Barrett-Jackson 2008.....

[Paul_S]

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i still cant believe the Talladega's and there sister cars Cyclone Spoilers still havent broke the bank. its just plain stupid!!!

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Yup, what he said...

[Mr. Chevy]

That 68 Chevelle ss 396/325HP car 4 speed, light blue sold at a good price of 60k.. I thought it was going to do more than that... I was shocked that the black, rag top, 69 Chevelle SS non numbers 396 with aftermarket intake and headers pulled the money it did...

Rich

[427450]

Just watched a non numbers matching AAR Cuda pull $90,000 plus the 10% buyers fee, that is $99,000 for a car without the original drivetrain! That seems to me to be pretty good also.

Don't know what the "BIG DOLLAR" cars will do yet. However, do you guys think some money is coming out of the stock market and into collectibles (again)?

[Chris396]

Prices seem to be pretty solid this year. That woman should have told the auctioneer yelling at her to bid $90,000 for the Black Chevelle SS convertible to F off. That would have really made me mad.

[jasonL78]

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Prices seem to be pretty solid this year. That woman should have told the auctioneer yelling at her to bid $90,000 for the Black Chevelle SS convertible to F off. That would have really made me mad.

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I was thinking the same thing. I would think you are under alot of pressure to make a quick decission on a car you want to buy. You don't need some jerk yelling in you ear bid 90,000. It was just wrong!!!!

Just my 2 cents

[Mike]

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That 1970 Nova L78 #'s matching GM of Canada car seemed to be a good buy at $50K. The automatic probably hurt the potential value on the car.

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The hammer looked like it was going to come down at around $38K...then it got a second wind. Looked like a nice car.

[StealthBird]

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I know nothing more than those cars were about the worst GM F-Bodies ever built; they are total crap, no performance, rattletraps with tacky decals. I don't care if it had 7K miles on it, whomever bought it either wanted their 20 seconds of fame, or won the Powerball.

Any early Turbo T/A or Formula is a candidate for worst car ever, and viable evidence of approximately when GM de-railed.

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Well, considering the 70-81 Trans Am's were FAR better cars, with more power, better handling, better build quality, and nicer interiors than 70-81 Z/28's, I guess that puts the 70-81 Camaros and Z/28's just beneath the AMC Pacers and Gremlins on the old hiearchy chart.

The 80-81 Turbo T/A's were slow, very slow, but in 1980-1981 they were considered fast. The 210 hp rating on those cars was accurate, but without much torque, it's pretty hard to push a 4000 lb car with 301 cubes, even it it was helped by a turbo. Buick got it right a few years later....

The Turbo T/A only had to compete with the likes of 170 hp Camaros, Corvettes, Citations, and other rolling embarrasments like the infamous Hurst/Olds W-30, or the gelded AMX, or a host of other cars we'd all like to forget. Face it, everything pretty much sucked during those years.

But at least the 80-81 Turbo Trans Am's remained performance cars during this dismal era. They remained the best handling cars in America, they came with 4-wheel disc brakes, and are remembered for being one of the more beautiful cars from that time period. Probably half of the people that bought those cars didn't have a clue about all the research and work that went into creating an aerodynamic tour de force, with functional spoilers, extractors, and how the WS6 suspension was a source of jealously amongst the Chevrolet engineers. To most buyers, it just looked cool.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but considering the 80-81 Special Edition black/gold cars are going for $40K+ now, it shows that even though these cars, while slow in the 1/4 mile compared to 1960's standards, are now bringing prices equivalent to restored base 64-72 GTO's, 442's, GS's, and Chevelle SS's.

Different strokes....

[Mr. Chevy]

It is amazing how some things bid high and others that look like really nice, good, solid buy cars will not do a whole lot.. Like that 70 L78 Nova mentioned above.. For example just can't see how that does 50k and what I though was hideous looking that stretched out, customized gold T-Bird did like 80k I think it was was.. Makes me sick, but I guess it is all in peoples tastes and what turns them on!! Definatley not for me!!

Rich

[69hurstSC]

<~~~ interested to see what the SC/rambler will bring. they made a descent jump from 2 years ago to last year.

[mockingbird812]

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I know nothing more than those cars were about the worst GM F-Bodies ever built; they are total crap, no performance, rattletraps with tacky decals. I don't care if it had 7K miles on it, whomever bought it either wanted their 20 seconds of fame, or won the Powerball.

Any early Turbo T/A or Formula is a candidate for worst car ever, and viable evidence of approximately when GM de-railed.

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Well, considering the 70-81 Trans Am's were FAR better cars, with more power, better handling, better build quality, and nicer interiors than 70-81 Z/28's, I guess that puts the 70-81 Camaros and Z/28's just beneath the AMC Pacers and Gremlins on the old hiearchy chart.

The 80-81 Turbo T/A's were slow, very slow, but in 1980-1981 they were considered fast. The 210 hp rating on those cars was accurate, but without much torque, it's pretty hard to push a 4000 lb car with 301 cubes, even it it was helped by a turbo. Buick got it right a few years later....

The Turbo T/A only had to compete with the likes of 170 hp Camaros, Corvettes, Citations, and other rolling embarrasments like the infamous Hurst/Olds W-30, or the gelded AMX, or a host of other cars we'd all like to forget. Face it, everything pretty much sucked during those years.

But at least the 80-81 Turbo Trans Am's remained performance cars during this dismal era. They remained the best handling cars in America, they came with 4-wheel disc brakes, and are remembered for being one of the more beautiful cars from that time period. Probably half of the people that bought those cars didn't have a clue about all the research and work that went into creating an aerodynamic tour de force, with functional spoilers, extractors, and how the WS6 suspension was a source of jealously amongst the Chevrolet engineers. To most buyers, it just looked cool.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but considering the 80-81 Special Edition black/gold cars are going for $40K+ now, it shows that even though these cars, while slow in the 1/4 mile compared to 1960's standards, are now bringing prices equivalent to restored base 64-72 GTO's, 442's, GS's, and Chevelle SS's.

Different strokes....

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Nice commentary - I enjoyed the story!