Anyone watching the Barrett-Jackson auction?

[TexasRaceLady]

A number of Austin Bantams crossed the block, one little yellow truck sold for some big money. I'd never seen or heard of these cute little vehicles.
A friend of mine remembered a little ditty about the Austin
"There once was a man from Boston,
Who traded his Ford for an Austin.
He had room for his ass and a gallon of gas,
But his balls hung out and he lost 'em."

This friend of mine is 88 years old. We both just howled when he dredged that up out of his memory banks.

Saturday night, Dale Jr. has 2 cars coming up on the block.
One is a race car, but the other is his 1970 Chevelle.

 

[kymartin6]

I always try to watch........ am doing so as we speak...... very interesting entertainment.....sure would be nice to have the bankroll to go and buy some of the cars that roll across....

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I always try to watch........ am doing so as we speak...... very interesting entertainment.....sure would be nice to have the bankroll to go and buy some of the cars that roll across....

Isn't that the truth.

 

[2 Sweet]

I loooove watching Barrett Jackson and Mecum.

 

[hidesert cowboy]

those cars go for insane money.

 

[aunty dive]

Some nice toys on the docket Friday and Saturday.

 

[kymartin6]

Some nice toys on the docket Friday and Saturday.

Yeah...... those are the high dollar day...... but...... just saw a '65 Mustang with a 289 .. 2 bbl. .... 3 speed stick sell for 75 K...... I thought it was overpriced at 20.......

 

[darlingtonfan]

I went with my brother to a auction,some people take it personal and refuse to be outbid.It was a state auction where surplus vehicles were being sold.They were used Chevy 4x4 short bed trucks going for 10,000 and up.They looked rough,we were thinking maybe 4 or 5 thousand for one.

 

[2 Sweet]

One other thing I would like to note, Mike Joy is one of the commentators on here and he does an awesome job. All the Barrett Jackson commentators do a great job

 

[Revman]

Love Barrett Jackson.

 

[LewTheShoe]

The high prices for muscle cars from the 1960s and 1970s is looney. These cars were cool back in the day, but not THAT cool. I know, as I had one, LOL. It is 60-something guys who are comfortable financially, living out their nostalgia. And the guys that don't have the money to do that... well, they come here and complain about how everything was better back then.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

One other thing I would like to note, Mike Joy is one of the commentators on here and he does an awesome job. All the Barrett Jackson commentators do a great job

One thing I love about Mike Joy --- he knows cars.

 

[Zerkfitting]

I watch Mecum and Barrett-Jackson. The Mecum crew seems to have more fun. Steve Magnante at Barrett-Jackson has an encyclopedic knowledge of VIN numbers and general car info. I watch these car auctions a lot and if I could afford every thing I want I'd rival Jay Leno's garage. Some day I hope to get a reasonably priced classic car.

 

[Barbara Charles]

One thing I love about Mike Joy --- he knows cars.

His twitter is actually informative.

 

[ted@economy]

Watching it now on Velocity

 

[hidesert cowboy]

To me it seems like the cars are a lot cheaper on meecum. Anyone else think that?

 

[HoneyBadger]

What channel is it on? I've watched the Mecum auctions on NBCSN.

 

[MRM]

What channel is it on? I've watched the Mecum auctions on NBCSN.

Velocity

 

[HoneyBadger]

Velocity

Never heard of it.

 

[cheesepuffs]

Never heard of it.

Used to be called Discovery HD Theatre.

 

[Zerkfitting]

To me it seems like the cars are a lot cheaper on meecum. Anyone else think that?

I think they have different clientele. Most of the Barrett-Jackson cars are no reserve (except some really high end cars). Most of the Mecum cars have a reserve and a "Bid Goes On" service to help buyers/sellers get together after the hammer. Mecum seems to have bigger variety of cars (which I really like). Barrett-Jackson presents more charity cars (it is like they auction tax deductions too).

 

[HoneyBadger]

Used to be called Discovery HD Theatre.

Never heard of it.

 

[ted@economy]

Never heard of it.

Never heard of it.

I remember years ago ...we all looked up to you as the hep cat , techie , dude with all the answers ... now look at you ... an old curmudgeon who has the same answer to all the kids questions . Sad Andy , really sad .

 

[cheesepuffs]

Love Barrett Jackson.

You mean... "Love my Craig Jackson fueled Barrett-Jackson auctions presented on Velocity, I'm just exebuerant about my television!!".

 

[Professur]

BJ, the TV show has done more to bring classic car awareness to the public and to destroy the actual hobby than anything else in history. Thanks to them, people demand premium prices for parts cars. Those cars then go unsalvaged and irreplaceable parts are lost to rust while Joe Couchpotato goes on thinking he's sitting on a gold mine.

 

[Wrangler1]

To me it seems like the cars are a lot cheaper on meecum. Anyone else think that?

Yes, some of them are even reasonably priced IMO.

 

[Wrangler1]

BJ, the TV show has done more to bring classic car awareness to the public and to destroy the actual hobby than anything else in history. Thanks to them, people demand premium prices for parts cars. Those cars then go unsalvaged and irreplaceable parts are lost to rust while Joe Couchpotato goes on thinking he's sitting on a gold mine.

So true on so many levels.

 

[Zerkfitting]

I like listening to Mike Joy during the B-J auction. He has a vast knowledge of cars. I thought he might be getting too deep when he discussed the crest in the Cadillac logo but then I realized I enjoyed discovering that bit of trivia.

 

[lisa]

Dale Jr's 2 cars are coming up.


Anyone else watching?

 

[aunty dive]

Yep.

 

[lisa]

I'm surprised. I thought those cars would have gone for more than 400,000.

 

[hidesert cowboy]

I guess barrett jackson has changed since I watched it owe a couple years ago. I didn't see anything sell for less than 100k. I think I like meecum better alot more realistic cars on there.

 

[aunty dive]

I'm surprised. I thought those cars would have gone for more than 400,000.

They did ok considering neither can be titled for normal use.

 

[aunty dive]

I guess barrett jackson has changed since I watched it owe a couple years ago. I didn't see anything sell for less than 100k. I think I like meecum better alot more realistic cars on there.

Lots of reasonably priced cars sold earlier in the week.

 

[lisa]

They did ok considering neither can be titled for normal use.

I'd kill to have that 88 car.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I'd kill to have that 88 car.

I was drooling over the old Packards. Love the big cars of the 1930s.

 

[kymartin6]

I am really surprised at what a lot of the cars are selling for..... I realize there are million dollar plus cars there.... but... a helluva' lot of cars are going across the block that just had to have cost 70 plus thousand dollars to build ..... selling for 30 or 40 thousand dollars.... even 30 thousand dollars is a lot of money to me.... but... in relation to folks paying 70 grand for a new pickup..... it's like chump change....

 

[blue92]

Yeah...... those are the high dollar day...... but...... just saw a '65 Mustang with a 289 .. 2 bbl. .... 3 speed stick sell for 75 K...... I thought it was overpriced at 20.......

What color was it? My ex wife had one back in 71 it was a bucket of rust. We4 traded even for a VW Karmann Ghia.

 

[kymartin6]

What color was it? My ex wife had one back in 71 it was a bucket of rust. We4 traded even for a VW Karmann Ghia.

Don't recall now.... sorry.... my first car was a '66 Mustang GT..... 271 horse. 4 speed. notchback... Pony interior.... rally pak..... excellent car... had a lot of fun in that car.....

 

[Nitro Dude]

Here is some links to some you tube videos that some of you might be interested in seeing when the Snake had his funny car at Barrett Jackson.