Velocity at Barrett Jackson

[monza]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Wow, congrats man! Only way to sell these high end cars and hit the jackpot. Still not sure if I could stomach it.

No doubt! Like your new pic/avatar, looks fast even for a big ass old school block like that.

[GregWeld]

Congrats on a good sale! Way to go Brett!

[conekiller13]

It looked nice going across the block but I was a little disapointed. I was expecting some coments from the Speed crew about the unique stripes. Also with as much magazine coverage as that car had they certainly should have talked about it more.

Am I way off base or should that car have sold for more? The wok I see going into these cars and the cost of parts and all that......$150k doesn't hardly seem like it covers the build. Same with the Roadster shop Chevelle.

My overall impression of this years auction was it looked like a great place to loose a small fortune.

[Stuart Adams]

BJ is a great event. As with anything there are pros and cons. It's still the best place if you want to sell, because it will be sold. Most exposure route for sure. There is always a gamble of selling price, but in 5 minutes you have new ownership, can't beat that.

I see Brett's car differently than almost all others sold there. His car probably sold many times over the parts that he sells. His car was a marketing, part selling assett, and not just a fun car to beat on.

It's all good IMO.

[ironworks]

I would agree with Stuart. Plus I would bet that the money Bret got is about what he had hoped for maybe even more. 99% of the time selling cars means your taking a loss. I saw quite a few cars sell for more then build cost. I thought the selling price of nice stuff was up a considerable amount. But alot of the typical cars were either the same or down a bit.

Check out lot 1342. I can bet these guys are stoked. According to their sales ad they more then doubled there 5 year old money. There are a handful of cars that brought real good money.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&ed=01/22/2011

Kenny and I were discussing this fact, But there is no real direction on what was popular and what was not except quality. But some quality cars got skipped or went cheap.

[conekiller13]

Originally Posted by ironworks

I would agree with Stuart. Plus I would bet that the money Bret got is about what he had hoped for maybe even more. 99% of the time selling cars means your taking a loss. I saw quite a few cars sell for more then build cost. I thought the selling price of nice stuff was up a considerable amount. But allot of the typical cars were either the same or down a bit.

Check out lot 1342. I can bet these guys are stoked. According to their sales ad they more then doubled there 5 year old money. There are a handful of cars that brought real good money.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&ed=01/22/2011

Kenny and I were discussing this fact, But there is no real direction on what was popular and what was not except quality. But some quality cars got skipped or went cheap.

Now see, lot# 1342 is what I would expect a car with that kind of work done to it to sell for. But I would be quite pissed if I was selling one of those quality cars that went cheap. If I were selling something of that caliber I think I would stick to a reserve auction.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by conekiller13

Now see, lot# 1342 is what I would expect a car with that kind of work done to it to sell for. But I would be quite pissed if I was selling one of those quality cars that went cheap. If I were selling something of that caliber I think I would stick to a reserve auction.

Did youi not read what the guy put in his ad? It says I have a 140,000 invested. And then to turn around and get 300,000. The car is nice it is a 140,000 car not a 300k car.

Check out 956.2, 140k are you serious? Was this Dale Jr's truck?

Check out 1014. Is anything from West Coast Customs worth 132K?

Check out 1240 No way that hunk is worth half that. Maybe this car belonged to Abe Lincoln.

Then you have 1244.2 Are you kidding 88K, This car had it all as far a resume. Maybe not may color or someone else's but 88K. It was built by Boyd. 572 with a Morrison Chassis.

How does 1328.1 go for 71,500 and 1033 go for 181.500?

I'm glad to see numbers coming up for our industry, but if I was going to build a car to sell there I have no idea what it would be. Nothing consistant as far as pricing or style.

[96z28ss]

I think your truck would of gotten good money.

956.2 has a bed floor in it. that alone brings good money.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

I think your truck would of gotten good money.

956.2 has a bed floor in it. that alone brings good money.

Plexi-Glass bed floor at that.

[kennyd]

If 1240 brought what it did , then 95% of the cars at streetrod nats are sitting on a goldmine .

1014 west coast customs , the only reason it sold was because of the movie

1244.2 boyd built car ! should have been 2x what it sold for

1328.1 and 1033 both reason not to drink the bong water !