Northwest side garage full of hidden-gem classic, muscle cars to go on auction block

In 1967, Larry Klairmont bought his first keepsake car, a 1951 Rolls-Royce.

By 1974, he had added a few more cars to his stock, including a 1946 Lincoln Mark II and a pair of other Lincolns from 1957 and 1965.

Years later, “he was buying cars by the dozens,” said his son, Alfred Klairmont.

At its peak, the collection totaled nearly 600 cars.

And they weren’t just ordinary cars.

They include a gold-leaf plated 1920 Pierce Arrow; a custom blue and silver 1983 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur decked out in 1 million Swarovski crystals; and a futuristic, remote-control prototype 1956 Golden Sahara II with one-of-a-kind glowing tires. He even owned a replica Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine and a 1960 “Munsters” Coffinmobile.

Cars came and went, and Klairmont stored them all for decades, hidden in a hal