.JohnOates talks car collecting, charity & the duo's upcoming album
When it comes to cars, John Oates can definitely go for that -- and will at next week's 25th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance March 5-8 in Florida.
To celebrate that silver anniversary as well as his 25th with wife Aimee, Oates is donating a 1984 Tiga SC84 Sports 2000 race car for auction to benefit the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Foundation. Oates is also bringing his first Porsche, a Special Wishes custom model he first bought in 1983 and reacquired at auction late last year, to exhibit at the show.
"It's a real time capsule, and it's amazing that after all these years I was able to get it back," Oates tells Billboard."I first got it while I was on tour in Germany in '83 with Daryl ; I went to the Porsche factory and was able to spec out this really unique, one-of-a-kind car." Oates subsequently sold the vehicle but discovered it while looking at cars online.
Oates also has some history with Tiga. He raced a similar model during 1983-84 at a variety of celebrity events. The model being auctioned, which Oates acquired in 2018, won races at Le Mans and Daytona, racking up multiple British and European championships."We restored it with a good friend of mine in Florida, and it's absolutely pristine," Oates says."It's another time capsule.
These days, of course, you won't find Oates, 71 -- who underwent emergency gallbladder surgery Feb. 20 in Nashville -- doing much racing."I go to these various track days where you can go out and exercise your car. I do that a lot," says Oates, who maintains a small collection of sports cars,"heavy on the Porsche stuff," at his home near Nashville."Those days are over for me, but I still enjoy the driving and all that.
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