<VV> Barrett Jackson

[Steven]

They have auctioned 13 corvairs since 1995.  Go to 
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/search/w_search.aspx
and type in Corvair.


- Steve B.

'69 Monza convertible 140 PG
'62 Rampside




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Swiatowy" <mopar at jbcs2.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Barrett Jackson


>I bet a lot of Barrett Jackson love or hate depends on whether you are
> looking for a car, or are a seller.
> Trust me..........BJ did not create the hype of the Hemi Cars.
> I've been going to Chryslers at Carlisle for 15 years, Before that to the
> MOPAR Nats.
> People wanted stupid prices for these twenty years ago.
> Of course now in retrospect those outrageous prices of 20 years ago amount
> to chump change now.
> and it is not just the Hemi cars. Convertibles from the 60's are going
> outrageous depending on what they are.
> A 318 Coronet, a 307 Chevelle, an olds Cutlas, or a Fairlane, even without
> being a Muscle car are going high.
> The big boats though are still affordable, and so are our Corvairs.
>
> If someone offered me stupid money for one of my MOPAR Convertibles, or 
> one
> of my Vairs would I sell?
> You betcha!
> Then I'd go out and buy a 4-door, a classic pickup, or a land yacht to
> cruise in..............
>
> If someone just has to have that certain GTO, Roadrunner,
> etc.............they best be ready to pay for it.
> Supply and demand.
> If you want to go to cruises and car shows, there is still plenty to 
> choose
> from.
>
> All you guys who say Barrett Jackson are killing the hobby.
> Seriously............don't you wish it was your event and you were cashing
> in like that??????
>
> Gary Swiatowy
> why didn't I think of that?
>
>
>> From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
>> Subject: <VV> Barrett Jackson
>>
>> Folks
>> Executives with my company agree with Dave and Marc that as the bubble
>> rises, so does it fall. And it HAS happened before.
>>
>> THAT was Half the point I was trying to make. Barrett Jackson's Greed is
>> REAL.
>>
>> Barrett Jackson gives every numbnuts with an old car in his yard think
>> he's sitting on a freakin' pot of gold.  THAT is what destroys the hobby.
>>
>> At the Autofair last Spring: on the track were 2 1964 Belvedere 2dr cars.
>> Both with Original Hemi's, numbers matching cars.
>> Both were #4 cars---interiors shot, glass bad, had doglegs you could see
>> through.
>> Both owned by the same man.
>> He wanted SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THEM.
>>
>> When I inquired of the owner the date that he lost his damn mind, he said
>> "They're matching numbers Hemis---I could get at LEAST that if I took 
>> them
>> to Barrett Jackson!!!!"
>>
>>
>> The Defense Rests.
>>
>> Hank
>> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Barrett Jackson
>> To: <kaczmarek at charter.net>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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>>
>> Well, then, he would be dumb only if he did NOT take them to BJ for
>> auctioning.
>>
>> RonH
>
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