Raceman
02-04-2006, 09:03 PM
We spent the day there today in 50º weather with winds gustin' to 25........... pretty miserable, BUT I overheard some guy with a walkie talkie sayin' there were over 4 thousand cars there. I don't doubt it a bit since we spent over 4 hours just walking through the car sections, and seldom slowing down for more than a minute or two, and it seemed to take longer than seein' all the cars at Daytona in November.
The thing that surprised me the most was that we didn't see the first '66 SS Chevelle. Seems like the 67's were falling out of the trees, and every row or so had at least one, but with the exception of several 66 Malibus the 66's were MIA. Surely there must've been several that we missed while looking at something really unique on an adjoining row, but sho' didn't see em if there were.
Some of the prices were really stupid high. I guess some people sat around watchin' Barrett Jackson and got themselves all psych'd. A yellow 66 Corvette Coupe with 427/425 and a 68 or 69 tripower (low intake) was offered for a mere 105K, and at a glance the car seemed rather mediocre, although after experiencing the price shock I didn't look at it real closely. A 65 Fuelie coupe, described as one owner for most of it's life and having the REAL ORIGINAL motor and supposedly lots of paper seemed a better bet although still high, at an offered price of 80's, but it was still sittin' too. Surprisingly after the quantity at BJ, I didn't see a single 67 435 coupe or roadster.
It seems like all the really mid grade Camaro's & Chevelles all of a sudden have asking prices in the 30's, and a lot of this stuff, complete with wrong motors, half fixed rust that's bubblin', and some of the worst orange peeled, no sandin' block used/wavy panel body work I've ever seen that people were wanting low teens for a year or so ago at the same place has now somehow doubled in price. I saw one guy with a red 67 Chevelle that I know I've seen him with either 3 or 4 years in a row there............... very wavy body, wrong interior, patiently babysitting it's 28,500 asking price. For every car there, all years/makes included that had even decent paint, there were 50 that looked rough from 50 feet. Is block sanding now a lost art?
Actually all this is very good for my car obsession. I didn't see anything much that I was tempted to buy, which is a good thing, I've got tremendous motivation (at least for tonight) to bail head first back into some of my old projects (including the 2 blue LS6's and maybe even a Corvette or 2) and it's fun to think what decent correctly restored stuff might be worth in today's crazy market.
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The thing that surprised me the most was that we didn't see the first '66 SS Chevelle. Seems like the 67's were falling out of the trees, and every row or so had at least one, but with the exception of several 66 Malibus the 66's were MIA. Surely there must've been several that we missed while looking at something really unique on an adjoining row, but sho' didn't see em if there were.
Some of the prices were really stupid high. I guess some people sat around watchin' Barrett Jackson and got themselves all psych'd. A yellow 66 Corvette Coupe with 427/425 and a 68 or 69 tripower (low intake) was offered for a mere 105K, and at a glance the car seemed rather mediocre, although after experiencing the price shock I didn't look at it real closely. A 65 Fuelie coupe, described as one owner for most of it's life and having the REAL ORIGINAL motor and supposedly lots of paper seemed a better bet although still high, at an offered price of 80's, but it was still sittin' too. Surprisingly after the quantity at BJ, I didn't see a single 67 435 coupe or roadster.
It seems like all the really mid grade Camaro's & Chevelles all of a sudden have asking prices in the 30's, and a lot of this stuff, complete with wrong motors, half fixed rust that's bubblin', and some of the worst orange peeled, no sandin' block used/wavy panel body work I've ever seen that people were wanting low teens for a year or so ago at the same place has now somehow doubled in price. I saw one guy with a red 67 Chevelle that I know I've seen him with either 3 or 4 years in a row there............... very wavy body, wrong interior, patiently babysitting it's 28,500 asking price. For every car there, all years/makes included that had even decent paint, there were 50 that looked rough from 50 feet. Is block sanding now a lost art?
Actually all this is very good for my car obsession. I didn't see anything much that I was tempted to buy, which is a good thing, I've got tremendous motivation (at least for tonight) to bail head first back into some of my old projects (including the 2 blue LS6's and maybe even a Corvette or 2) and it's fun to think what decent correctly restored stuff might be worth in today's crazy market.
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