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FROM TOP: Sports memorabilia in Goldberg’s garage; Goldberg’s
prized muscle car collection; room to grab a beer and take a power
nap; the former pro wrestler’s heavy-duty home gym.
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North County celeb’s garage doubles
as ‘Man Cave on Steroids’
By Pat Sherman • photos by brevin blach
Ex-professional wrestler and TV host Bill Goldberg doesn’t worry
about his wife banishing him to the garage during disputes.
“That’s for sure, because it’s probably nicer than the house,”
quips the 44-year-old host of the DIY Network’s Garage Mahal,
who built a 6,500-square-foot shrine for his vintage cars on his
remote Bonsall estate, northwest of Escondido.
The two-story structure, which has a deceptive, “McMansion”-esque
appearance, houses five souped-up choppers and 17 vintage muscle cars,
including a 1959 Chevy Biscayne and a 1970 Mustang Boss 429, one of only
two made with an automatic transmission (the other was destroyed while being
displayed overseas during the Vietnam War).
The garage also includes a kitchen and king-size bed (just in case), and a
second-story, 2,000-square-foot weight room with dumbbells of up to 150
pounds, so Goldberg can keep in fighting—and fathering—shape.
“When the family goes to bed at night, I slither up to the garage and do a
little work on my cars and then do a little lifting,” says Goldberg, whose family
34 pacificsandiego.com { March 2011}