Auction

[ban617]

I haven’t read anything about the auction this weekend in Mi is anyone going? I think it’s in Vicksburg?

[JpMotorsports]

Almost forgot about it. Will try and make it up there.

[Kurt S]

I'm going....

[John]

….

… Neat auction .... :beers:

http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auction/tom-brown-collection/

…. Good Luck :beers:

[cook_dw]

Can someone please get plenty photos of the 68 Camaro and email them to me.?.?.?

[Berger L-72]

I'm going and yes,it is in Vicksburg,which is just South of Kalamazoo.I live about 15 minutes away.I was at Tom's house about a year ago,he is keeping some of his favorite cars,but his parts collection is impressive,to say the least.

[Kurt S]

I spent today there at the preview. Not impressed - I won't go tomorrow. The few things I was interested in weren't worth a whole day's investment. There were some good cars, but most of them are cobbled together, e.g. the 69 with the X33 added to the early tag, late axle and later restamped engine, or cobbled so they will roll. The seller has been taking things to the swaps for years - 4 distributors there, no alternators or horns or starters. Few interior parts. Lots of blocks and heads and trans.
The nicest Camaro was the 68 L78. It had some rust issues (ws leak rusted out the dash and the driver's floor), but lots of potential.
Interesting to me that all the rally wheels had their codes inspected (lots of FW's) but I was the first to clean several of the engine pads...... No axles codes in the Camaros had been looked at.
I asked to see the POP's - they were in the files but they were not available today or tomorrow. Really? So much for pre-inspection.

[Kurt S]

Strange. Yesterday the catalog had a DZ carb and some sheetmetal listed, but they are gone from the site now.

[ban617]

Must of got cherry picked by someone

[travlnz28]

A DZ carb did sell today for somewhere around $450. Some NOS 67 RS fenders went to a dealer around the $900 range. I picked up a 69 shifter, a couple of used fenders and two back seats. Everything good went for retail price it seemed to me.

[Kurt S]

The catalog didn't list many of the non-car lots yesterday. Today, they show up. $550 for the DZ carb and it had the wrong baseplate and no choke.
How much for the shifter? Did you get the one with the rods? That one must have been rebuilt because it had a bayonet handle but the adjuster bolts on the aftermarket body.
$25K for the 68 L78 was not bad. $25K for the turquoise non-Z was too much, IMO.

[cook_dw]

I guess no one is willing to share photos of the 68 L78.?.

[travlnz28]

Darrell,

I did not see this thread until last night in the hotel room after the auction was over.

Gregg

[Kurt S]

Gregg,
Sorry I missed you!

Darrell,
I have a few pictures.

[cook_dw]

Thanks Kurt. Could you email them to me please? Do we know for certain it’s a true L78?

cook_dw”at”hotmail.com

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