Cars to watch at Barrett Jackson

[Salvatore]

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7* out this morning...will be well below zero tonite and colder Thursday nite. Upstate NY may see 20-30 below on Thursday and Friday nite.

Hey Tibor, hope the A/C is working OK in your room

[/ QUOTE ]How come you are not out there golfing with those guys Tommy? A lot warmer there then in NY!

[al8apex]

We sat through the entire sale yesterday HOPING to score a deal

the prices for the GM stuff, without VIN's and "scrap" titles were
stupid high ...

examples

9k for a 1999 Olds Silhouette mini van (candy apple red)
8k for a 2001 Aztec
11k fir a 2003 Vibe
5200 for the 1991 DPG Caprice fire car Caprice (not running, pushed on stage)
11200 for a 2005 Cobalt SS with multi hue pearl paint
15k for a 2004 Saturn Vue (2003 SEMA car)
35k for a 1949 Olds 4 door (had good title)
40k for a 40 Olds 4-dr (good title)
30k for a 54 Olds 4-dr (good title)
22k for 1st built 2004 GTO (scrap title)
137k for 1990 ZR-1 active suspension test mule (good title, Heinricy
was doing the color commentating on the Corvettes)
135k for 1997 Monte Carlo Intimidator (scrap title, Jon Moss did the spiel)
60k for 1990 ZR1 (scrap title I think, didn't write down what was
special about it)
3500 for a 1991 Saturn 4 door (scrap title)
6500 for 1995 saturn coupe 1 millionth (scrap title)
7700 for 1999 saturn coupe 2 millionth (scrap title)
27k for 1994 Firebird 383 Lingenfelter (scrap title)
16k for 2004 Chevy Kappa Chassis only (bill of sale, no title)
42k for 1994 25th Anniv T/A conv SEMA car (scrap title)
100k for purple 1989 ZR-1 (good title)
65k for 1989 Corvette convert bb Big Doggie (scrap title)
45k for custom paint 1991 plain jane Corvette coupe (scrap title)
20k for yellow Beretta Indy Pace car convert (scrap title)
57k for 1993 Allante Indy Pace Car (scrap title)
22k for 2006 Solstice DTP (scrap title)
26k for 1986 T/A Kammback (scrap title)
43k for 1988 Z28 with LT5 engine hideous colors (scrap title)
43k for 1991 Twin Turbo T/A, no VIN, not running, pushed on stage
(bill of sale only)
55k for 1992 Impala SS concept car with 510 bb, Jon Moss spiel (scrap title)

all in all, unbelievable prices for stuff

the DEAL of the day was a 1985 Olds Cutlass (Cavalier body)
convertible in MSU green and white for $2250 ... it was the 2nd GM car to sell

[Bill Pritchard]

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the prices for the GM stuff, without VIN's and "scrap" titles were
stupid high ...


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My sentiments exactly....I was amazed what that stuff was selling for.

Also, a 90 Corvette ZR1 with 2500 miles for $60K? Two similar ones in HMN this month for half that.

[CamarosRus]

What do the "high" prices say about the buyers or the cars.

Is it just a fact that regardless of hard times and the country in the midst of a recession, there is and always will be inept, uneducated buyers with large egos and wallets full of stupid money.

[Xplantdad]

No 67 Z's that I've seen at either BJ or Russo...

[JChlupsa]

Mahalo for the info Bruce,

If you see any place take a few pics for me will you.

[Xplantdad]

Jeff...you know I will!

[Charley Lillard]

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What do the "high" prices say about the buyers or the cars.

Is it just a fact that regardless of hard times and the country in the midst of a recession, there is and always will be inept, uneducated buyers with large egos and wallets full of stupid money.

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Chuck. Because the buyers don't have the same tastes in cars as you do, doesn't mean they are stupid, inept etc. There are many people that could care less about #'s matching. Are they wrong ? I don't think so. Looks to me like people have come to have a great time and buy a car that they like. There is another world besides our #'s match world. So maybe someone pays 5K more for a car. They don't need to waste months of their time scouring ads, looking at junk etc. They come here and see it all in one place and buy something they like. It doesn't mean they are uneducated or inept.
My take on the auction is the quality of our type car is way down because of no reserve but people are still paying big dough for cars. Sitting here you wouldn't know there was a recession. These are just not the caliber of cars that used to be here.

[kwhizz]

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What do the "high" prices say about the buyers or the cars.

Is it just a fact that regardless of hard times and the country in the midst of a recession, there is and always will be inept, uneducated buyers with large egos and wallets full of stupid money.

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Chuck. Because the buyers don't have the same tastes in cars as you do, doesn't mean they are stupid, inept etc. There are many people that could care less about #'s matching. Are they wrong ? I don't think so. Looks to me like people have come to have a great time and buy a car that they like. There is another world besides our #'s match world. So maybe someone pays 5K more for a car. They don't need to waste months of their time scouring ads, looking at junk etc. They come here and see it all in one place and buy something they like. It doesn't mean they are uneducated or inept.
My take on the auction is the quality of our type car is way down because of no reserve but people are still paying big dough for cars. Sitting here you wouldn't know there was a recession. These are just not the caliber of cars that used to be here.

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I agree with Charley.......Most of the people that are here could care less about the #'s thing...."And" .....It's hard to tell that there is a Economic Slowdown by the Activity here.........It's a Big Used Car Lot.....Nothing More.....Nothing Less.......

Ken

[PPPJJJFFF]

Did a 1969 427/435hp vette sell for 50K last night. Anyone know the quality of the car?

Thanks, Patrick