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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm not sure why or if GM is scratching their heads. It's a neat car but I personally can think of alot of Camaro's I would rather own. With it's appearance at the Barrett-Jackson showroom it has the feel of a marketing effort. Will we see it at a future Barrett-Jackson auction ? </div></div>


Charley I am glad you asked [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

People at GM watch these forums and they see how we interact. Anyone who has not observed the historic hobby negativity on multiple forums surrounding this specific car is not being honest, and much of what is said (that was negative) was stated due to the absence of detailed and accurate information on the topic of debate--Is this the first Camaro Built? To that end the Pilotcarregistry.com site was created to remedy that absence of information.

What is on display however is on display for all to see is the good and the bad. GM has observed the bad. I was asked point blank by a GM official why I put up with the hobby politics and exactly what motivated me? My reply was that I try to focus on the good and celibate any gain which results in furthering interest in the GM collector car segment. I was positive and criticized no one or any group or any forum. Within 30 Minutes Mrs. Barra and her entourage arrived to greet us. Would the result have been the same if I started to name all the forums where the car was bashed where the research was bashed where credibility was attacked? I was left with the impression that the people at the top of the corporation are sharp and know exactly how to measure the character of an individual.

To that end the resulting positive publicity with GM is a clean win for all of us and it gets no better for me than the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors taking real interest in our cars. It happened - we need to celibate it.

On to the Barrett-Jackson comment-here is the deal - straight up: I asked for a venue to meet with a man with 6 months left to live.

To this end I wanted to make it as eventful for Mr.Leitz as I could and have guests and family there too.

After I made the request to use the Barrett- Jackson Showroom I got exactly what I asked for with Kindness from Craig and Carolyn Jackson. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Next I asked Lawson to bring the N100001 car from Kansas to Scottsdale and take a week out of his life -- and out of the goodness of his heart he agreed.

To the extent that the event was promoted in the media that was entirely Barrett-Jackson and I do not blame them one bit-- good for them. Echoes Of Norwood got one mention in one local Phoenix article I sure did not reap any publicity or sales from the event.

Finally there are no plans that I am aware of to sell N100001 at this time or in the foreseeable future. There is however real public interest in this car and in my estimation with the 50th anniversary of the Camaro approaching - I see no signs of the interest in this car nearing a peak.

To this end if this car helps all of us and our hobby segment then I am all in. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]