69 Z28 RS JL8 Crossram car listed at BJ auction

[hvychev]

Guys I personally did not see ANY car that brought what I thought was big money. The Lamar COPO at $185K and the Hemi Cuda at $250K are prices that people like RichP here have said they were going for in the first place. To be honest.......I am quite shocked at SEVERAL of the cars being sold so cheap. Could you imagine some of the car owners pissing down their legs as the car that they brought thinking they were going to get $100K for is stuck in the $50's?

Either the bubble is truly bursting or most of these rare cars don't need to be sold at an auction. Outlets like the Internet link people together so most sales are probably worked out privately or through brokers. Another possibility might be that the prices that the brokers are publicly quoting in the first place are A LOT higher than what the cars actually sell for.

Another thing. Speed Channel is WAYYYY behind the times with the people that they have commenting on the cars, especially that British goof. They even said it themselves that Barrett-Jackson used to be the place to go and buy a nice rare European car but now it has shifted to mostly American Muscle Cars and Hot Rods. With that said they could not possibility have worse commentators than those guys.

[Xplantdad]

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Could you imagine some of the car owners pissing down their legs as the car that they brought thinking they were going to get $100K for is stuck in the $50's?


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Frank,
I know of a least 3 people that had friends bid on their car, so that they got it back...because they thought the price was too low! Yep, they had to pay to put it in the auction, and yep, they had to pay the comission...but they will be trying elsewhere!

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Another thing. Speed Channel is WAYYYY behind the times with the people that they have commenting on the cars, especially that British goof. They even said it themselves that Barrett-Jackson used to be the place to go and buy a nice rare European car but now it has shifted to mostly American Muscle Cars and Hot Rods. With that said they could not possibility have worse commentators than those guys.

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They actually broadcast the "broadcast" throughout B-J...you should hear what people there are saying about those turds...

[Chris396]

Yeah I wish they had some people who knew muscle.

[Late BrakeU2]

Remember these guys are racing commentators contracted to Speed TV and wing this one off deal every year.Unless they change the format to have all muscle cars on one given day (ain't gonna happen,would kill ratings) and rotate in experts you guys will continue to catch them on stuff because your frame of reference is far more intimate.

Yates,while being very knowledgeable,is a pedantic bore at times,Varsha is IMO the best racing color guy ever,and Decadnet won't be in his element till the mega euro cars roll in this weekend.That guy knows more about most racing cars than anyone,because he's raced and won in most of them.

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[njsteve]

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Yeah I wish they had some people who knew muscle.

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These guys are just absloute idiots with some of the comments there are making.

If they dont want to bring in hired experts to comment on musclecars, at least bring in someone funny like John "Tuff Actin-Tinactin" Madden, so we can enjoy his ramblings. At least he would be entertaining... I can hear it now:

Well let me tall ya Ray, I saw that JL8 this morning when I was walking to the hot dog stand, just take a left at the mens room and there it is, well those hotdogs were great I tell ya, did I ever tell you about the time I spilled mustard on my shirt at the Superbowl, speaking of Superbowl, that reminds me of when I was in the bathroom earlier when I went to get a hotdog. Hot dog, that reminds of a JL8 I saw this morning...back to you Ray......

[DaveC68]

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Yeah I wish they had some people who knew muscle.

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These guys are just absloute idiots with some of the comments there are making.

If they dont want to bring in hired experts to comment on musclecars, at least bring in someone funny like John "Tuff Actin-Tinactin" Madden, so we can enjoy his ramblings. At least he would be entertaining... I can hear it now:

Well let me tall ya Ray, I saw that JL8 this morning when I was walking to the hot dog stand, just take a left at the mens room and there it is, well those hotdogs were great I tell ya, did I ever tell you about the time I spilled mustard on my shirt at the Superbowl, speaking of Superbowl, that reminds me of when I was in the bathroom earlier when I went to get a hotdog. Hot dog, that reminds of a JL8 I saw this morning...back to you Ray......

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heck, even the info posted on the screen as the auctions ran...
Did you notice the red RS/SS 396 listed as 396 4speed and under that ...stated optional heavy duty hydromatic

[Jeff H]

I think the Hugger Orange Z28 crossram car was the fake crossram just like the yellow LJ8 from last year. That car brought $79K which is unreal if it was the fake crossram. Did anybody there at BJ get to look at the Orange crossram Z28 to see if it was a real GM manifold? The trend I see right now is that the cars that jumped up over $100K last year have stagnated but the middle level cars are filling in more into the $40-80K range. It just seems like there wasn't a lot of Chevrolet cars with good strong paperwork and that seems to be where the real buyers are interested.

[Chris396]

$68,000 for the yellow '66 Vette 300hp powerglide seems outrageous to me.

[DWCamaro69]

Jeff, The Orange car had a non-GM crossram, was originally green, NOM DZ302, quarter panels installed crooked, etc. Wolf in sheeps clothing. Don't think it was as good of car as my Garnet Z with the non-GM crossram that went for 30K less on ebay last week although it was probably "prepped" for auction better.

[Jeff H]

That's what I thought about the Orange car. $79K for a NOM non GM crossram Z28. I can't figure it out.