OutKast's 'Big Boi' Patton passionate about his vintage Impalas

<p>OutKast member Antwan "Big Boi" Patton has a problem: He's got 17 cars but only has space for six in his Atlanta area home.</p><p>"I'm in the process now of building another house," he said, lamenting he's currently forced to store 11 of his prized possessions in different locations.</p><p>And while the crown jewel of his collection is a $300,000-plus Rolls-Royce Phantom, which he loves, he's passionate about his vintage Chevrolet Impalas. He's got five of them _ 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 _ in his stable</p><p>"That's my favorite muscle-type car," Patton says in the spring issue of duPont Registy's Celebrity Car magazine, which arrives on newsstands next week.</p><p>"Living out here, there's a lot of older people that have cars that are garage kept, and on Sundays they put them on the side of the road with a for sale sign and I just go out there and get 'em," Patton said.</p><p>But he's not a speed demon.</p><p>"I'm more of a cruiser, but I like when you go from driving something's that's modern to something that's older," Patton said. "I like something that you can put your foot all the way to the ground in."</p><p>Grammy-winning OutKast, featuring Patton and music partner "Andre 3000" Benjamin, breaks music boundaries with hits in hip-hop, rap, R&B and pop. The duo's CD "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" was No. 5 on the 2004 Nielsen SoundScan list of top R&B/hip-hop albums.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x28666c0)</p><p>HASH(0x2866768)</p>

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