Barrett Jackson.....

MGINLA · #1 01-23-2007, 03:44 AM

It went for $65,000. 71,500 with sales charges. The buyer told me the seller would not talk to him about documentation. He lost a some money on that car. It was a dealer out of FL.

**ssl78** · #2 01-23-2007, 03:51 AM

I believe that was a real car and sold at Mecums spring auction for about 265k. OUCH

**Late BrakeU2** · #3 01-23-2007, 04:43 AM

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I believe that was a real car and sold at Mecums spring auction for about 265k. OUCH

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I saw the car up close and it was a peach,can't remember if there was supporting docs.If it was all there that had to be one of if not the most attractive purchases of the event imo.

P.J. · #4 01-23-2007, 05:06 AM

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I believe that was a real car and sold at Mecums spring auction for about 265k. OUCH

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I saw the tail end of the chevelle going across the block
and could not beleive the price it sold for.I thought it was a clown (oops) cloan.
PJ

ohhawk · #5 01-23-2007, 05:23 AM

A few years ago there was alot of talk about foreign buyers going after some of these cars with big money and shipping the cars overseas to their new homes. Anyone know much about foreign investors in our collector car markets past or present? I ask because I don't hear anything of it these days.

**427king** · #6 01-23-2007, 08:56 AM

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The buyer told me the seller would not talk to him about documentation.

[/ QUOTE ] If he had it, why wouldnt he talk about it??? Im sure if it was a legit car it would certainly never go for 60K . Nor would the seller let it go for 60K when it previously did almost 300K. Cmon....

**ssl78** · #7 01-23-2007, 01:09 PM

I just went back to the spring Mecum auction and found the L89 Chevelle that sold there. I was misinformed the car at Mecum had white interior with a white stripe.

Belair62 · #8 01-23-2007, 05:27 PM

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I don't look at Carroll Shelby as having "hung the moon" but he sure as hell beat Ferrari's ass in 1965. For that alone he is a real American hero in my book.
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
*I don't own a Shelby product. Wish I did!

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99% would agree !!! A true legend

MGINLA · #9 01-23-2007, 06:03 PM

I did not see any documentation and the buyer did not see any. So I do not know if it even exsits. The buyer knew nothing about Chevelles or the car. He like it and when the bidding droped from 70k to 60k he decided to jump in. He also was from FL and knew the seller (buy back?). He wanted know about any books to help him learn more and indicated he wanted to keep it. For the condition of the car it seemed like a good buy. It had some issues and I am no expert, but they were minor.

GRB · #10 01-23-2007, 06:53 PM

CJ - Being very interested in those cars 20 years ago and a member of the Shelby club and all that goes with that 'Blue Oval' to the core bunch, I remember things that I can't prove w/o some research BUT....CS was caught with his hand in the cookie jar more than once. The so-called missing Cobras, may have been some Mustangs too, was proven to be a scam which CS was intimately involved.

Just like people now build bogus, clone, recreation,
whatever you call them, Yenkos, people wanted Cobras. CS tried to stop them all and when he couldn't evidently wanted what amounted to extortion rather than a reasonable fee.

Remember that was 20 year ago. No Internet and no Google. This is what I remember from the newsletters of the day.
I do recall at the time the real owners absolutely hated the copycats. Visceral hatred. That may have changed. Would be interesting to know.

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