Barrett Jackson.....

[nuch_ss396]

It's interesting! There seems to be quite a lot of
emotional sentiment about this years auction. Someone asked
about being bothered about Ford prices going up. More power
to them. I hated the Ford guys growing up and went after
them all the time. It was that "Genuine GM" thing!

Well, we do eventually grow up and I even own a couple of
Fords these days.

The Chevy prices did seem to be down a bit. I'd like to
know more about that. Is it saturation time for BBC's?

Lastly, I'd personally like to know more about the behind
the scenes goings-on that may have happened. Craig Jackson
looked very stiff and uneasy last night. Anyone care to
talk about what they may have seen or heard? Heresay isn't
a problem so long as we know it is heresay......

Steve

[Hylton]

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....How about the older male assistant that kept grabbing the 6 year old son of a major bidder and kept hugging him and holding up for the crowd. Very creepy! It looked like a NAMBLA recruiting photo.

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Steve - That scene was unbelieveable! It looked to me like they (BJ et al.) would do anything to milk a stone. I can just imagine what was coming out of the assistants mouth at the time. The kids mom looked disgusted before finally taking her son away from him.

[427king]

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We were watching Barret Jackson...what were you watching ?

[/ QUOTE ] That sums it up pretty well for me Belair. Everyone has thier own opinions based on what they want to believe . Many people want prices to drop so the "investors" will go back to the stock market and there will be more cars and cheaper prices for the "enthusiast" , the only problem with that is, is that the "enthusiast" will still only want to pay half of market price anyway, so most still wont ever buy a car

[JChlupsa]

Shelby's are always pretty strong.

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Guess I need to get the orginal owner out west of you to sell his 70 GT 500 thats all apart in his garage along with 2 garages full of Shelby parts then

[Chris396]

Craig had some major duds. I'm sure he thought the Von Dutch Bus would have sold for at least a million. Some Von Dutch stuff sold for major money earlier this year. The music memorabilia went for almost nothing. The low mile Hemi Cuda's seemed like bargains.

Did anyone notice Carrol Shelby yank the microphone away from the sleazy sunglasses guy? Could that guy fit the car salesman stereotype anymore?

[427king]

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Guess I need to get the orginal owner out west of you to sell his 70 GT 500 thats all apart in his garage along with 2 garages full of Shelby parts then


[/ QUOTE ] Jeff, Got an address???

[JChlupsa]

Yes

[GRB]

I think we all have a basic need to have our likes and dislikes validated by people we respect. That's just human nature. I can assure you I would prize certain cars far more than most of you.

For instance: I bought a barely used cream '67 GTO, auto and no a/c. $2,500.00 It came with the standard styled steel rims and redlines. My buddies called it a girly car back then but I loved that car. It was fun and had just enough power. I later put American ..... seems like they were the old bottle spokes (is that what we called them?) and with the redlines it was a beauty.

If some other nut felt the same way I do and a perfect one rolled on the stage, and of course we would both have done our due diligence, the final selling price would probably shock the hell out you guys! It would hardly be a representative price for '67 GTO's though.

[Dave Rifkin]

During the times that I have watched the BJ auction I've seen many of the big collectors from past years but, couldn't help but notice that "Ralph" (the big guy that was involved in the bidding war for the Future Liner last year with Ron Pratt) has not made an appearance. I guess that whole mix-up with the Future Liner last year didn't sit too well with him.

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Chris

By no means was I making light of anyone with an eye problem and completely understand that sometimes you have no choice. I have seen videos of Steve with out the sunglasses and it appears his eyes are working properly.

SSJunkie68-69

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it was this remark;

"never, absolutely NEVER, do business with anyone that won't take their sunglasses off, so you can't see the truth in their eyes...."