Barrett Jackson

[the427king]

And to think he could have had a grabber green boss 429 for another 10k .....

[Woj]

I was surprised to find a fair number of older gents bidding high dollars on some of the cars. I was certain that anyone older than myself would be steering away from these oldies, but, was glad to see the interest level is still up there. I was also disappointed to hear Mike Joy describe a 70 Chevelle SS LS6 Ragtop as a "numbers matching car with a restamped engine", saying that would be justified if the original numbers were decked off. The car bid to $200K. I know that has been mentioned on this forum in the past, but actually heard it for the first time.

All in all, the numbers were strong last night. But as usual, these don't necessarily translate to what you might get in the open market.

Very entertaining.

Phil.

[EZ Nova]

Phil, I will be 52 in February. And been into the muscle car scene before I could drive.

Was just talking to a friend yesterday, he's 53. he was watching the show too. He's not into the stuff like me, so I was telling him about the "new" terminology from when we were teens and early 20's, and how it's change?

NUMBERS MATCHING used to be what is now "born with". Now it means the correct date coded parts for the given body. We were talking about a guys 1967 or 1968 GT 350. HE was told, it's numbers matching with the Roush 347???????????? Ya can't figure that one out.

It's now that guys who used to be into the market as teens, now have the $$$ to get back in. My thread on my friend buying the hemi RR at Mecum for example. But they haven't stayed up on the new wording like above or market values.

[fsc66]

Another BJ auction with a claim to be an original window sticker on an L89 1969 Corvette:

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...ERTIBLE-208476