The two sales that left me bewildered: A 57 Chevy Belair Sedan in a rose/ivory color scheme and the other one was another 57 Chevy Belair Sedan in a yellow/green combo. Both cars look like barn finds, they don't run and they have 2 barrel carbs on a 283 with 2 speed powerglide transmissions. The first one went for just over $37,000 and the second for just over $23,000. The problem: I bought the exact same car 5 years ago and it was a running 10 year old restoration and I got it for 8500 0_0
Nicely done, I was hoping someone would show the real thing (not just the preview). And thanks forfilming at a reasonable speed, so many people move their cameras around so quickly I almost get dizzy! Thanks for sharing it.
You covered the auction better than the idiots on the History Channel last week. I sat through that whole show and the camera work was awful. They kept focusing on the commentators and a sea of 50,000 heads. This auction needed a company like Barrett Jackson, Russo and Steele or Meccum where they could actually move these cars onto a viewable platform or staging area and give each vehicle a good 2-5 minutes of viewing time.
Even if a vehicle has 1.3 miles on it, and has been in storage---If it's been sitting for 50+years never run the engine is going to be seized up. Every bit of rubber hose will have crumbled. The rubber in the suspension bushings will be gone. Gaskets shrunk and crumbled. As another poster noted below, sit on the seats and the plastic will crack and the foam rubber padding turn to dust. I actually live in the area, and thought this was one of the most over-hyped things ever. Buy one of these and figure on spending once as much more getting it back into shape. But you know the saying "a fool and his money..."
hm ok so, but what you have is no rust and perfect body and inside. who cars about the rubber stuff most car folks are going to rebuild it anyway, 2 of my friends got 4 cars from there and 3 ran with new gas and oil and battery, that's it
A 1963 IMPALA 2 DOOR WITH 4 MILES ON IT AND SEATS COVERED FOR 50 YEARS IS MONEY ALL DAY LONG.NOT THAT THE CAR WONT NEED SOME SPRUCING UP,BUT WHO IS GOING TO DRIVE IT AROUND.THAT WILL BE A SHOW PIECE IN A MUSEUM FOR EVER JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE CARS WERE REALLY LIKE BACK IN THE TIME WHEN CARS WERE CARS AND ONLY THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE HIGH BID JUST TO SAY THAT THEY OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY.
I'm guessing you never restored a car, these would take very little money to get back life (the ones stored inside) we have done 2 of them so far. all we had to buy was anything rubber. All engines needed was belts, valve seals, hoses. maybe $2,000 in going to make me 1000s in profits. That's per car.
Did you buy one? Even the crap Corvette that sold for $80,000.00 isn't worth it to me. I have better one's in my garage. It would probably take about $40,000.00 to get it back in excellent condition. I could get a 2014 Sting Ray Corvette for that and it will handle about 100% better than that 70's crap. When GM turned out shit from 1970 to 2000.
I love classics ; but those cars are rust buckets with every thing dry rotted. Who cares if the plastic is still on the seats. Soon as you sit on it . It's going to crumble and rip and foam will compress and some will turn to dust. Every seal in the engine gone!
All those cars a pure shit! I live in Nebraska for 9 years and those winters will destroy a car sitting in the weather fast! The money parts and work that has to go in those cars will be crazy.
The two sales that left me bewildered: A 57 Chevy Belair Sedan in a rose/ivory color scheme and the other one was another 57 Chevy Belair Sedan in a yellow/green combo. Both cars look like barn finds, they don't run and they have 2 barrel carbs on a 283 with 2 speed powerglide transmissions. The first one went for just over $37,000 and the second for just over $23,000. The problem: I bought the exact same car 5 years ago and it was a running 10 year old restoration and I got it for 8500 0_0
Nicely done, I was hoping someone would show the real thing (not just the preview). And thanks forfilming at a reasonable speed, so many people move their cameras around so quickly I almost get dizzy! Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks, I've been thinking surely someone would post a video from this auction...
I am sure many will stay that way considering the patina trend right now. I agree with you. They look great weathered.
those cars are gorgeous in the condition there in!
So many classics, so little money!
PT Barnum was smiling & slapping Grandpa Lambrecht on the back this day...
You covered the auction better than the idiots on the History Channel last week.
I sat through that whole show and the camera work was awful. They kept focusing on the commentators and a sea of 50,000 heads. This auction needed a company like Barrett Jackson, Russo and Steele or Meccum where they could actually move these cars onto a viewable platform or staging area and give each vehicle a good 2-5 minutes of viewing time.
Even if a vehicle has 1.3 miles on it, and has been in storage---If it's been sitting for 50+years never run the engine is going to be seized up. Every bit of rubber hose will have crumbled. The rubber in the suspension bushings will be gone. Gaskets shrunk and crumbled. As another poster noted below, sit on the seats and the plastic will crack and the foam rubber padding turn to dust.
I actually live in the area, and thought this was one of the most over-hyped things ever. Buy one of these and figure on spending once as much more getting it back into shape. But you know the saying "a fool and his money..."
Agreed.
hm ok so, but what you have is no rust and perfect body and inside. who cars about the rubber stuff most car folks are going to rebuild it anyway, 2 of my friends got 4 cars from there and 3 ran with new gas and oil and battery, that's it
Remember those people who put a new car underground in a "vault" So rusted u could not pick it up
Is the man richer now or before
A 1963 IMPALA 2 DOOR WITH 4 MILES ON IT AND SEATS COVERED FOR 50 YEARS IS MONEY ALL DAY LONG.NOT THAT THE CAR WONT NEED SOME SPRUCING UP,BUT WHO IS GOING TO DRIVE IT AROUND.THAT WILL BE A SHOW PIECE IN A MUSEUM FOR EVER JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE CARS WERE REALLY LIKE BACK IN THE TIME WHEN CARS WERE CARS AND ONLY THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY THE HIGH BID JUST TO SAY THAT THEY OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY.
ကားများလေလံဈေးကစီကားနေသည်ပွဲတော်ကြနေသည်လေ့လာစရာကောင်သောဗီဓီယို
These low mileage cars sounds good on paper,but the cost to get them back into the shape they were,as new,may break your bank,just sayin'
I'm guessing you never restored a car, these would take very little money to get back life (the ones stored inside) we have done 2 of them so far. all we had to buy was anything rubber. All engines needed was belts, valve seals, hoses. maybe $2,000 in going to make me 1000s in profits. That's per car.
I did it with a 61 Fairlawn that sat since 61. wasn't hard to do at all, just a lot of rubber parts. Been driving it problem free for 12 years now.
private alex4 n why u dont get it the 2014 corvete? if u dont have money just enjoy the sction n check out on the girls thas trump words
lets not start a fight. all I said was I disagree. goodbye have a nice day :)
I disagree
The tools were probably better finds than the rusted out cars.
Did you buy one? Even the crap Corvette that sold for $80,000.00 isn't worth it to me. I have better one's in my garage. It would probably take about $40,000.00 to get it back in excellent condition. I could get a 2014 Sting Ray Corvette for that and it will handle about 100% better than that 70's crap. When GM turned out shit from 1970 to 2000.
I love classics ; but those cars are rust buckets with every thing dry rotted. Who cares if the plastic is still on the seats. Soon as you sit on it . It's going to crumble and rip and foam will compress and some will turn to dust. Every seal in the engine gone!
All those cars a pure shit! I live in Nebraska for 9 years and those winters will destroy a car sitting in the weather fast! The money parts and work that has to go in those cars will be crazy.
American scrap metal