[njsteve]

Looks like they were saturated with Cudas as those prices floundered for the most part. A buddy of mine had Lot 1339- the purple and white 71 six barrel Cuda up at the end of sat night. It listed as sold for 120,000 including commision (108K before buyer fees???). I cant imagine he let it go for that and didnt buy it back.

The restored Boss 429 prices were suprising in $400K range.

Once again the coverage was dismal at times. I loved it when the bozo announcer tried to explain what a double COPO was and said: "Well that means it has both front and rear spoilers in addition to the regular COPO package" OY! Or when he impugned the legitimacy of the green COPO Chevelle because "All COPOS came with a 140 mph speedometer and this one has a 120 speedo."

Or when they decided to interview Edsel Ford instead of running the 78 mile Hemicuda and only cut to it at the tail end of its auction when the price ran up. They have no idea what is interesting to their viewers.

Or anytime the OCC (Orange County Chopper or maybe we should now call them Officially Communications Challenged) guys would get to the mike. The dad babbled and rambled and when he ran out of things to babble he would just yell "Rock and Roll!" I thought I was watching a rerun of the mock rockumentary "This is Spinal Tap." Plus, his biceps really shrunk away. I guess he's spending too much time self promoting and not working out anymore.

The only one who wins this year is Craig Jackson: Since everyone saw how low the prices were (whether the cars actually sold or were bought back) more people will probably show up with cash next year thinking they can find a fire-sale bargain.

I think this auction will mark the exodus of the real quality, pedigreed cars to the competition's reserve auctions.