Reggie's ZL! at Barrett Jackson

Jeff H · #1 01-19-2003, 04:34 PM

It was kind of tough for Reggie with his ZL1 following up behind that $950K Jaguar that didn't sell. The announcers are such idiots, they sat there saying "it's just a 69 Camaro and they made several hundred thousands of them." Then when the price kept climbing they added "does one of these engines really add that much value to these cars?" And I thought they also implied that a car with a name like Don Yenko on it would be worth more. I thought the buyers were paying 8% on top of the purchase price. Do the sellers pay 10% as well as the buyers paying 8%?

resto4u · #2 01-19-2003, 06:21 PM

I also believe it is a buyers premium. The buyer pays the 8%-10% to the auction company. The seller pays $500-$1200 to run the car across the block depending on when it is sold. Roger

CWilliams · #3 01-19-2003, 07:07 PM

Yea they said Reggie "had a Yenko at home the he would NEVER sell" Those announcers were the Jaguar type for sure.

Chris396 · #4 01-19-2003, 08:37 PM

I bet he would have gotten closer to what he was looking for if the car was a different color.

COPO PETE · #5 01-20-2003, 01:54 AM

Yes, Yes... the announcers really needed to have a look under the "bonnet" of that Camaro! What is a bonnet???? Is that the hood or a convertible top???? Learned something new this week... i never knew that a 67 GTO was a uni body!!!!!
Peter [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]

**sixtiesmuscle** · #6 01-20-2003, 03:00 PM

Yeah Pete, the '67 unibody GTOs were the only ones that came with 389 tripowers too.

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #7 01-20-2003, 03:14 PM

My poor wife not only had to sit through the auction coverage, but had to listen to me rant about the stupidity of the announcers - Alan Decadenet?? I think he should only speak when there is a European car on the block.

Speed Channel needs Tom Shaw on the mic!!

Chevy454 · #8 01-20-2003, 04:33 PM

I'm thinking there needs to be a second audio source televised, kind of like they do with different languages, where you switch your tv over to the second audio source.

You could have the standard audio channel with the patsy's from Speedvision, then the alternate audio channel could be guys from this site in attendance, giving the REAL info on the cars. Kind of like open mike night!

3SuperSports · #9 01-20-2003, 05:08 PM

I can see Reggie wanting a little more since he has to pay such a large commission, but the successful bidder would have had to pay 8% over his bid. At $330K, you'd pay an extra $26,400 and that isn't right either. I'm obviously not the expert here on ZL-1 prices, but a non-original motored ZL-1 for $356,400 seems insane. JMHO.

JoeC · #10 01-20-2003, 05:49 PM

Brock is right that the ZL1 Camaros were kind of plain looking as far as no special stripes or emblems but that is one of the most interesting sides to the hi po COPO story. Chevy built them to race not to make a flashy street car.
Out of three Speed Commentators none of them know that Chevy built them for NHRA drag racing? They just make comment like "I don't get it...all it has is an aluminum engine....why is the bidding up to 275K?" [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

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