My .02 on Barrett-Jackson

[Charley Lillard]

Did they buy the Westworld site ?

[Les Quam]

I can't blame Craig Jackson. I blame Charley, it's guys like him drooling over that robo-thing and being a John Schnieder groupie that caused all this?

Although if I was king of BJ world I would bring back the reserve, which would bring back the significant and historic cars and dump the boats, robots and washed up celebrities and their crappy cars. Why does Goldbergs clone HEMI cuda CV get a prime Saturday night spot? Because he is Jackson's buddy? The car is an average quality clone and gets prime Saturday night? Is the quality of the cars so weak a boat gets a prime Saturday night spot along with a Cuda clone and general Lee made up car?

Last Mecum auction I went to I was talking to Arnie Beswick as he stood next to one of his historic race cars that was for sale. At BJ you get a robot, Goldberg and a dukes of Hazzard guy. Tells you everything you need to know about the state of BJ IMHO. Tells you everything you need to know about Mecum and his respect for muscle history that he puts the historic drag cars and their drivers front and center. BJ thinks John Schnieder is an important piece of automotive history and Mecum thinks Arnie Beswick is? Enough said.

[southernfriedcj]

Do the auctions have "cars for sale" corrals for people that want to name their price and not send their car across the block? If so which ones?

[PhilS]

I wish Charley had bought Robosuarus. He could charge admission to watch it chomp on the Isetta he bought at Russo. Those two machines are truly diametrically opposed. As for the auctions, I spent less time at B-J than ever before so It's hard for me to say but I did sell 2 cars at Russo and was treated very well. I would never have gotten that much time on the block at B-J. They really worked for their money.

[Paul_S]

Like a Mouse to an Elephant!

[Ngtflyr]

BJ does have a "car corral" but you may not be able to name your price. A friend wanted to put his highly documented CE block LS6 El Camino in it and was told it was not worth the reserve he set. He was told it was a $40K car, needless to say it didn't go there.

[Ngtflyr]

Rumour is that they bought either part of Westworld or some adjacent property with plans to put in some permanent buildings. Of course a couple years ago I heard they were pulling up stakes and moving the whole thing out to the Cardinals stadium in Glendale. That was probably a negotiating ploy with the city of Scottsdale.