The best deal at Barrett Jackson this year was?
 

This was, in my opinion, the BEST deal at BJ this year.. When first built the owner had $250k into this car. Recently the engine was messed with and the fuel injected HEMI was made to run perfect. He also redid the interion and now it's top shelf. There's a $9,000 Heits chromed out IRS rear suspension, a very expension paddle shifted Bowler transmission and the mentioned fuel-injected HEMI. Three piece Kinesis wheels, big brakes, custom CF spoilers that I heard cost $20k to have made. Lots of $$$ in custom emblems..

It wouldn't start when it went over the block and I think that killed it since people went "What's wrong with it!!!"

Later one of the BJ employees told us that he drove the car and it was by far one of the nicest, most fun, cars he had driven at the event. That dead batter cost the owner a LOT of money.

But it was a great day for the car's new owner, Yancy... he scored a $300k car for $51k ($56k with the fees).

Now one could argue that the guy who bought Bob's car got a better deal.. but if you think about it that guy paid about .60 cents on the dollar. Yancy got the Dart for about .20 cents on the dollar! Beat that!

And here is the new owner who's still smiling.. even though his wife is going "WTF is a Dart!?!" lol

http://picsorban.com/upload/poison1.jpg

Engine bay:
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Brand new interior:
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Absolute best deal
 

Steve,

I completely agree. I was blown away when I saw the hammer drop at 51K. I was telling my girlfriend I knew about this car and that I thought it was a 200K build. My guess was that it was going to go for about 100K. WOW...what a deal. Before this BJ auction most of my BJ auction memories were based on folks paying too (too) much for cars. Not this time. What a steal. Do we know hoe the seller and\or builder feels?

Chris

I agree with you 100%. I saw some, as they call it..."well bought" cars this year.
BJ usually love Hemi cars..

Holy crap is that interior soooooooooo much better than the original. Much cleaner. That car is alot more appealing. I'm totally jealous. I've loved that car since the beginning. Hope to see it out on the Power Tour and year one.

Wow! putting 300K into...a Dart!

Great looking car!

We certainly do live in interesting times!!!

I was floored when this only did 51k. If I had went this year I would have picked it up. That's a killer car and would have found something to sell to have that car at that price. This does sort of scare me about my own car, and this is a reason why I would never sell at BJ. I would be crying if I was the old owner. But Yancy is smiling ear to ear.

Wish I was there...........i would've been bidding at that price

That is a steal!
But I was floored when i seen Denny Terzichs 61 Starliner go for 150K oh my what a stealllllll of a deal if any doubts pick up the build book made of it an amazing build that summit sponsored and really got cleaned at the block and some lucky guy bought a custom built from scratch Hot Rod amazing the risk these guys go through, and seems it really is risky with these custom cars compared to the number matching low vin number rides great thread by the way !

DAMN good deal at that price. Now the real question is, what are the seller's thoughts on this?

He posted on PT.com...

I'm sure he's upset since he was hoping for something like $125k or more.. But that's the risk of the no reserve deal and why you will never get deals like this at Russo Steele

The car not starting.. and having it announced that it won't start.. hurt the bidding bad IMO.

It was a steal, but unfortunately it wasn't a Cuda, Challenger, Shelby, Camaro, etc and the colors limited it quite a bit. I personally think it is an extremely well engineered vehicle. If it was more of a mainstream paint job and a different body style, I bet it would have brought at least 3x what he got with that amount of work. Bummer. The new owner sure looks happy though.

It's only 300k car if someone wants to give that for it....

Well, in a auction it would be more precise to say "it's only worth 300k if TWO people are willing to pay that much" lol

The color might have had a little to do with it. I agree the new interior is very nice and the bones of the car are kick ass...but I would want to repaint it I think...but for this kinda money, that's certainly an option!!

Happy for the buyer and I hope Bill gets him to the events this year!!

Yancy was thinking the same thing..

We told him the drive the hell out of if for a couple years then repaint the car. maybe in a simple white/orange two tone deal without the tribal graphics.

That way he wouldn't have to repaint the underside or engine bay.

Everybody walks into my shop and goes are you going to build that one for bj and my reply is hell no, how could you risk all that money I guess if you have to much what the hell its kinda like gambling. Theres alot of other auctions out there everybody just wants to be on tv.

Did he really invest 300k in this car? Where did it go?

Have you every had a car this expensive built?

It goes everywhere.. fast.. mostly into labor, but there are some expensive parts on that car. I could easily rattle off $100k worth of parts on that car.

Also, he had $250k (ish) into it the first build and then spent more recently redoing the engine and interior...

A 300k car that won't start:question:

when It's all said and done if you want to build a 200k plus car thats great but if you think your going to get your money back thats another thing look at last years bj when the johnsons cuda went for 500k I heard there was over a million in that car and they built it themselves, did you see that silver and green cuda it ran on fri or sat dont remember I seen that car on ebay they were trying to get over 250k it sold for 100k that was a steal and they lost there ass, what I guess Im trying to say is if your a builder and somebody wants a big dollar car you build it but if your a builder and are going to try to sell it I would think you keep them under 100K unless you have very good luck or if your having one built dont take it to a no reserve auction when you decide to sell it.

a battery is a battery......they go dead, probably should have been checked before it went over the block or replaced prior to just make sure.

bob johnson paid to have the cuda built there is no relation between bob and allan johnson more then 1/2 the mil was labor

If he had that much in it why not a reserve on it.

Barrett-Jackson is all no reserve so he would have had to take it to a different auction. Maybe the dead battery was due to one of those nagging problems that hadn't been sorted out yet. I think the body style and paint scheme are what hurt it the most. Remember the Stroppe Duster ? Killer car that I watched Reggie buy at Barrett-Jackson for about the same price. I love these different body styles but I would never build one and expect to get my money back.

The switch for the ignition was left on while the car was in the parking lot and staging lanes for the week of the show. Thus killing the battery. It would have sold for more if the people could have heard the car.

As for the silver and green Cuda, that thing was on ebay about 10 times, and at a few other auctions. What they want and what they're going to get are two totally different things. I want 10 million for my next car, but it's irrelavent.

what I was saying is that cuda looked killer and had some serious parts on it the car was worth over 150 maybe even more it was part of my point its hard to sell a car for that much when you build it to your own personal way, you dont know what the one person might like, maybe somebody doesnt like green or maybe they dont like the wheels it only takes one thing to make a deal go bad. So bring your car to a reserved auction so when I watch bj next year I wont want to throw up when these nice ass cars sell for dirt, I am trying to build some cool cars and it sickens me when all the hard work and money that goes into these cars doesnt pay off.