Anyone watching Barrett Jackson?

[Bills Auto Works]

Finally got back in town & sat down to watch the show. Now I want to HURL, just had to watch & listen to Justine Beiber, makes my skin crawl! LOL

[A.Gramz]

Finally got back in town & sat down to watch the show. Now I want to HURL, just had to watch & listen to Justine Beiber, makes my skin crawl! LOL

That wasn't awkward at all.  I'm suprised he even knew what he owned sure didn't know much about it

[J-Code Jeni]

Just watched a 2005 Ford GT sell for $272K with super low miles...prices really are down! 

[Topcat]

Watched a bit of it myself.

Seems there's some interest in custom Musclecars.

The In Violet Hemicuda hit $250,000

[anlauto]

Just watched a 2005 Ford GT sell for $272K with super low miles...prices really are down!

I thought that was strong money for that car. I know one of my friends local has one. Are they worth much more then that ?

[HP_Cuda]

The GT's were bringing 300-350 but it looks like that is a thing of the past.

I saw more modded cars take home $$$ than purist cars it seems.

[blown motor]

70 340 #s Challenger for 37K!! There can't be a very strong Mopar crowd at BJ. I'm sure the same car would have brought somewhere around double at Mecum a week ago.

[Cuda Cody]

Anyone have any ideas where the money went?  Was the crowds down this year or was there anything else that could be playing a factor?  There's always some cars that are better then others, but across the board the Mopar prices seem down.   

[anlauto]

I don't think the price of Mopars is down at all.....ever since BJ introduced the "no reserve" auctions, they stopped getting quality cars.
The cars at BJ were not quality cars at all.

[blown motor]

When did they go to no reserve auctions?

[Cuda Cody]

Been that way for awhile now.   I know a few people that take cars to BJ.  I prefer to build my own cars or have someone I trust do it.   

[HP_Cuda]

BJ and other high end auction houses have gone no reserve for one reason = they get paid no matter what.

I'm thinking of doing a little homework and checking out the BJ Mopar auction prices to see what sold and what didn't.

[HP_Cuda]

Alright let's break down this BJ Scottsdale auction purely from a numbers perspective. There will be differences of opinion on quality of build and other things but at least we have data. I cannot believe that all these Mopars are bad builds right?

I was going to do other builds but since this is an ebody site let's stick to that for now:

Cuda
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Lot 521 - 1971 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CUSTOM HARDTOP 55k
Lot 530 - 1970 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA 39.6k
Lot 746 - 1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA 44k
Lot 1020.1 - 1970 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA 66k
Lot 1029.1 - 1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA HEMI CONVERTIBLE RE-CREATION 73.7k
Lot 1030 - 1970 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA AAR 77k
Lot 1043 - 1970 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA CONVERTIBLE 117.7k
Lot 1067 - 1970 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA 101.2k  (Actual V-Code w/ 4 speed)
Lot 1071 - 1971 PLYMOUTH 'CUDA 101.2k  (Actual V-Code w/ 4 speed)
Lot 1302 - 1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE 79.2k
Lot 1337 - 1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA "TORC" 129.8k  (Massively customized with cummins diesel)
Lot 1345 - 1972 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA MATTEL HOT WHEELS "SNAKE II" FUNNY CAR 220k
Lot 1350 - 1970 PLYMOUTH HEMI 'CUDA 302.5k
Lot 1354 - 1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CUSTOM COUPE 154k

Challenger
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Lot 540.1 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER 35.2k
Lot 703 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE 37.4k
Lot 776 - 1973 DODGE CHALLENGER CUSTOM COUPE 53.9k
Lot 781 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER T/A 57.2k
Lot 790.1 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T SE 55k
Lot 933 - 1971 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T 55k
Lot 1001 - 1971 DODGE CHALLENGER CONVERTIBLE 60.5k
Lot 1016 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER CUSTOM COUPE 79.2k
Lot 1031 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER T/A 67.1k
Lot 1080 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER CUSTOM COUPE 220k
Lot 1130 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T HEMI RE-CREATION CONVERTIBLE 73.7k
Lot 1321 - 1971 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T CONVERTIBLE RE-CREATION 77k
Lot 1575.2 - 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER 40.7k

So what conclusions do I draw from this last auction, custom cars cleaned up! Looks like the Hemi Cuda craze is kinda dying off and owning a piece of racing history is in. Remind me, weren't the V-codes bringing in > 120k not long ago?

Anyway, food for thought.

B

[Cuda Cody]

One of the things Scott Smith (Harms) mentioned was the weather.  He was down there and said it was raining buckets on Friday and then Saturday the wind picked up.  If the crowds were turned off by this it could have an effect on the price?     He seemed to think it did.  But even with bad weather in the past, the prices seemed to still hold up somewhat.  But this was definitely a down year for Mopar.  How much you want to bet that in the next year or two the Mopars will not show up in the volume they were this year and we'll see a ton of customs modded cars and VW buses? 

[blown motor]

Foul weather might keep some spectators away but I doubt that it would deter a serious car buyer. This is an indoor event for the most part. If there was a car there that I wanted to buy it would take tornado warnings to keep me away. Maybe living in the great white north has me a little immuned to foul weather.