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Posted by 1Sicgt (Member # 714) on :
 
OMG, the very first production 07 shelby just sold for $600,000. [Eek!]

[ January 21, 2006, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: 1Sicgt ]
 
Posted by 347_C.I.D. (Member # 2956) on :
 
[Eek!]
 
Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
TV? News report? What's your source?
 
Posted by andyman_2k01 (Member # 1448) on :
 
i rather have a saleen s7 for half the cost. or 2 of them for that 600g's. that is crazy!
 
Posted by 02GeeTee (Member # 5905) on :
 
That's crazy! [Eek!]
 
Posted by 1Sicgt (Member # 714) on :
 
Speed TV, they are showing the Barrett-Jackson auctions live. It was sold with a mactchin serial number toolbox, ordered with any option the buyer wants, tools of SVT to watch the build, signed visor by CS, and Edsel Ford, and all the proceeds from the auction went to The Carrol Shelby's Childrens Foundation.
 
Posted by Camaro Kid Z/28 (Member # 3100) on :
 
[Eek!] [dance] wow!
 
Posted by NavidR (Member # 3164) on :
 
Thats crazy for $600,000 I would buy????

Saleen S7
Lamborgini
Z06
viper

LOL but in reality if you watch the barrett jackson auctions you see some amazing cars go hella cheap........I QUESS NOT ALL!
 
Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :
 
It got that high because of the extra crap, the 1st one out the door, and (I hope) mainly the children's fund.
 
Posted by two-gun kid (Member # 5891) on :
 
the guys that yell the price for the buyers are hilarious, jumping around and trying to get the buyer bid. anyone know if they get a cut of the price that the car sells or comission? or how do they get paid

[ January 21, 2006, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: two-gun kid ]
 
Posted by two-gun kid (Member # 5891) on :
 
the orange fr500c just went for $187,000

1970 chevelle ls6 convertable $1,150,000 [Eek!] [Eek!]

[ January 21, 2006, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: two-gun kid ]
 
Posted by Venomized93 (Member # 55) on :
 
HOLY CRAP that Bonneville car price is insane [Eek!]
 
Posted by 1Sicgt (Member # 714) on :
 
No kidding 2,800,000.00!!!! [Eek!]
 
Posted by 93redcobra (Member # 1344) on :
 
[Eek!]
 
Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 1Sicgt:
No kidding 2,800,000.00!!!! [Eek!]
You can say that again!!! [Eek!]
 
Posted by RiddlerGT (Member # 113) on :
 
What about the 50's furture bus by GM sold for 4.1 million
 
Posted by 1quik69 (Member # 5481) on :
 
I quit watching B.J. a while ago. I got tired of watching a bunch of stuffed shirts up there flaunting their money to see who can get the most toys. $2mill for a hemi cuda conv?? $1.8mil for a chevelle?? Lets get real. B.J. is just a place for the rich to rub it into the normal guy and whow off to their buddies. All the money they blow on their toys could go for a lot of better things in this world. They also ruin it for us normal guys. Now everyone thinks the car they are selling is worth a fortune. Sorry, but I have better things to do than waste my time watching these guys show off.
 
Posted by mr mach ef (Member # 4025) on :
 
the gray wit blue stripe shelby gt 350 was sick!!!
 
Posted by Avengeance (Member # 5163) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 1quik69:
I quit watching B.J. a while ago. I got tired of watching a bunch of stuffed shirts up there flaunting their money to see who can get the most toys. $2mill for a hemi cuda conv?? $1.8mil for a chevelle?? Lets get real. B.J. is just a place for the rich to rub it into the normal guy and whow off to their buddies. All the money they blow on their toys could go for a lot of better things in this world. They also ruin it for us normal guys. Now everyone thinks the car they are selling is worth a fortune. Sorry, but I have better things to do than waste my time watching these guys show off.
You gotta realize that the only ones that have been fetching that kind of money are the numbers matching real deals.. not some piss poor conglamoration we normally see in Sundays classifieds. Yes.. the sales of the "numbers matching" cars has also affected the same cars we see in the classifieds but not beyond the average Joes reach.

The cars at BJ are normally the real deal.. the whole package.. the numbers matching rare find. Has BJ drove the prices of these rare finds up? I would say so... but even before BJ there were the "Reggie Jacksons" and "Jay Lenos" willing to pay top dollar for those same cars... cept they werent tellevised on BJ.

If you ask me I think its great that the muscle car icons of America are fetching insane money. They should.. they ARE the staples of the good ole' days. Doesnt it make you feel good that a 71 Hemi Cuda is fetching more then say a Lamborghini Gallardo? The 71 Hemi Cuda was out of my range before BJ.... and now its just even more out of my range... but Im not bitter about it.
 
Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on :
 
Yeah those cars are RARE as hell.

The orange/silver-striped FR-500 was breathtaking.
 
Posted by 1quik69 (Member # 5481) on :
 
I'm not bitter about it. I'm just saying it is still just a bunch of guys with money playing the "he who dies with the most toys wins" game. I think it is great that people are finally recognizing that the american muscle car is a great piece of machinery. It seems like it is always the same group of people buying. If you watch it long enough you will start to recognize some of the people at the different shows. Regardless, american muscle rules, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
 
Posted by pharaoh (Member # 6355) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by two-gun kid:
the guys that yell the price for the buyers are hilarious, jumping around and trying to get the buyer bid. anyone know if they get a cut of the price that the car sells or comission? or how do they get paid
They get 4% of what the car is sold for.....alot of cash for couple of seconds.
 
Posted by t top freak (Member # 6269) on :
 
if i had that kind of cash id buy cars off there too. and if people got upset and felt i was rubbing my success in their faces...id buy one of the million dollar cars and set it on fire for all to watch.
 
Posted by 1Sicgt (Member # 714) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by pharaoh:
quote:
Originally posted by two-gun kid:
the guys that yell the price for the buyers are hilarious, jumping around and trying to get the buyer bid. anyone know if they get a cut of the price that the car sells or comission? or how do they get paid
They get 4% of what the car is sold for.....alot of cash for couple of seconds.
They actually get 8% buyers commission, and 8% sellers commission. Plus the cost for each potential bidders registration to get a bidding card is $375.00. They make some coin off all those sales.

[ January 24, 2006, 07:36 PM: Message edited by: 1Sicgt ]
 
Posted by SPEC -Fabrication (Member # 4980) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by t top freak:
if i had that kind of cash id buy cars off there too. and if people got upset and felt i was rubbing my success in their faces...id buy one of the million dollar cars and set it on fire for all to watch.
LMAO! Hooah.. [Big Grin]

[ January 28, 2006, 09:33 PM: Message edited by: SPEC -Fabrication ]
 




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