I agree pretty much with everybody here. A bunch of rich guys with too much money but I love seeing the cars anyway so I watch. I watched Tuesday evening and felt that they may have had a slightly better selection than the past few years........ it wasn't just one Mustang/Camaro/GTO/Corvette after another, although there were still a lot of them. Looking forward to the Packards, Dusie and other 30s/40s/50s American iron scheduled to cross the block later this week.
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Jan. 18, 2012 2:29 p.m. Feedyurhed Dork
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Jan. 18, 2012 2:33 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
Aeromoto wrote:
Barrett Jackson is the great Satan, and it shows it's ugly head when the guy down the street with the rusted pile of crap '67 Mustang 6 cylinder coupe watches this on tv, and then decides that his car is worth $100k because he saw a '67 Shelby 427 Mustang go for that price at auction.
When you put rich guys in a room it becomes more about egos that the cars themselves. They could be auctioning ice cream sandwiches and it wouldn't make any difference in that environment, they'd overpay just the same. And then of coarse, ice cream sandwiches everywhere would inflate in value, and therefore be kept out of the hands of everyday ice cream sandwich enthusiasts, the same way it has happened to the vintage car market. I say F' You, Barret Jackson!
Ok, I'm done rambling now
+1000 Those shows suck because some jack off now thinks his car is worth a billion dollars because it is old.
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Jan. 18, 2012 2:40 p.m. Klayfish HalfDork
Feedyurhed wrote:
I agree pretty much with everybody here. A bunch of rich guys with too much money but I love seeing the cars anyway so I watch. I watched Tuesday evening and felt that they may have had a slightly better selection than the past few years........ it wasn't just one Mustang/Camaro/GTO/Corvette after another, although there were still a lot of them. Looking forward to the Packards, Dusie and other 30s/40s/50s American iron scheduled to cross the block later this week.
That's the only thing I don't like about Barrett Jackson these days. It's a lot of the same type cars one after the other. I miss seeing the original cars from the 30's-50's or other classic cars, instead of just muscle cars. In BJs defense though, it makes sense why they have mostly muscle cars. The buyers were probably 15-25 years old in the muscle car era and couldn't afford the cars then. Now they've got the money and want to get the car of their teenage dreams.
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Jan. 18, 2012 3:06 p.m. spitfirebill SuperDork
One thing I do like about the BJ auctions (other than some killer cars) is none of the cars have a reserve.
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Jan. 18, 2012 7:39 p.m. mguar Reader
Gearheadotaku wrote:
I certainly like idea of cars being saved and restored, however the 'standard' for being 'restorable' seems to be getting higher, not lower.
On various shows I see cars that are decent drivers being torn up for parts, or tossed aside as 'junk'. Seems only the one with perfect bodies and/or super rare options get saved.
It makes sense that car shows should start with better bodied cars.. the hours required to do restoration quality work on rust quickly eat up any potential savings..
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Jan. 18, 2012 8:06 p.m. ditchdigger Dork
What absolutely irritates me to the point of rage about these mega auctions is the noise level. Auction chatter is dumb, but it is to be expected. It keeps people confused and interested and drives the prices up, but the screaming and shouting and whistling and jumping up and down that goes on renders it completely unwatchable to me.
I actually enjoy watching the auction bits on chasing classic cars where they have the nice subdued british gents speaking clearly, describing the cars and repeating numbers that are actually related to the current bid on the cars.
I know, I know. The Mecum/BJ chatter is part of an american tradition but it isn't like it is a good tradition, and with the guys working the crowd screaming as loud as they can manage it just makes me change the channel no matter how cool the cars are.
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Jan. 19, 2012 2:07 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Mute dood.
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Jan. 19, 2012 7:46 a.m. TIGMOTORSPORTS Reader
I went to Florida last year - being there live is so much different than watching it on TV. If you are a car guy, you should go at least once for the experience. I'm going again.
