The BARRETT-JACKSON Auction thread........

looks like she's gesturing:

another one takes it up the ass
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She's not hot, but I'd do her .

 

I agree your pic is better. The one I linked to came from this page:

http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0505014

Caption says it is her.

I didn't spoil the dream, did I?

>8^)
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LOL...probably!

From CNN, thought this was interesting:

On Friday, a high-finned 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville with only 2,240 miles on the odometer will be auctioned off. The car is believed to be the lowest-mileage '59 Cadillac in the world, according to Barrett-Jackson

The Eldorado's mileage is so low because on Feb. 9, 1959, when the car was still brand new, it was found on a back street in Nashua, N.H., with the owner's dead body stored in its trunk.

The car was then impounded as evidence in the murder of the owner, Maurice Gagnon, who ran a plastic molding company. Gagnon's alleged killers were sentenced to death but later paroled, according to Barrett-Jackson.

The Eldorado was found in 1981 in a warehouse, still standing on its original tires. It also has its original battery.

The car is expected to fetch a high price because of its virtually showroom-new condition, not because of its sordid past, said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson.

"If you just picked one car to represent the '50s it would be the '59 Cadillac," Davis said.

Offering what a 1959 magazine ad called "A new realm of motoring majesty," the Eldorado has air suspension, power seats, power windows, air suspension and a power-closing trunk.

 

I noticed they have a bunch on Ebay right now. Very convenient timing.

 

'84 512 BBI sold at 75k, seems like quite the bargain. Playing up the AJ Foyt original owner bit.

 

Not usually a muscle car guy, but I would like to know what the Hemi at RM hits. Will the results be available anwhere tonight? I don't think they update the site much.

 

If it's the same guy (tonight in a white B of LI shirt), he purchased a T-bird this evening.

 

That is a great deal for that car, even though it needed some bodywork. I remember when the owner wanted 120k+ for it back in 2003. It was in far worse shape back then.

 

Seemed to me like some people were asleep. A red/black stripe 70 Chevelle LS-6 in just about perfect condition went for $75k. Minutes earlier, a 70 LS-5 in just as good of condition went for $95k. That was weird. There was a nice 67 red 427/435 # matching Corvette coupe going out the door for $90k. Prices look more tame this year.

$285k for a GT500 was just retarded. Those people have more money than sense. I guess that's what it takes to make up for the fact daddy wouldn't buy you a Shelby when you were 16. You need help, not a car.

And, oh yeah, that geek dressed head-to-toe in Ferrari clothing was back this year.

RMX

 

i've also noticed this year that the auctioneer has been screwing up the bids ALOT, and always about 5k to high. or he isn't noticing all the bidders and keeps trying to pump the price. i know that it's thier job to keep the numbers rolling but to inflate the bid when it wasn't made is starting to make me question the ethics of the current auction.

 

Yes, that's him. As Remix says above it's the guy from last year in the Ferrari git up that bought all the cars for the museum owned by the Discovery channel mogul. Watch for him to be a player when the big stuff rolls out.

 

I would of payed even more for that GT500 thats a rare car. I find that car alot more desirable then a cuda convertable. People would say the same thing about Ferraris.

 

There were a few 427 vettes that didnt reach six figure mark. I was a bit surprised. To me the prices do seem a bit tamer this year as well. I guess we will find out after tomorrow the total tally. Im gonna say its lower than last year.
How about that Von Dutch bus, sold for "cheap" according to the announcers.

 

some of the prices seem less inflated. the coverage sucked. seemed like they had lots of problems on bidding ($, who was the top bid, etc). the lack of keith martin was more than evident. varsha, a motor trend editor, and the hot rod guy (with the retro black glasses) - all of which had no value added in their commentary.

 

I still don't see it, but that's me.

Just to think I remember seeing pictures of my dad with his (then new) 68 Z-28, and now watching a very similar car being pushed on to a stage with people wearing white gloves blows my mind. I have no idea whether or not my father even knows what these things are selling for now. His car was stolen a few months after he bought it.

Back in 1985, I tried to convince my dad to buy a fully restored 67 427/435 L-89 (aluminum head) Corvette convertible with the radio delete option for $14,000. "That's way too much money for an old car," was his response to me. LOL. I'll never forget that car...it was blue, blue interior with the factory side exhaust, bolt-ons, a white top and white stinger. Oh well.

I do know I will buy myself another Grand National one of these days and store it. It's one of the few things form my youth I believe will appreciate over time. Unmolested low mileage examples are going in the $20k+ range already.

RMX

 

I personally love the Cuda's. The Hemi convertibles are actually quite rare, I think somewhere around 10 of them made...

 

Still a good-looking design!

RMX

 

I thought that guy's brother owned/founded Gateway computers (and fronted the cash for the "museum"), but I could be wrong.

 

In 1971 yes. I think there was a slight bit more in 1970.

 

The Gateway Colorado Auto Museum (founded by John S. Hendricks the founder and Chairman of Discovery Holding Company which is the parent company of the Discovery Channel) is located in Gateway Colorado which to my knowledge has nothing to do with Ted Waitt (co-founder of Gateway Computer) who has on occasion has attended Barrett Jackson.

 

I haven't had a problem yet... are you on Shaw or other?