most fisherman couldn't get too. One of my favorite spots was on the Stanislaus River in Calaveras Co, CA. That part of the Stanislaus is in a deep, steep river canyon. There was a crude road that switched back down the canyon wall. I would put the Wagoneer in 4 low and the compression of the engine would enable a slow crawl up and down the canyon. I didn't have to brake on the way down. I sold the Wagoneer when I moved in 2003. I wish now I'd hung onto it. I notice Jay has a Dieppe poster on the wall. Dieppe is the locale of a European auto rally that goes back a long way. But in WWII - in Aug 1942 - one of the most savage battles of the war was fought there, on the beaches, in the sea and in the air. My dad was captured by the Germans there and spent the rest of the war in various German POW camps.
Saw this Jeep at the auto museum in Reno last year. My mom told me stories of seeing that suv blow the doors off sports cars back in the day
Harrah was really one of us. Great video, Jay..I've only seen pictures of this thing in magazines. Didn't realize it had those Euro-style headlight wipers on it. Good to see that's it's still alive! Fantastic.
Hey Jay. If you want to own the real Jerrari - stop by in germany. I do own Jerrari No. 1! Best regards, Alec
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Post pictures of the motor mounts, bell housing and transmission!?
@@williambarry8015 Well Jerrari I hat the Ferrari-Motor Jay is presenting, but Harrah decided to switch to an 'understetement car' and took the engine into Jerrari 2. Right now the original engine from a Wagoneer is in the Jerrari 1. So motor mounts were probably also taken out
@@williambarry8015 the engine from Jerrari #1 was put into the one in this video. Last I saw it, someone had put an American v8 in (I think a small block chevy but I can't remember for sure) and it had been repainted green instead of the white it was originally finished in.
Wow. Where are you in Germany? Do you take it to any shows? I'd love to see it.
Great stories with beautiful sound of that 365 GT! ❤
I worked a t a Jeep/Lincoln/Mercury dealership as a technician during college from 1978 thru 1982. Air conditioners for AMC during this period were mostly afterthought devises that were mounted under the dash resembling an aftermarket unit but for the most part integrated well, and were matched to the interior color. The AC unit in this truck looks to be an aftermarket under dash unit (possibly an ARA brand) mounted in the center of the dash where the original glove box was. Yes the glove box is these early jeeps was in the middle of the dash.
This AC unit is the same as found in the Super Wagoneers '66-69 and Wagoneer Custom of 1970-71. They put them in the glove box area to clear the center console, which had it's own glove box. The center arm rest is also a Super Wagoneer feature. Those knobs in the console are also 60s era Jeep.
I remember seeing this car in person when I went to Reno. Harrah had a very impressive collection, too.
For a period of time Harrah had the West coast distributorship for Ferrari. I worked for a Ferrari dealership in Denver, Colorado. We would fly to Reno and drive new Ferrari's back to Denver. I saw the first Jerrari there along with Harrah's personal Ferrari Daytona. The license plate on the Daytona gave you an indicator as to how much "pull" Harrah had in Nevada. The plate said "1'
I remember seeing this when we visited the museum in the early 80s. It was special to our family since at that time my dad was working for AMC in Detroit.
From the comments it seems to have made a real impression on everyone who saw it!
I remember seeing this in the magazine I believe it was road & track in 1980, I was 16 that it was the coolest thing I ever seen.
Simpler to simply cheaply beefed up that stock AMC 401" V8 for more power and much more torque...
Jay, So glad you did this one, you mentioned it in a recent episode and I was hoping to see it, so damn cool.
Watching videos like this always deepen my love for the car culture.
Very cool story, wonderful jays here on the internet to share it with us
I saw the museum about the time Bill passed and my boss bought several of the cars. Later . BII WAS A FRIEND OF MY MOTHERS .
I visited Harrah’s car museum in 1972. That was time well spent. I remember the Bugatti Royale. I took a picture ( slide ). I didn’t realize what I was looking at. I do now.
Thanks Jay. For all of us that love internal combustion, it's a story that just makes ya smile. The sound of that engine reminds me of Franco in The Gumball Rally. "The first rule of Italian driving, what's behind me is not important."
Remember seeing this at the National Auto Museum in Reno back in the '90s.
Restomods are so exciting. And this one is out of this world!
As a young man I visited Harrah’s museum along with two buddies. He had two Bugatti Royales and so many cars we spent two days touring. A few years later I had another encounter with Bill Harrah. While driving my 66 Mustang east across the Nevada desert on a two lane road driving around a hundred, I noticed a pair of headlights quickly approaching from behind. Soon thereafter a Ferrari 410 Superamerica coupe flew by. I was lucky to catch a glimpse of the plate “Harrah1”.
I met Jay back in the 1980’s at Cental Connecticut State University community center as a beginning entertainer, he was funny and entertaining as a normal guy touching base with regular life issues.. I was lucky to get another opportunity to meet him again recently at his overflow shop in Fall River Massachusetts! What a great guy! Nice .. normal .. respectful, the way he treated his staff was a sign of a great person.. when his wife comes out, she was unbelievable, I think that’s 50% of the reason why Jay is successful, because he is supported by a great wife and I truthfully believe, if you have a spouse that supports you at the level, you will be successful.. and in that regard, I think Jay nailed it!
