Jay Leno's new Boomer 8N

[MoKelly]

Leno earns his money through his work, ability and talent. I no more begrudge him his success than any other successful person in entertainment, sports or business. It is what it is.

I also like the "blue collar" aspect of his hobbies and life. It likely keeps him sane. While we never really know public figures, Jay seems like one of the really good guys, thank you. He seems decent and pretty clean livin', especially in comparison to so many other "shake your head at them" celebs.

I agree with you. I believe he is still married to the same lady he met before he was uber-famous. That says alot.

MoKelly

 

[jinman]

Okay, I think I know how the three late night comedians would use the tractor based on their personalities.

Jay Leno will use his tractor to move his cars and lift things around his garage.

"Conehead" O'brien would just want to use it to crush and tear something up and he'd be too scared to drive it himself. He would call it a bulldozer.

David Letterman would make a top 10 list of things to do/not do with the Boomer while doing absolutely nothing with it himself.

My vote is give it to Jay!:thumbsup:

 

[cantthinkofsomthingwitty]

Saw the video of New Holland VP Abe Hughes at Leno's Garage. Some people think big businesses are populated at the top by people who don't really know anything about the basics of what their companies are about. I guess Abe showed all of you.:laughing:

To be fair, I have to agree with the NH VP, it is a bucket on the front of that tractor. Other than that, he seems to be talking out his PTO.

:mur:

 

[cantthinkofsomthingwitty]

All kidding aside, I would love to see Leno's garage rebuild an original 8n. I'm going to try to post that suggestion to his sites comment board. Maybe if enough of us do that, he might consider building one:thumbsup:

 

[sweep]

I lost all respect over Leno over this ;

Jay Leno sued for buying Duesenberg Sam Barer’s Four Wheel Drift


From another article

The suit, filed yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, accuses the Windsor Garage owners of taking advantage of John Straus' dementia to cook up the 2005 sale to Leno, who lusted after the Duesenberg.

"Leno knew this car was not for sale and Straus had made that clear to him," said Goldberg, adding that it is worth more than $1.5 million.

A lawyer for Leno and the garage said the cars went on the block only after Straus became "extremely delinquent" in paying his storage fee.

"Mr. Leno bought the car in good faith," lawyer Bruce Bronster said.

The garage's director of maintenance ended up with the Rolls, the suit says, when the company in 2005 refused to accept a $36,000 check from the ailing Straus for garaging the cars.

"They took advantage of a man suffering from a debilitating illness," Goldberg said

 

[sweep]

Leno said the fair market value for the unrestored Duesi was $180k

Total crap. Those cars start off at 650-750k unrestored and that is if you can find one. I'm into old muscle cars and you ought to see the heavy hitters and the scams they pull to buy old cars from people. I couldn't sleep at night over what these guys pull.

 

[jonyyuma]

"Blood-suckers"

 

[sweep]

"Blood-suckers"

The garages "director of mainetenace" won the high bid.....hhmmm.....

Can you say conflict of interest??

 

[jinman]

I'm confused. If Leno had not bought that car, it would have sold to somebody else wouldn't it? Instead of Chapman pocketing $140k as stated in the link, he would surely have pocketed an amount more or less from somebody else. I don't see how Leno can be faulted except that he tried to misrepresent the elevator's capability to help him in the bidding. That would surely be an issue between Leno and Chapman. Neither the fellow who died nor his estate would have collected more. What seems clear is that Leno wanted this car very much. When it became available, why not try to get it? If the lawsuit is successsful, I can't see Leno having to do anything but give back the car. If he does, it will surely be because the garage owner didn't have the right to sell it. Those things are decided in a court of law, not the court of TBN in my opinion.

Gosh Sweep, you are free to think what you want about Leno, but he spends a ton of money keeping his collection going. With rare old cars and steam vehicles, the market will always be competitive and passions high. That's what gives value to old iron, isn't it? These vehicles are something rare that lots of folks want.

 

[xtn]

"The complaint included claims of unjust enrichment and 田onversion for the alleged wrongful taking of the Duesenberg. The plaintiffs seek damages of at least $1.7 million and return of the vehicle."

Okay the estate (or its executor or beneficiaries) feels screwed over and wants the car back. That's a fair enough position to stand up for. But then they want 1.7 MILLION in additional damages? 1.7 MILLION? For what, mental anguish? And you're calling Leno the bad guy?

 

[sweep]

I'm confused. If Leno had not bought that car, it would have sold to somebody else wouldn't it? Instead of Chapman pocketing $140k as stated in the link, he would surely have pocketed an amount more or less from somebody else. I don't see how Leno can be faulted except that he tried to misrepresent the elevator's capability to help him in the bidding. That would surely be an issue between Leno and Chapman. Neither the fellow who died nor his estate would have collected more. What seems clear is that Leno wanted this car very much. When it became available, why not try to get it? If the lawsuit is successsful, I can't see Leno having to do anything but give back the car. If he does, it will surely be because the garage owner didn't have the right to sell it. Those things are decided in a court of law, not the court of TBN in my opinion.

