Barrett Jackson.....

[tom406]

That '66 Hemi Satellite is the real deal. I was walking through the big tent when I saw it, and I recognized it immediately. I then called my friend Gary (the Ford collector in Tacoma, WA, and previous owner) and said, "Hey, your Hemi Satellite is here!" He had no idea, and last he heard, one of the two guys who partnered to buy it decided to keep it for himself. Gary was watching the auction on TV, and was feeling a little sick, since after watching the '66 Coronet 4dr go for $600K, he was thinking that maybe this was the year for early Street Hemi cars to break the bank.

It was "predicted" to cross the block at 8pm on TV, but like many cars, it went much later in a largely vacant building, around 10:35 pm. I called Gary with the results of the auction, and he was both relieved (he did fine with his trade deal) and surprised (it is SO nice, you'd think it would do better).

I've spent hours looking at that car, and wrote up appraisals for it twice. It's so honest it hurts.

MacGruder owned it for a while-the original owner owned it and a Hemi Challenger with no miles as well, and MacGruder had both of them. When he liquidated, the Challenger sold quickly, but the Satellite was one of the last to go. Gary bought it, but had already bought a very nice 40K mile red/red '66 Hemi Satellite as his token Mopar. I guess the original owner put mags on it when new, but never drove/raced it. That's why the tires are repro, and the wheels and caps may not be original to the car. Otherwise, it is BRAND SPANKING NEW.

PM me if you'd like Gary's contact info, he'll be happy to know it went to a good home. He can be more specific with it's previous history as well. He's enjoying the GT, and still has around 30 vintage cars left, so he'll be fine.

I saw that Merc when I was in Minnesota a little while back. What a nice car. Knew his stuff, we talked about the history of the car, and about my 406 Galaxie, and the '64 Parklane Breezeway car I had bought from a friend in the same color combo.



TOM BRESKE
Seattle, WA

PS-Thanks to Denis for having the brunch, Tony (Mr.T) for shuttling me around while my family had the rental car, Mark Hassett and Budnate for the rum'n'cokes courtesy of the bidder's bar, and anyone else I ran into on my trip. I still can't believe it SNOWED on Sunday, but Monday was very nice, and we just came back today. Renting the house worked out really well, much better than hotel living.

[watk69]

That cat be me and when old man Barret was running the show 30's Mercedes, Packards, Duesenburgs, Ford T Birds, and early Mustangs ran the show. Back in the day Kruse was the king and BJ was still small potatoes. Collectors did not have a feel for muscle yet.

[BUIZILLA]

what's the purpose of putting the big SOLD sticker on the window after the sale, when it's obvious it's sold before it already hit's the platform???

[mrrec]

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what's the purpose of putting the big SOLD sticker on the window after the sale, when it's obvious it's sold before it already hit's the platform???

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HYPE. It ends the deal and shows SUCCESS! It's also a leftover from the reserve days when many cars didn't sell.......
Dave

[Charley Lillard]

After the car is sold the sticker goes on. It is kind of a ceremony. It then gets parked back out with the other cars for sale. It is nice to know when you are sifting thru 1000 cars for sale which ones are already sold.

[68l30]

The 66 Satelite was in a old issue of Musclecars.....It was a article ..."In search of the foor door Hemis".There were two in the mag,one red and one white....I believe the red one was missing it's engine and the white one was complete...I do remember the cars had a dash plaque from Dodge the read "Special made for..." If my memerory is correct the name on the red one was Floyd Crammer...I have the issue somewhere.......I need to start digging....

Steve

[Rixls6]

My neighbor across the street from me at my last house, used to work as a new car salesman in the 60's and 70's for a Plymouth dealer.

One day while just yacking about old cars, he tells me about a Hemi powered 4-door Satellite that was delivered to his dealership by accident. I just wonder if it was one of those being discussed here.

[Xplantdad]

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After the car is sold the sticker goes on. It is kind of a ceremony. It then gets parked back out with the other cars for sale. It is nice to know when you are sifting thru 1000 cars for sale which ones are already sold.

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Hey Charley...in the best "Charley practical joke fashion" I almost took a few of those sold stickers...so that they could be conviently placed on a few peoples rental cars...LOL

The joke that you pulled on JIM was hilarious though

[Kim_Howie]

Gary Friar in Des Moines Ia bought a 4-door car in Minn. around 1989 -91 He bought the car from the guys wife The motor was out of it. I think the guys name was Pappy something I don't remember. I do remember Gary said he gave 10,000 for the car. Anybody know this car

[Steve Shauger]

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The whole thing come down to this Yes many seller Knew it was no reserve
BUT the Jackson Group told many of the seller Don’t worry We will work the car we are experts I guarantee you will get your money and may be more Problem is the
Guarantee was not in writing . and The way I see it and I have been around to long to see that this has started A very bad situation.. I have been jumping all over the web and I can say for a fact I have NEVER seen so many people pissed off at B/J If Craig wants to be bull headed and keep on have no reserve auctions 5 years form now we will not be seeing it on speed and it will be down hill from here
All the people here that thinks The no reserve is a good thing. Well Think of it like this You put your house up for sell . your are looking to get let say 300.000 for it BUT you have to sell it at a no reserve meaning if some one offers you a 150.000 you can not say no and you will be forced to sell it Does that Make any sense??? NO
Then Why should some one that has over 200.000 in a car and gets an offer for 75.000 and can not say no That’s NUTS
I really believe the whole no reserve mess will be history if not then we will see B/J will start to decline to
A slow death

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All the sellers knew what they were getting into. With a no reserve auction there is an inherent risk. Many may have lost site of this since over the past several years tremendous profits have been realized (shame on them). It is interesting to note I have not seen a post from an actual seller bitching or whining about the out come of their particular sale. I do see a lot of finger pointing and bitching about the auction from spectators and TV watchers. Last year everyone(almost)were singing the praises of the auction... nothing really changed. We all make choices and if you choose not to participate in BJ so be it, but it is still the greatest show on earth.

If the no reserve auction process is not in the best interest of the sellers the market/sellers will find alternate venues to sell their cars. Lets not condemn the process that has work so successfully in the past, rather let the market define its merit.