One of Jays great "CARGASMS"
My wife and I were at the Collection, on the last day it was open. They were moving the cars out as we toured. Great memories!
I remember the Jerrari original in Road&Track with the Ferrari nose on it, first time I've seen or heard of this version.
That's nuts. Brilliant episode. Great to see it being enjoyed on the road and driven pretty spiritedly.
Saw this in Reno. The museum was well worth the money.
That bittersweet orange on this one is one of the most soothing colors on the eyes I ever recall having seen and I don't mean just on cars.
As a current classic Wagoneer owner, I would love to see the suspension setup which keeps it stable at 140+.... it's got solid front axles and probably requires pinky levels of steering input. Harrah sounds like a madman.
In business, too. He built the biggest casino empire in the US at a time when the mob ran Vegas. I'll bet driving fast was more than just a hobby for Bill.
I had a 78 Cherokee. It woukd have no problem doing 120mph with the 360 before it ran out of gearing. It was relatively stable from what I remember, not Mercedes stable, it drove like any other 70s car at 120 at the time
ive taken my 90 grand wagoneer to 110 and it was pretty stable tbh. but my 90 has suspension upgrades from chrystler that amc didnt have.. I also have an add a leaf on the new leaf spring packs to stiffen them up.. its like adding sway bars.. keeps sway way way down
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 I have an '89 with the panhard bars so I think we're running identical suspension and steering. I have several upgrades to the steering/suspension that should tighten things up. However, I still have a bit of play on-center. I thought that was just the nature of having a steering box.
@joshualeone4383 my 90 has no play. Its suprisingly has better steering thab my 98 grand cherokees. But one has 500k the other 230k miles. Wagoneer only 155k.
Could be your steering box or the steering column joint has play. Or other ball joints on the drag link and so forth.
The chrysler year grand wagoneers have track bars thats the name. Not sure what it is you mentioned. The ilder ones dont. Like my 76 Jeep j10 has no track bars.
Not 100% needed for solid axels on leaf springs more for coil springs. But it still helps.
Stiffee leaf springs with either factory new springs and coil over shocks. Or an add leaf will help with body sway from high speed turning.
well I never met Bill but I like him already. Good to see Jay looking well. we love your work Jay , you bring joy to so many with your vehicles. Thank you Sir
Hello from Butler Pennsylvania the Birth Place of the Jeep. This needs to be on display at the Heritage Jeep Fest in June of 2025. This FSJ is sweet Please Please bring this to Butler PA for display.
Great respect shown for Mr Harrah. And the Jerrari is such an epic vehicle. Very cool.
Thanks Jay..hope Mavis is doing ok..if you got a 69 triumph spitfire you could show..driving thru dover Westwood Wellesley..in the late 70s was the best..
Fascinating proportions. With what they used back then it works. Looking at the front middle top. Truly excellent.
This channel is so much fun. Humans loving cars and trucks. Cheers from the Finger Lakes!
What an awesome build! That is by far the most beautiful and coolest jeep I have ever seen! That has to be so much damn fun to drive!!
Hello from England , excited to see this . That’s my favourite jeep . I just adore that period . Whoever designed that had a decent breakfast .
Cheers from USA! 🍻
Brooks Stevens
Glad to see Jay back in action. I was worried he wasn’t doing well after being injured so bad and his age. Hopefully we get more and more episodes. I know he loves it.
It was a sad day when Bill Harrah passed then Holiday Inn Corporation acquired Harrah's casinos & things were never the same...
Lots of things went downhill in hotel industry in late 70s when Bill died
Been to the museum in Reno, and as a lifelong Jeep owner, proud to say i've seen the Jerrari in person. Great vid!
I love the "Jeep" logo with the Jeep from the Popeye cartoons. Did you notice the vibrating hood of the Jerrari when you were driving?
Eugene the Jeep. Swee' pea's magical dog.
Ferrari lawyers are having nightmares somewhere I think.....lol
Jay Leno you are a auto enthusiast Icon and a gift from God to the car community! Thank you Jay Leno!
And just a great and wonderful person
That's real cool. 👍👍
I love that you did this one Jay. Bill was so cool back in the day. Great guy. The Jerrari was my favorite in he's collection.
Jay! You should consider doing your next video on the 1989 Shelby Dakota. Just so you know it was the only pickup-truck in 1989 that was a convertible. It came with a 5.2 L (318 ci) LA V8 engine and 4-speed A500 automatic transmission. It's the perfect West Coast truck!
Great episode! Johnathan Ward must be digging through his dumpsters right now, looking for old Ferrari parts!😂
Thanks to everyone involved in this production; it was a lot of fun to see and hear the juxtaposition between the V-12 and the Jeep body. Brilliant .
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'Premieres' notifications = maddening.
Just turn on notifications bell
Agreed. I need to be able to hit it to watch later. What do they think we're doing when they premiere a video, getting our popcorn?
@justinthomas2880 that doesn't work. If it did, I wouldn't get premier videos on channels i have notifications turned on.
I just wanted to remind you that you cant watch this yet
Worth waiting for.
I remember in the 70s going to Harrah's Auto collection it was amazing. The amount of cars the time and effort was amazing
🏆Jay Leno🏆the🍀king of cars 👀✌️
Bobby Gentry was fine as heck.