Barrett Jackson COPO Camaro

[sYc]

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Joey, if I am not mistaking, the original Ed Hendrick car has not been found yet right?

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Everyone, including Ed, has been looking for his old racecar, with no success. Unless restored, would be pretty easy ID, as Ed made some pretty drastic/obvious changes.

IMO, THE most desireable Yenko, not only because it was a Yenko sponsored racecar, but because class Ed is such a class guy. He is all the time emailing Rob racing tips. Really cool to get tips from someone who ran with the Grump.

[StealthBird]

REALLY sorry about that. Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Just changed it to "public", here ya go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiLf56NlDPc

Mike

[hvychev]

8 minutes 25 seconds from first yell to hammer. I seriously got sick to my stomach watching that auction. Craig Jackson is a bad guy in my opinion. This whole thing has seriously jumped the shark. What about the other poor saps that were also not getting what they wanted and got their cars hammered in less then 1 minute?

[SUSQ]

I don't think it got hammered too quickly, and maybe the auction was running out of steam at that point, but the the triple red '61 LeSabre convertible that sold on Sunday for $31,000 looked like an excellent buy. Looks like somebody got one helluva nice car for $31,000! Did anyone see the car in person?

[SBR]

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8 minutes 25 seconds from first yell to hammer. I seriously got sick to my stomach watching that auction. Craig Jackson is a bad guy in my opinion. This whole thing has seriously jumped the shark. What about the other poor saps that were also not getting what they wanted and got their cars hammered in less then 1 minute?

[/ QUOTE ] Exactly right, plus did you hear Craig Jackson when it was at 225K and Spanky was going to hammer it he whispered " don't do it" then winked to someone behind him. Really a sad display. One other thing if Reggie was really intending to buy the car where was his bidders id? Everyone else had one, I guess if your famous the rules do not appy. That being said I will surely tune in to see every minute of nexts years auction

[Mr70]

BJ Az. has always been surreal theater.Nothing more,nothing less.

[Hylton]

It's nice to finally see the whole rebody thing come out and into the light. Compare this auction to 5 years ago when everything sold was perfect, original and never questioned. It was the unspeakable. Ya right!

With respect to the green ZL1, it was funny to see Ron Pratt and Rick Hendrick sit on their hands while the car was on stage. They both had this look on their face as if to say "I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole".

Charley - what was the deal with the black COPO? A few guys have inquired.

[Jim Ferron]

I watched the video twice...when did they announce it was a re-body? As a matter of fact...C Jackson said 'this is a real car'..but they knew..it was a re body..hence NOT a real car...

Did I miss something?

I've been to Barrett Jackson twice...it is a meeting place of shysters and automotive idiots...idiots who want to be famous at the expense of paying a HUGE premium.

[70 copo]

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It's nice to finally see the whole rebody thing come out and into the light. Compare this auction to 5 years ago when everything sold was perfect, original and never questioned. It was the unspeakable. Ya right!

With respect to the green ZL1, it was funny to see Ron Pratt and Rick Hendrick sit on their hands while the car was on stage. They both had this look on their face as if to say "I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole".

Charley - what was the deal with the black COPO? A few guys have inquired.

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Hylton,

If you followed numerous threads here over last few years that were BJ was the topic - overall I think BJ has gotten a fair shake including LOTS of critical commentary where deserved, and some defenders who cleared the record for BJ.

I had enough of the BJ auction scene by 2003 which was the last year I attended.

This year one of the hi points for me was the 2010 Camaro sale to the noted NASCAR Chevrolet sponsored team owner Rick Hendrick who of course is on the big time payroll as a race team owner for client Chevrolet/GM.

Hendrick conviently pays over 300 Large for the first 2010 Camaro with the announcers saying time and time again that "some lucky enthusist was going to get the chance" Perhaps Hendrick is a Camaro Enthusist, however if he is or not the whole thing looks very conflicted out to me.

BJ great to watch on TV but I put it in the same league as pro wrestling just car style, it is entertainment and most of the country has little else to do in the dead of winter so they watch.

[L72COPO]

Although Craig Jackson's "WINK" is not clear in the U-Tube segment it was very clear on my DVR recording when I showed it on my big screen LCD. The guy he winked at was Gary Holub standing right behind him.
There was also disclaimers through out the auction shown on the big screen TV's right next to the stage that said something to the effect of "IT SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT ALL CARS ARE NOT MATCHING NUMBERS AND MILEAGE IS NOT ACTUAL" or something to that affect.
The net net of the whole fiasco is that BJ is in business to make money and is very succesful at it. They are car salesmen and nothing more. They don't care about true quality cars, they just want to sell them. As long as people buy from them it will continue. We can all wring our hands and bitch about it, but it isn't going to change. So take it for what it is "entertainment" and keep supporting the legitimate venues for buying and selling the cars we love.
I do, however have to give credit to BJ for their charity efforts. That does mean a lot.