<VV> Barrett Jackson

[Gary Swiatowy]

I bet a lot of Barrett Jackson love or hate depends on whether you are 
looking for a car, or are a seller.
Trust me..........BJ did not create the hype of the Hemi Cars.
I've been going to Chryslers at Carlisle for 15 years, Before that to the 
MOPAR Nats.
People wanted stupid prices for these twenty years ago.
Of course now in retrospect those outrageous prices of 20 years ago amount 
to chump change now.
and it is not just the Hemi cars. Convertibles from the 60's are going 
outrageous depending on what they are.
A 318 Coronet, a 307 Chevelle, an olds Cutlas, or a Fairlane, even without 
being a Muscle car are going high.
The big boats though are still affordable, and so are our Corvairs.

If someone offered me stupid money for one of my MOPAR Convertibles, or one 
of my Vairs would I sell?
You betcha!
Then I'd go out and buy a 4-door, a classic pickup, or a land yacht to 
cruise in..............

If someone just has to have that certain GTO, Roadrunner, 
etc.............they best be ready to pay for it.
Supply and demand.
If you want to go to cruises and car shows, there is still plenty to choose 
from.

All you guys who say Barrett Jackson are killing the hobby.
Seriously............don't you wish it was your event and you were cashing 
in like that??????

Gary Swiatowy
why didn't I think of that?


> From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> Subject: <VV> Barrett Jackson
>
> Folks
> Executives with my company agree with Dave and Marc that as the bubble 
> rises, so does it fall. And it HAS happened before.
>
> THAT was Half the point I was trying to make. Barrett Jackson's Greed is 
> REAL.
>
> Barrett Jackson gives every numbnuts with an old car in his yard think 
> he's sitting on a freakin' pot of gold.  THAT is what destroys the hobby.
>
> At the Autofair last Spring: on the track were 2 1964 Belvedere 2dr cars.
> Both with Original Hemi's, numbers matching cars.
> Both were #4 cars---interiors shot, glass bad, had doglegs you could see 
> through.
> Both owned by the same man.
> He wanted SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THEM.
>
> When I inquired of the owner the date that he lost his damn mind, he said
> "They're matching numbers Hemis---I could get at LEAST that if I took them 
> to Barrett Jackson!!!!"
>
>
> The Defense Rests.
>
> Hank
> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Barrett Jackson
> To: <kaczmarek at charter.net>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> Well, then, he would be dumb only if he did NOT take them to BJ for
> auctioning.
>
> RonH