Barrett-Jackson Friday- 2014-Cool surprise, too!!

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Holly and I hit Barrett Jackson early today...and stayed until way after 3pm. We met up with Abe Koser and his son (great folks), Rick (I'm a driver at Barrett-Jackson) Eckenrode, and quite a few of the local guys as well!

Enjoy the diversity...Barrett-Jackson definitely has that!! Also, we got invited to see the new Cobra unveiled...pics of that in a bit!

Group shot...then singles...

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More of the Salon cars...

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ZR-2 and ZR-1






Another Vette [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Rick Eckenrode-at work (sort of) in the staging lanes...

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More from the staging lanes...



What up Rick?



Linda Vaughn's Hurst. We saw her ride by in her scooter [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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As I said before, Holly and I were privileged to be invited to the unveiling of the NEW Shelby Cobra at Barrett Jackson today (invitation only). Scott Black, the PR guy from Shelby American extended the invitation to Holly and I (he is also the one responsible for arranging the meeting with Carroll and Holly a few years ago). Present at the unveiling was John Luft, President of Shelby American and Gary Patterson (VP of Operations and test driver) and other dignitaries as well!

Here's the car before the unveiling...



Scott Black up front, getting ready to introduce John Luft (in back)



Shown behind Scott and John is Gary Patterson [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]



And...the unveiling!











The Shelby group...including Jenni Shreeves!

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Back to the staging lanes

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More...











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A view of the NEW auction building....in the back left of this shot




More staging lanes...






Rick Eckenrode's next &quot;ride&quot;...A Reggie Jackson owned [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] COPO clone. Looked and sounded nice. Went across the block during commercials for 50K....while we sat and had sandwiches in the media area [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]



Hi Rick...





A guy that I used to work with, Dale, with Holly...he owns H.D. dealerships in Oklahoma now...buying a few cars today!



And with me (Holly shot)

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The Barrett-Jackson drivers wanted me to take pics of this &quot;creation&quot;. It's the 'talk' of the day...amongst the drivers...LOL

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Dale bid on this...and I think he bought it...






Long shot of the staging area...with the new auction building in the back (Brown building)