Barrett Jackson Deuce

[bowtie3168]

NWYenko,
I saw the car that you bought, it was nice, congrats. What did you think about the "Tri-powered" 67 Nickey Camaro? They did a "no-sale" on it at $87,000 and then sold it outside later for more. Did you check it out? What did you think?

Andrew

[SuperCars]

Hi Marlin, Its been a while since I talked to you; just got busy with work. Yes the 68 Hurst Old I had bid on went for $28K to some one else.The Chevelle convertibles I didn't watch. I did hear that a LS6 Chevelle Convertible which I believe was told to me as having no documents bid to $45K. At the moment it was sold, as it was believed there was no reserve on it. But then the owner stepped in as I guess there was a mix-up between that car and another of his; in that there was supposed to be a reserve on the LS6 but was inadvertently switched between it and another of his cars. It got pretty heated, arguing; and he pulled the car due to the mix-up. The 16,000 mile original 68 375 HP Camaro above went for $51,000, which totally surprised me. I lost a dollar bet to Lillard on that one. (Quit laughing Charlie or I won't send you the buck!) There was a lot more activity but with so many cars and dollar numbers flying I lost track of some of it. I should have been taking notes.

[COPO]

What on earth was so special about the '68 375 hp camaro?? Sounds like at least double market price for that one. The 68's usually bring the least of the 1st gens. and while 16K miles is relatively low it is not that low. Was it 160 miles? $51K just doesn't sound right..........was the drunk guy bidding on that one too?

The '67 Nickey was the one restored by the Camaro club in the Joe Lukason collection. It has been for sale for quite a while for $100K.



[Edited by COPO (01-22-2001 at 03:23 PM).]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

This is the red deuce that was just sold at the B-J auction. These photos were taken before additional detail work was done to it by Dave Belk and Duffy's.
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[Charley Lillard]

The 68 L78 was the nicest unrestored one I have seen. Great car, great paperwork. Has orig. rims with orig. Tigerpaw Redlines taht are not on the car. Tail panel is Gloss Black but the owner said he waxed it years ago. But even around the trunk weatherstrip was gloss Black . Great car for detail stuff. I took a Bunch of pics of it of just stupid stuff. How about the 440 sixpack 69 SuperBee that went for 65,000.00 ? Or my friends So So Black LS6 Chevelle that sold for 39.5 ? Wow !!!!!! At least I won a Dollar. :-) Everyone should go to at least one BJ auction. There is soo much cool stuff to see. How about 6 supercharged 57 Tbirds all for sale by one owner ?

[JoeC]

Did anyone notice the 1965 Z16 Chevelle? I hear it sold for 74K. I donÃt know the condition but that sounds like a low price. Only 201 Z16Ãs made and has a unique 396/375 with a hyd. cam. Cool car - the granddaddy of the big block Chevelles and it goes for less then an LS6? Charlie “ did you stock up on candles and flashlight batteries while in Arizona?

[Charley Lillard]

The Z16 was a very nice car. It was restored maybe 10 years ago but not driven. I actually bought a Generator about a month ago when I heard all this Crap was gonna happen. Used it once already.

[bowtie3168]

I was on stage when the Z-16 was sold. I thought that it was a nice piece. Here is a little history: There were 201 built;all two door hardtops, all but two were built at the Kansas City Plant. I was told that the other two were early release press/test cars.Here is what I was told: They were built at the Baltimore plant (early release test/press cars)and had "Experimental" markings on parts in the engine compartments. I know a gentleman that owns one of the "Baltimore" cars and a "Kansas City" car. Dan Blocker (of Bonanza) had a "Crocus Yellow" Z-16 that has been featured on "The American Muscle Car" on "Speedvision". The car may have been delivered to Blocker at "Nickey Chevrolet", but, it is hard to prove (the "Nickey" part I mean). The car at "Barrett" was a red/black vinyl top/black interior, Kansas City built car. All Z-16s had a 375hp 396ci(hydraulic cammed yes hydraulic!)/4speed combo mated to a 3:31 to 1 open rear (both rear wheels turn in a burnout I don't know why). They had special (only to Z-16) chassis components. There is a rumor about one convertible going around, but, it is probably bogus. Most Z-16 experts agree on that. I want to thank Mickey Hale who has given me a great deal of "Z16" mechanical info. Mickey has restored a few of them and has quite a bit of knowledge on the subject.

[Z28DZ]

Man, what a great 3 days I had at my first B-J auction. Thanks to Charley L. for showing me the ropes. Got to meet Kevin, Jim & Dave(Dave had 6 cars up for auction). The '68 SS/RS was a neat Camaro to a #'s match, original component nut like me (51k IS a lot of $'s, but the person who bought it really loved the car). One of the highlights for me was driving Dave's red '70 hemi Cuda onto the auction block. A beautiful car and it went for 86k!! But like anywhere else, you had to really look at the cars. There were some pretty sketchy cars that sold for too much money. If you've never gone to this event, make plans to get to it at least once. Thanks again to all the above mentioned folks, it was really fun.

[mahoy78spyder]

Thought you all might like to read the short clip that Car & Driver wrote about the B/J auction...

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The Daily Auto Insider
Hot Rods Popular in Collector Car Auction
January 23, 2001
Page 1 of 1

Of 846 cars consigned to the 30th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, a record 88 percent were sold, the auction company said in a statement.

The auction, which was held January 18-21, had a total sales volume of $25 million, its highest total in the last decade and one of the largest in the company's history.

According to Barrett-Jackson President Craig Jackson, there was a surge of interest and sales in hot rods. "Muscle cars are hot, but top quality hot rods are the hottest," said Jackson. "These chopped dream machines were generally out-selling muscle cars, which have been rising in popularity. This is a trend to watch." As an example, the 1934 Ford 3-window Coddington Rod was one of the highest priced cars, selling for $130,680.
The most expensive car was a 1931 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Coupe that sold for $575,000. Driving on the street won't be the case for the new owner of the 1969 Ford GT-40 MkI race car that went for $432,000. Rounding out the top-tier cars was a 1952 Chrysler d'Elegance Ghia Coupe at $334,800; a 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster at $297,000; and another 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster at $245,160.

The oldest car sold was a 1918 Dodge Touring that crossed the block for $12,960, while the newest car, a 2000 BMW Z8, sold for $178,200. Among some of the other notable cars were: Jerry Seinfeld's 1957 Porsche Carrera GT Racer, which was the most expensive Porsche (sold for $92,880) and a 1999 Ferrari 360 Modena owned by two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk (sold for $151,200). Baseball's Reggie Jackson got $157,680 for a rare 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet, and Cecil Fielder's 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible brought $49,680.

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Ken