Didn’t really know where to post this.(Barrett Jackson)

[BlackSheep214]

Funny though.... it's always the same make and model of muscle cars and trucks of years past. I mean how many Mistangs, Corvettes, Camaros, Bel Airs can we stomach? Never anything out of the ordinary we don't see too often. Throw in a Buick Wildcat, a mid 60s Dart or even a 'mid 60s  Oldsmobile Riviera.

However, I do enjoy laughing as I watch bidders get into a bidding war. For once I love to see a third bidder pull a fast one outbidding the bids over what the first two bidders are fighting over.

[NYLIBUD]

Yea your right.Like I said,there were so many HIGH priced $$ Broncos,Blazers,and Corvette resto mods,I could throw up?.And as someone said,all the Eleanor Mustangs too.?

Edited January 31, 2023 by NYLIBUD

[NYLIBUD]

Oh here’s one for the books.Just saw this story to make you laugh.A 1979 Trans Am with only 37 miles on it sold for $220,000 at Barrett.I mean yea that’s incredibly low miles,but come on $220,000?.Idk I must of missed that one.

[BlackSheep214]

$220k is what I call stupid money by fools.

Edited January 31, 2023 by BlackSheep214

[Mike C.]

I'm pretty sure thats from a contractor that had a really good year and bought everybody in his family a Trans Am that year. That was the story I saw them tell.

[NYLIBUD]

1 hour ago, BlackSheep214 said:

$220k is what I call stupid money by fools.

Yup that’s for sure.

[Mike 1017]

These millionaire car collectors just manipulate the auction market just like the stock market. Paying that outrageous money for that Camaro they have created a demand for that type of Camaro and increasing the value of his own collection.

I do LUV watching all of the auctions.

Mike  

[1972coronet]

I recall a time when nobody wanted any vehicle produced after 1970-1971 insofar as "collector value". 

I used to buy Darts, Dusters, Valiants, etc., etc., for dirt cheap -- now these clowns want six-grand for something that looks like it was exhumed from a salt lake!

Oh, but to think what my 1970 Ranchero GT would "fetch" at one of these auctions these days...

[Mike C.]

When my dad was in business, we must have had 10 of those Chevy C-10s, K-10s, a '71 Suburban. a '72 Suburban. A squarebody K-5 (ex-police truck) Blazer. and a hand full of Fords. F-250s, F-150s. When he got out of the business, he sold everything through a huge construction auction house. Those trucks would all be worth a fortune today.

[89AKurt]

⬆️ Truth!  This Blazer is nice, but not original.  (picture stolen from Fakebook)

My '68 rust bucket is just fine, I would be scared to drive a trailer queen around the block.  I should be scared to drive my pickup into the wilderness, so I should talk. ?

[Mike C.]

10 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

⬆️ Truth!  This Blazer is nice, but not original.  (picture stolen from Fakebook)

My '68 rust bucket is just fine, I would be scared to drive a trailer queen around the block.  I should be scared to drive my pickup into the wilderness, so I should talk. ?

I think we had about 4 of these at one time. Most had fuel tanks in the back for the equipment. we had a small junk yard out in back of the shop with more for parts and a small Mack junkyard we had a lot of Mack trucks.

[Mike C.]

I can only remember one Blazer (probably like a '75 or '76). The former police vehicle. My cousin was a cop and he got it from the cops after the used it all up. My dad put a snowplow on it, and it became a part of our snow removal fleet. Total rust bucket.

[BlackSheep214]

1 hour ago, Mike C. said:

I can only remember one Blazer (probably like a '75 or '76). The former police vehicle. My cousin was a cop and he got it from the cops after the used it all up. My dad put a snowplow on it, and it became a part of our snow removal fleet. Total rust bucket.

Hey... if it still runs why not! ?