{"id":257563,"date":"2023-02-02T17:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=257563"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:48:08","slug":"david-koreshs-1968-chevy-camaro-for-sale-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/david-koreshs-1968-chevy-camaro-for-sale-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"David Koresh\u2019s 1968 Chevy Camaro For Sale in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The car once owned by fallen cult leader David Koresh is for sale in Las Vegas. The Vegas Auto Gallery expects the black 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS 427 Coupe \u2013 distastefully nicknamed \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Relic\u201d \u2013 to fetch six figures.<\/p>\n

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Before the deadly 1993 federal siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex. leader David Koresh had intended this Camaro \u2013 currently for sale by Vegas Auto Gallery \u2013 to be his getaway car. (Image: Vegas Auto Gallery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 500-horsepower Camaro, rebuilt by Koresh, was parked at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Tex. during the infamous 51-day siege by federal agents in 1993. Nearly 80 men, women, and children died as the compound burned to the ground.<\/p>\n

They included Koresh, who died of a gunshot wound. It is not known whether or not it was self-inflicted. Controversy continues to this day over whether the fire was started by the advancing federal officers or by Branch Davidians attempting to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

Who Would Buy Such a Thing?<\/h2>\n

We mean who \u2013 besides <\/em>Zak Bagans \u2013 of course. The host of the Ghost Adventures<\/em>\u00a0Travel Channel series is the current owner, which should surprise no one.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The collection of macabre artifacts currently on display in Bagans\u2019 The Haunted Museum in downtown Las Vegas includes Ted Bundy\u2019s glasses, the Volkswagen van in which Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted more than 100 suicides, and a painting made with some of the cremated ashes of Charles Manson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The car had been displayed outside the museum since 2018. It is not known why Bagans wants to sell the vehicle at this time.<\/p>\n

The Getaway Car That Wasn’t<\/h2>\n

Koresh restored the Camaro on the Davidian property just before the siege and reportedly planned to use it as his getaway car. He even stamped \u201cDAVIDES 427 GO GOD\u201d on the 427 cubic-inch engine.<\/p>\n

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Koresh’s Camaro is towed away from the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. (Image: Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Federal agents recalled during Senate hearings on the Davidian siege that Koresh reacted with rare emotion when an armored vehicle towed his car away from the compound.<\/p>\n

When we moved his car, he became very upset,\u201d former FBI agent Larry Potts said at the 1995 hearings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Years after the siege, the car was sold to the owner of an auto parts store. He, in turn, sold it to the owner of a transmission center, who repaired the bumper \u2013 dented when the Camaro was towed during the siege \u2013 and kept it for eight years outside his garage.<\/p>\n

In 2003, a Waco car dealer named Darrell Makovy bought the Camaro for $25K. He found its original door panels \u2014 torn off by the FBI during a search \u2013 and the electric antenna in the trunk. After repainting the finish and replacing the tires, he sold it at a Fredericksburg, Tex auction the next year.<\/p>\n

Though he was hoping for at least $80K, San Antonio resident Donald Feldpausch won the bidding for only $37K. Feldpausch spent 14 years restoring the vehicle to \u201cretro-original condition,\u201d according to Vegas Auto Gallery.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Feldpausch sold the car to Bagans for $61,995. Bagans registered it in Nevada with a customized license plate reading \u201cDVLRIDE.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The car once owned by fallen cult leader David Koresh is for sale in Las Vegas. The Vegas Auto Gallery expects the black 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS 427 Coupe \u2013 distastefully nicknamed \u201cArmageddon\u2019s Relic\u201d \u2013 to fetch six figures. The 500-horsepower Camaro, rebuilt by Koresh, was parked at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Tex. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":257565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[84869,84870,84868,84867,84872,84871],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDavid Koresh\u2019s 1968 Chevy Camaro For Sale in Las Vegas - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The car once owned by fallen cult leader David Koresh is for sale in Las Vegas. 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