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Car Forum / Ferrari Cars / January 2006More Barrett-Jackson head-scratchers
1970 LS6 Chevelle drag car = over $1,000,000 '67 GT40 = well under half that Not that the GT40 was worth more than it got, but compared to a Chevelle, ANY Chevelle... I don't care if Big Daddy Don Garlits conceived his children in the back seat of the damn thing, over a million?! I gotta say the streamliner bus was cool as hell, but not $4,000,000 cool. Screeeeew that! Maybe my '72 Honda CB350 will go deeper into four figures this year! Better get a rag out and polish that patina up a bit... Somebody has to be nostalgic for it! Come on boomers, bring cash! I must be missing the 3 Ferraris or they haven't shown them yet. -Matt- "..." "matt borland" <mborland@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message > I must be missing the 3 Ferraris or they haven't > shown them yet. Wait, saw what looked to be a Testarossa roadster conversion in Giallo in line. A 512TR convertible? Bleah! -Matt- "..." matt borland wrote: > 1970 LS6 Chevelle drag car = over $1,000,000 > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > his children in the back seat of the damn thing, > over a million?! There is WAY too much money floating around right now. > I gotta say the streamliner bus was cool as hell, > but not $4,000,000 cool. Screeeeew that! And there were twelve built! Hardly one of a king. > Maybe my '72 Honda CB350 will go deeper > into four figures this year! Better get a rag out > and polish that patina up a bit... Somebody has > to be nostalgic for it! Come on boomers, bring > cash! I've got a handful of change! > I must be missing the 3 Ferraris or they haven't > shown them yet. I'm sure they won't even make the broadcast! T308 > And there were twelve built! Hardly one of a king. Uh, Kind that is... T308 > > And there were twelve built! Hardly one of a king. > > Uh, Kind that is... > > T308 Sing it with me Paulo! Oil, that is... Black gold... -Matt- "..." matt borland wrote: >>>And there were twelve built! Hardly one of a king. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Oil, that is... Black gold... Come to think of it, Max Baer (Jethroe) was a Ferrari guy, so I guess this is "on topic"! T308 "Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek)" <liverpoolfc@anfield.com> wrote in message > > I must be missing the 3 Ferraris or they haven't > > shown them yet. > > I'm sure they won't even make the broadcast! > > T308 I think you're right... I think they're pretty run-of-the-mill this year. The Pontiac concept was kinda neat, what with the straight eight under the hood. Still way too much money, but what do I know? If I had $4,000,000 and _had_ to spend it on _one_ car, I'd uhh... I can't think of any. It just seems too ridiculous. -Matt- "..." matt borland wrote: > "Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek)" <liverpoolfc@anfield.com> wrote in > message [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > The Pontiac concept was kinda neat, what with the straight eight > under the hood. Still way too much money, but what do I know? And no excitement. Nothing like the bidding last year. It ran up quick and stalled. I'm sure the "Bonneville" name didn't help. I thought the Pontiac Banshee was a much more interesting car both in looks and history. The Corvette lines well before the Mako Shark. > If I had $4,000,000 and _had_ to spend it on _one_ car, I'd uhh... 375MM > I can't think of any. It just seems too ridiculous. No, ridiculous is $4m on a friggin' BUS! T308 (Who would only pay $4m for a bus if it was a multi-coloured school bus that included ownership of a young Susan Dey. "Come on get happy!" indeed....) "Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek)" <liverpoolfc@anfield.com> wrote in message > No, ridiculous is $4m on a friggin' BUS! > > T308 > (Who would only pay $4m for a bus if it was a multi-coloured school bus > that included ownership of a young Susan Dey. "Come on get happy!" > indeed....) Funny that Bonaduce needs that advice more than the rest of them. Of course he's trying to by every means necessary... -Matt- "..." <<If I had $4,000,000 and _had_ to spend it on _one_ car, I'd uhh... I can't think of any. It just seems too ridiculous.>> An early Alfa? '32 Monza, perhaps? And isn't spending $4 million on anything rather ridiculous? Even multiple anythings? C. matt borland wrote: > 1970 LS6 Chevelle drag car = over $1,000,000 > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > -Matt- "..." I thought that Chevelle was REALLY nice - for about $85,000 - if only for the historical racing value. I watched several hours and I just could not believe what I was seeing. I'm not easily shocked - but are these people so rich and so STUPID that they would cough up that kind of coin for muscle cars? WTF?? And if the answer's "You know, things just get so whipped up into a frenzy by those pros at Barrett-Jackson" well, maybe they'd like to see how worked up I can get them over my 1987 Chevy Suburban (only $42,000!), my 12 year-old HP Laserjet 4+ (a STEAL at $7,300!) and of course my incredible collection of porn on VHS (over 45 tapes at only $87,435!!) And then, these foolios store those cars away like bottles of Bourdeaux so nobody can see them, hear them, etc. ("Drive it?? Are you stoopid?") until either the market gets even more laughably ridiculous and they can make a quick and juicy profit, OR they resell them quicker and you have like this "lazy susan" of the same cars on the block over and over. I happen to like muscle cars a lot, so I do want to see them and hear them, but even if I were filthy rich I wouldn't be buying "all the ones I ever wanted", not at those prices. I'd get a lot more happiness out of a couple Ferraris, MAYBE one nasty old mid-Sixties 'Vette so I could smoke some rubber once in awhile, lots of high-quality wine, booze, and cigars, and a leetle bit of beachfront real estate. I remember when the bottom fell out of the exotic car market; could the same thing be not too far ahead for these lunkheads? (Yeah, Allan Jones, I'm talking to you! How about buying a couple Jenny Craig franchises instead - and visiting them frequently? No wonder your son looked so happy ... at the rate you're going they'll all be his in a couple years!) I mean ... "The Howard Hughes Germ Car"???? WTF WTF WTF WTF!!!!! C'mon, Bob Varsha - 'fess up! You feel exactly the same way. You do. You know you do.  SignatureIf you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death. >matt borland wrote: >> 1970 LS6 Chevelle drag car = over $1,000,000 [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > >I mean ... "The Howard Hughes Germ Car"???? WTF WTF WTF WTF!!!!! "Insanity adds value." http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2005/04/did_engineers_o.html >C'mon, Bob Varsha - 'fess up! You feel exactly the same way. You do. >You know you do. Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted thought. > Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted > thought. To me, perhaps ... I am pretty sure (pretty naive in your book) that he's allowed the margin of calling it like he sees it most times. Then again, a job in the public eye IS still a job, with something to lose! SignatureIf you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death. >> Your LJ 4 will spit out diamonds before Varsha expresses an unscripted >> thought. > >To me, perhaps ... I am pretty sure (pretty naive in your book) that >he's allowed the margin of calling it like he sees it most times. He's never going to face the camera and describe the B-J auctions as what they are: A bunch of pot-bellied yahoos sword fighting with their checkbooks.
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