71 Hemi GTX & 70 440/6 Coronet vert at BJ

[njsteve]

That selling price was nuts!!! $110,000 for the pair?

They were both preproduction assembly line pilot cars.

I remember both of those cars from the 1980s. I still have photos of both of them somewhere. One was in CT and the other was in MA.

It was like the auctioneers purposely snuck them through between the million dollar cars and couldnt get them off the block soon enough for the next million dollar car.

Never sell a pair of cars at auction. Never ever.

[69hurstSC]

Steve, somebody got some amazing mopars for a heck of a price.

[njsteve]

Darn right. That Coronet RT 440-6 was one of 7 produced. (7 four speeds and 9 autos.)

Absolutely insane. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/applicati...d=443&amp;pop=0

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/applicati...d=443&amp;pop=0

[StealthBird]

Why didn't the seller have a reserve on these cars? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[njsteve]

Supposedly one of them has already been resold by the auction buyer for more than the two-for-one auction price.

That was the ultimate &quot;Buy One, Get One Free&quot; sale of the century.

[442w30]

I don't know the conditions of the cars so perhaps it was a good buy but not as astounding as the numbers may indicate.

[Tracker1]

I am wondering how Mr. Torino is feeling today. All his cars were absolutely stolen out from under him. 72k for an FC7 71 6bbl 'Cuda - wow. My wife and I were watching it as it was slow to even get there and I said...&quot;Ummm,....&quot; She simply said &quot;No way.&quot; she knew what i was thinking, had the phone in my hand [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[6pakdave]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't know the conditions of the cars so perhaps it was a good buy but not as astounding as the numbers may indicate. </div></div>

Ya, they couldve been a re-body.... Mustve been a GM crowd, nice job on the carpark deal though!

cheers Dave

[69hurstSC]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't know the conditions of the cars so perhaps it was a good buy but not as astounding as the numbers may indicate. </div></div>

I would say more astounding than the numbers would indicate.

As Des said, I feel bad for Brett Torino. Here were his cars that went across the block.

The Brett Torino Collection

[69hurstSC]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Supposedly one of them has already been resold by the auction buyer for more than the two-for-one auction price.

That was the ultimate &quot;Buy One, Get One Free&quot; sale of the century. </div></div>

That doesn't surprise me at all. What an amazing buy.