Regehr also amassed an incredible collection of vintage cars, including 140 which are to be auctioned later this year
Regehr built the collection by making offers to owners when he'd spot them riding around town
The collection has almost two dozen Fords from 1932, a 1949 Cadillac, several 1957 Chevy Bel Airs, a 1959 Nash Metropolitan and a 1979 Ferrari 308 GTD
The youngest vehicle is a convertible Ford Mustang GT from 1987 and rarest is a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car. Only 43 were built
Bob Regehr, a former Kansas gas station owner who made it big when he invented the iconic Moonwalk bounce house which children and adults alike have enjoyed at carnivals for more a half century, also amassed an incredible collection of vintage cars.
An auction will be held later this year of 140 vehicles from Regehr's collection, which he built by making offers to owners when he'd spot them riding around town.
The collection has an astonishing 20 Fords from 1932, a 1949 Cadillac, several 1957 Chevy Bel Airs, a 1959 Nash Metropolitan and a 1979 Ferrari 308 GTD.
Bob Regehr, a former Kansas gas station owner, who made it big when he invented the iconic Moonwalk bounce house, also amassed an incredible collection of vintage cars
The Moonwalk bounce house has thrilled children and adults alike enjoyed at carnivals for more a half century
A Chevrolet Corvette is covered along in a garage that houses several of Regehr's vintage cars
Regehr's collection has almost two dozen Fords from 1932
A Ford classic from Regehr's vintage collection
A dusty classic Ford is partially draped as it sits in Regehr's vintage car collection
Another classic Ford in Regehr's collection has a white convertible roof and white wall tires
The youngest vehicle is a convertible Ford Mustang GT from 1987 and rarest is likely a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car, Fox News reports.
Only 43 were built.
There are also four muscle cars, including an unrestored 1968 SS Camaro convertible, a 1969 Indy pace car convertible, a 10-second 1971 'Cuda, and a 1972 GTO, which has been slightly modified but remains unrestored.The rest of the collection are mostly American cars and trucks made from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Regehr passed away on September 19 at the age of 79. His obituary remembers him as 'an inventor, entrepreneur, collector, and philanthropist.'
His collection of cars was never meant to be a museum, reports Hot Rod.
A Chevrolet Bel Air with a white hard top is pictured from the collection. Regehr had several
A polished Chevy Bel Air looks like it just rolled off the assembly line in Regehr's collecion
A classic red Buick convertible with its signature chrome grill from Regehr's collection
A classic red Ford Thunderbird is displayed from the vintage cars Regehr amassed over years
A classic convertible Chevy Corvette from Regehr's vintage car collection
The vehicles were kept in barns, unsuspecting buildings and garages, spread across the countryside in unassuming barns, buildings, and garages.
They were protected from deteriorating by sturdy structures, mothballs and rat poison.
Regehr had been a private man who had showed off his collection only to a few.
The hood is seen slightly open on a Pontiac GTO muscle car from Regehr's collection
A Chevy Camaro with red racing stripes from Regehr's collection
Regehr is pictured in an undated photo seated behind the wheel of one of his classics
His favorite of all the cars was an unrestored '53 Buick Skylark convertible that an neighbor had owned since it had rolled off the assembly line.
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