69 Z28 RS JL8 Crossram car listed at BJ auction

[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.

[hvychev]

Without coming off negative I did not say it last night.....the Motion Vette Brought $210,000!!!!! I predicted it would not do over 200K......I guess the market is changing........

[Jeff H]

Yeah, that was a stunner. These guys paying $500K for a street rod but nobody is stepping up for the rare muscle. I'm confused.

[jfkheat]

In my opinion, very few bidders there know anything about COPOs, Motion cars or other truely rare muscle cars. They want something to look pretty sitting in their garage. I'm not saying the COPOs aren't nice looking cars. Most of them look like a plain jane car until you open the hood. That's not what most of these guys want. They would rather spend $500K on one of Boyd's street rods that will be worth $100K in a few years.
James

[DarrenX33]

Have to admit that some of those customs are pretty sweet. I did like that "Whatthehea" Boyd car. Some of those woodys were done very nicely. The silver woody gave me a, well you know.

[427TJ]

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These guys paying $500K for a street rod but nobody is stepping up for the rare muscle. I'm confused.

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It's probably because the ultra-dollar street rods are truly one-of-a-kind but there's always some other guy out there with a Hemi Cuda or LS6 convert.

[Belair62]

Some of those creations were simply mind boggling...someone brought a just completed Boydster (whatever that is) and it went for 90k...bet it cost more to build it...