"Supercars" at Bellevue,WA (Seattle) All Camaros Show

[tom406]

Nice show, it was a beautiful day. More Hugger orange '69 Z28's than you could shake a stick at. Didn't see my old car there, though.

It was a pretty basic Hugger Orange Z, a Norwood car with the sequential VIN of 648505. I'm just curious as to what happened to it after the auction. Last time I saw it, it was going over the block at the Rick Shafer embezzlement auction here in Washington state in the mid 90's. Mr. Shafer bought the car from me using a portion of the 3 or 4 million dollars he boldly (and rather simply) took from a few clueless banks. I remember him giving tours of his "collection" to bank executives, before they realized where their money was going. Mr. Shafer had an eclectic mix of exotics, musclecars, half-assed street rods, and various kit cars. I share this story only to illuminate another side of the money/class/cars/hard work undercurrent that's hit a few of the threads. Mr. Shafer's story shows that not all money is hard earned, great sums of money are not always well spent, and fanatical car collecting will land you in trouble, or even jail, if your ambition outstrips your personal resources. (this includes not paying the IRS on your hard earned wealth!)

Thanks to all who share their cars and knowledge, and keep it fun for everyone.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Tom;
What can you tell us about Dave Simpson's collection that was auctioned off a couple of years ago in Chicago??
M

[Mr70]

That Dana Mecum made alot of money off of those cars.

[tom406]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Simpson auction. I am a little familiar with the Floyd Garrett sell-off a year or two ago. Floyd lost his last appeal with the IRS and they wanted something like $1.3 million, and they wanted it YESTERDAY. He quietly brokered off 30+ cars. He and the brokers might have underestimated the demand for his top-flight stuff. All but two of the cars sold word-of-mouth in like two days. At least three of the cars (big block Fords) came out to Seattle. Don't know if any others did. I think his IRS woes were preceded by a divorce, if I'm not mixing up my gossip.