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The Sebring Yellow W-30 mentioned above is a true bondo buggy. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif The car was held together with gallons of bondo and the frame was completely rotted out. It went through the Mecum auction on several occasions and finally sold to a Car broker–Happy Dream Cars for around 60K several years ago. It also had none of its original drive train, although the car did have some paperwork in a binder. The only two Oldsmobiles of significance in the current B-J auction are a 1969 442 W-30 convertible and a 1966 Olds 442 Trac-Pac car. Both cars hit the auction block Saturday along with Warren Johnson’s 1987 Oldsmobile Firenza.

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How about lot #1017,the '70 Dodge Dart Custom w/the 800hp hemi,guy supposedly had $200K in it,it went for $51K... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

$150K for that '54 Darrin-Kaiser convertible had to be a universe-record.

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Was the Kaiser Darrin a pale green? If so...it was owned by one of the regulars at Pavillions....and the car was drop dead gorgeous! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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You know I didn't see it actually go off,They ran a banner with the day's top sellers.I believe there are 2 Kaiser-Darrin's there.

How are your feet holding up? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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Feet are barking...John!

The same guy owned the pale green Darrin...the red gto vert that went for 130K? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif and another car...

Get ready for tonight's pics soon...

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440/4bbl Superbird w/auto trans. fetched $200k. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Didn't I just see George with Amy...? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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i thought the Lemans Blue 69 Z28 for $75k was a bargain if the car was as described.

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I know nothing more than those cars were about the worst GM F-Bodies ever built; they are total crap, no performance, rattletraps with tacky decals. I don't care if it had 7K miles on it, whomever bought it either wanted their 20 seconds of fame, or won the Powerball.

Any early Turbo T/A or Formula is a candidate for worst car ever, and viable evidence of approximately when GM de-railed.

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Well, considering the 70-81 Trans Am's were FAR better cars, with more power, better handling, better build quality, and nicer interiors than 70-81 Z/28's, I guess that puts the 70-81 Camaros and Z/28's just beneath the AMC Pacers and Gremlins on the old hiearchy chart. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif

The 80-81 Turbo T/A's were slow, very slow, but in 1980-1981 they were considered fast. The 210 hp rating on those cars was accurate, but without much torque, it's pretty hard to push a 4000 lb car with 301 cubes, even it it was helped by a turbo. Buick got it right a few years later....

The Turbo T/A only had to compete with the likes of 170 hp Camaros, Corvettes, Citations, and other rolling embarrasments like the infamous Hurst/Olds W-30, or the gelded AMX, or a host of other cars we'd all like to forget. Face it, everything pretty much sucked during those years.

But at least the 80-81 Turbo Trans Am's remained performance cars during this dismal era. They remained the best handling cars in America, they came with 4-wheel disc brakes, and are remembered for being one of the more beautiful cars from that time period. Probably half of the people that bought those cars didn't have a clue about all the research and work that went into creating an aerodynamic tour de force, with functional spoilers, extractors, and how the WS6 suspension was a source of jealously amongst the Chevrolet engineers. To most buyers, it just looked cool.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but considering the 80-81 Special Edition black/gold cars are going for $40K+ now, it shows that even though these cars, while slow in the 1/4 mile compared to 1960's standards, are now bringing prices equivalent to restored base 64-72 GTO's, 442's, GS's, and Chevelle SS's.

Different strokes....

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i was paying attantion to that as well.

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they should have BJ on the radio..

but i guess im just sick!!!!

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Did the car in the picture sell for 100K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Actually 100K + !
Makes yours look like a great deal now! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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71 NOM Z for 100K makes about as much sense as the white 67 350 coupe for 90K. Or the red NOM 69 L34 for 110K.

The 71 sits a couple inches too high, which I've noticed on quite a few restored early 2nd gens. Is it that difficult to find the right springs for them?