Anyone know who OrangeCountyChopper is...

[Kim_Howie]

[Xplantdad]

Ya know what...it's all good... the ebay seller had another set of frames available

[427TJ]

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the ebay seller had another set of frames available

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Bruce, are you saying that he had a second pair of Cone frames? I was bummed to see that you'd gotten sniped. I should have told you to lay down a defensive max bid! But, you never know who's gonna' lay down some breathtaking amount and beat your max at the last second. I hate getting sniped but I have to admit that I've done it when I really wanted something on eBay.

[Xplantdad]

Bill, yep...They are on their way as we speak! Should be here on Monday

I bid the most that I was willing to pay the first time around...and lost.

Things worked out for the best anyways

[427TJ]

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I bid the most that I was willing to pay the first time around...and lost.

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I read something about auctions that sticks with me: "The winner is often the one who comes in second."

[njsteve]

You can always fight fire with fire: www.auctionsniper.com I've used it for years as a time saver since I cant be around the computer all the time. You set your max bid and it puts it in at the last minute so that way you dont get into a bidding war with 6 days to go. I've only lost an item when it was well over what my sanity (or my wife) would let me pay.

[Xplantdad]

Thanks Steve. Since I'm "new" to the whole ebay thing...I need all the help that I can get (this certainly applies to everything else, too )

[Xplantdad]

Wow...here's some interesting info that I found while searching the internet on Cone Chevrolet...

First, here's some information on a famous "fast" car that came out of Cone Chevrolet

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Old timers will remember the name of Hayden Proffitt. Haden was a transplanted Texan living in Garden Grove, CA. Hayden had been around the drag scene at Santa Ana since the very beginning, with a variety of cars, including a C/Gas Chevy dragster and a nice '37 Chevy B/Gasser. In 1961, Hayden went to work for Mickey Thompson and it wasn't long until he was driving the '61 Pontiac 421 S/S. Hayden was a killer with a stick shift (only a 3-speed back then). In 1962, Hayden installed a 421 engine into a compact Pontiac Le Mans for the first A/FX car. Hayden won the Super Super Stock (SS/S) class and the A/FX class at the '62 NHRA Winternationals at Pomona. Hayden departed M/T in the middle of 1962 and put together a 409 Chevy, running out of Cone Chevrolet. With this car, Hayden took S/S honors at the NHRA Nationals that year.

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And a picture of that car. Notice Cone Chevrolet/Bill Thomas/Hayden Profitt...way cool!

Where's Verne?

[Belair62]