Cars are displayed in an indoor shopping arcade of Mr. Henn's flea market grounds. He calls it a museum, which is slightly misleading. Some of the cars are a permanent display, and some are being showcased for a Ferrari Dealer. Im not sure what is being sold by the dealer, although you will see one Ferrari has a piece of paper which says "Not for Sale." The slideshow includes photos of Mr. Henn's boat race trophies. Swap Shop flea market is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A large mutli acre property, it has permanent indoor and outdoor vendors of new merchandise. The outdoor grounds contain a drive-in theatre, known as Thunderbird drive-in theatre. During the day, the drive-in theatre areas are allocated to the the transient flea market vendors who sell their garage sale merchandise. According to Supercars.net, the yellow Ferrari 275 GTB was purchased by Preston Henn in 1988 for allegedly ten million dollars. It is the car that won the 1965 24 hours of Le Mans. (It is the car with the number 24 painted on it). Swap Shop Flea Market used to have a circus, performed by the Hanneford family, and the Hanneford circus employees. The Circus performed there for approximately sixteen years, from 1989 to 2005. They were evicted from the grounds in late summer of 2005. The Hanneford circus was an attraction to draw customers to the Swap Shop. Mr. Henn suddenly grew tired of the circus. Upon evicting them, he attacked them in newspaper interviews, calling the circus dirty and smelly. The Elephants did have a unique scent, to put it mildly, though the elephants were a well-behaved, and charming feature of the attraction. The Hannefords put on quite a show in the moderately sized indoor courtyard of the Swap Shop building. Animals, and a trapeze act, and a water show, to name a few feature items. A great circus act given limited time, space, and money. Alas, the Hanneford family had the last laugh. They were packed up and long gone a month later, when in November 2005, the town was somewhat battered by Hurricane Wilma. ....most people remember Hurricane Katrina, from all the coverage of the mess in New Orleans, but that year, it was Hurricane Wilma that did more damage in South Florida. ....The car collection is spread out among two locations inside the Swap Shop building. One of those locations is the courtyard where the Circus formerly performed. ....I remember the days of the Swap Shop circus, when the elephants would be led though the flea market grounds. The elephants marched in singe file. Each elephant would wrap his trunk around the tail of the Elephant in front if it. Mr. Henn's so-called car museum is no replacement for the experience of seeing those elephants. ....A wikipedia entry says the Circus left the Swapshop in 2006, but that is incorrect. I specifically remember the November 2005 Hurricanes had hit a month or two after the circus had already vacated the Swap Shop Grounds. ....at 2:25 in the slideshow is a piece of hardware which Im uncertain, as to exactly what it is: Im going to take a guess: it appears to be an intake manifold, possibly an exhaust-intake manifold for supercharging. If Im wrong, feel free to educate me on what it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qidOChHpQ04
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