Gosh Sweep, you are free to think what you want about Leno, but he spends a ton of money keeping his collection going. With rare old cars and steam vehicles, the market will always be competitive and passions high. That's what gives value to old iron, isn't it? These vehicles are something rare that lots of folks want.

Here is one of the better articles on what happened.

Leno and a Duesie of a Lawsuit


Throughout these years, Straus would let his storage bills accumulate and bring them current from time to time with large payments. The owners and managers were aware of that, and never made an issue of it. In later years, Straus developed dementia, and his rent payments become more sporadic.

In April 2005, Straus noticed a past due invoice from the Windsor Garage for over $22,000. He sent a check for the exact amount shown due. The manager returned the check to him, explaining that the balance was actually over $36,000 and instructing him to pay that amount with the notation of his account number. However, the account number given in the letter was for the Wayne Garage account, which was one digit different. Straus sent another check in the higher exact amount, with the account notation requested.

The manager accepted the check, but applied it toward the Wayne Garage account, thereby leaving the Windsor Garage account delinquent. Shortly after, Straus received a notice from the owner's lien service company stating that his Windsor Garage account was past due by over $16,000, and that if not paid by May 2, the cars would be auctioned off on May 27. Straus assumed that the notice and his payment has crossed in the mail, and did nothing further.

On May 27, the Duesenberg was sold to Chapman, LLC, an entity owned by the garage owners. The bill of sale states that the sale price was $0, and nothing was paid or credited to Straus's storage bill.

Straus did not receive any notice about the sale of the Rolls-Royce, but it was apparently sold at about the same time. The buyer turned out to be the garage's director of maintenance.

Curiously, the garage kept charging Straus for storage fees through October, at which point a letter was sent demanding payment of his outstanding bills and threatening to sell the cars if payment was not promptly made.

In December, about $39,000 was finally credited to the outstanding bill. This was about the same time that Chapman, LLC, sold the Duesenberg to a company owned by Jay Leno for $180,000. It is claimed that Chapman wanted $300,000 for the Duesenberg, but that was negotiated down to the final sale price.

Straus for decades had kept his Duesenberg and Rolls at Windsor Garage. In 2005, the garage notified Straus that his account was massively in arrears and that the cars would be auctioned off if he didn't pay the more than $20,000 he owed.

Straus - who was in his 80s and suffering from dementia - sent a check. But the garage allegedly did a bait-and-switch and applied the payments to arrears he owed for two far less valuable cars he was keeping in another facility owned by GMC.

The garage then purportedly held sham "public" auctions for the cars, with its corporate alter ego getting the Duesenberg for a $0 bid and the Rolls for an unknown amount, the suit says.

In December 2005, the company sold the Duesenberg to Leno - who'd been lusting after it for years - for $180,000.

 

[WM75Guy]

Based on what the New Holland VP was saying about the Boomer 8n, I would be embarrassed to be seen driving one. It is a very pretty machine, and 50hp is nice power for it's size, but he clearly expressed that it was designed for rich people to pretend to be farmers and play tractor. His lack of knowlege about the original was insulting, and I even questioned if New Holland had a non-tractor division that this guy was representing.

It's no wonder nobody is buying them, and they will be a limited edition (meaning soon to be cancelled). I say good riddance, and that New Holland VP should be next.

1. I am not embarrassed, I'm pretty proud of mine.
2. I did buy one.
3. I am not rich, I don't pretend, and I don't play with mine, I use it.
4. Which tractor competitor do you work for?

 

[mostly_gas]

Sweep, the other side of the story is that Straus's family should have had a clue and kept an eye on things. Having gone through the same thing with my dad, you have to work out a system to cover at least what assets are important. I do not excuse any deception the garage may may not have used.
But if I was looking forward to inherit that car, I would have made sure the car was cared for.

 

[Fastdraw]

Wow it makes me sick to hear the VP of New Holland talk up this tractor. Its obvious he knows nothing about it. This was a prototype they must have give Jay,the production models never had split brakes. What he should have told Jay was that...Yeah built in America, of course we only built 2500 of them and then shut the Dublin, Geaogia manufacturing plant down, because Mexico offered to build it cheaper, but it was only 200 plus people we put out of a job! Yeah boy! What a tractor...flippin jerk!

 

[The Haymaker]

I loved the comment of "Sadly it won't do a burnout" and the fact that The Safety Police have not pointed out that I don't think he is wearing a seatbelt.