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Modifying a car is not destroying it, usually it's making it better. My
"destroyed" cars will out perform and are safer than any cars made in their
decade and the decade or two after. They also look better and draw a lot
more interest and attention than their stock sisters. I like stock cars too, but
hot rods are a hell of a lot more fun and interesting.
Adam Lindenbaum
In a message dated 1/23/2011 3:47:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dave@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Looked
at another way, Ron, a whole lot of people were selling their
mod-stocks
while a silent majority held on to their authentic wheels.
That said,
it would certainly be a kindness on the part of the modified
crowd if its
members would refrain from the gleeful cheering-on of the
destruction of
the kind of cars their brothers-in-wheels love some much
and struggle to
preserve. After all, those original cars carry-on a much
bigger message
and have a greater historical weight than some passing
fancy created by a
casual rodder.
As for the results at BJ, price doesn't equal worth, as
the vast
majority of transactions prove every day.
Dave
On
1/23/2011 2:31 PM, Ron Swartley wrote:
> **
> *It is an undisputed
fact that Barrett-Jackson is the biggest and most
> expensive auction in
the world, attracting buyers from all over the
> world. The fact that
there can be NO RESERVE on any vehicle sold there
> means if your car is
not near perfect you could loose a ton of
> money._Barrett Jackson is
also the world's most televised car event
> being shown around the
world. These are all undisputed facts._*
> **
> *We are watching
automotive history being made and precedents set by
> 2011 auction
prices which shows what sells high and what does not sell
> high and
approximately what our similar cars are worth.*
> *I, like thousands of
other collectors, was in shock that the amount
> of_PURE STOCK CARS WERE
IN THE MINORITY._ It showed that the pure stock
> cars are now worth
more if they have been tastefully customized!!!!*
> *There was a
continuous flow of custom cars and hot rods that were not
> kept or put
back to 100% stock and they brought higher bids then 90% of
> the
totally stock cars going across the bidding block.*
> **
> *Every
year about 20 of us car guys get together and all watch the
> Barrett
Jackson auction. This year three of our buddies that are purist
> and
have beautiful 100% stock cars---------actually got up and walked
>
out----they were totally disgusted with the change in the bidding.
>
Before one purist left he said, "You very seldom or ever saw hot rods
>
and custom cars on Barrett Jackson 4 or 5 years ago, and now they
>
dominate the auction!!!!"*
> **
> *I guess we will not hear many
purist collector guys saying " MY CAR IS
> WORTH A LOT MORE BECAUSE IT
IS 100% STOCK IN EVERY WAY". Don't get me
> wrong, there were cars there
that were 100% stock that brought big
> auction prices but most were one
of a kind production cars that were
> already changed (customized) at
the factory before they were shipped to
> the new car dealers.*
>
**
> *So my condolences to all the purists out there, ( I myself was one
many
> years ago) I know how you must feel. **My advice is accept it or
go into
> denial and try to prove 3 days of world wide facts broadcast
to the
> world never happen.*
> **
> *Of course that is just
my opinion, and I could be wrong-----but the
> overwhelming facts do
point in that direction.*
> **
> *Ron Swartley*
>
**
>
>
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