[tom406]

I have a customer/friend (not Reggie Jackson, lol) who is getting into the hobby and has a thing for full size, optioned out, bucket seat 4sp highest HP '64 convertibles. I told him about this car and he became very interested. I couldn't attend so I tried to find him someone knowledgable onsite at the auction to help him set his goals and limits. I reached out to Stefano at Nickey and he recommended Mr. Dietz for his knowledge of full size Chevs, esp W motor cars. I don't know Mr. Dietz, but my customer was very happy with his knowledge, professional manner and help, and thanked me for the referral. He dropped out before the final bidding on the car, as it went past his comfort zone. FWIW, I was thinking $75-90K if the right guys were in the room, and it looks like they were.

There was definitely some money there, as my favorite '66 L79 Nova appears to have brought $105K! Nice to see the Mauve '66 Hemi Charger with 6K miles bring $190K.

I agree with Tommy that '62's will outpull '64's, since they're the iconic year. '64 fullsize muscle fades a bit in the market because it starts to get eclipsed by the midsize musclecars that emerged that year, IMO. They did in '64 as well.

In Arizona, 8pm starts to lose the crowd to dinner and socializing-not sure if Indy has the same temptations. 8pm seems better, and at the very worst is a push with noon.

On a related note, if anyone out there has a '64 Galaxie 500XL R-code convertible, a 426 4sp Sport Fury convertible, (and so on) for sale, please PM or email me. Interested party still has an itch to scratch....