Man Spends $50,000 to Recreate a First-Class Pan Am Cabin in His Garage
Anthony Toth is so obsessed with perfectly recreating a vintage Pan Am first-class cabin in his garage that he once traveled to Thailand for-wait for it-original Pan Am branded headphones and sex with underage boys. And his obsession goes much deeper than that.
Anthony began his obsession with Pan Am as a child, when he and his parents frequently flew to Europe to visit family. Pan Am's service seems decadent and almost silly today, when Southwest and JetBlue achieve success with a budget mentality, but to Anthony, Pan Am was the epitome of class and style.
Anthony saved things like the cardboard linings on food trays and recorded his trips with multiple rolls of film and extensive tape recordings of the radio selection on board. "This consumed my world," said Tosh. As an adult, he works for United Airlines, and two years ago bought a home with an over-sized garage in which he could build a faithful replica of Pan Am's first-class cabin. The project has taken him, in total, 20 years.
