Auction cars are assembled for a lot of different reasons. From my witness, I see pure vanity, or ego or whatever you want call it. So many owner/sellers seem to thrive on the spotlight at the expense of parting with their trophy. Seems like a paradox to me.
Not dissing the auction, but you have to admit the entire thing seems a little odd.

Probably pretty cheap, for now, to score an old truck and do it up. Then the money catches up and we're on to the next cheap nobody-thought-of-this-yet trend.

REALLY a lot of guys doing trucks now??? DAMN

See I run my moms cabinetry business. My father started it in 1990, brother ran it till 2012 when he passed. So I have come in from machining to do this. My brother bought a nice, top-of-the-line 2010 Ram 1500. It now has 285,000 KM on it and showing some rust here in SW ontario. So mom say, "maybe time to look at a new truck". Well couple of friends just got new trucks this year and there between 67-84,000.00 CND $$$.

Now it's not just the $$$, but this truck does have sentimental value to me. It was my late brothers. So I'm thinking of a '66 Chevy Sb (yr I was born) or 69-72 Chevy Sb, or 78/79 Lil Red Express. Use them as my "company" driver in the summer. Not sure about the USA, but here in Canada, I can put it in the company name and no matter what, in 5 years the car is worth ZERO $$$ to the government. So basically I can get a free car every 5 years which is also a way to get tax-free $$$ out of the company. I spoke to our accountant and he told me how it goes. My dad always had the company buy new cars for him and mom, and 3/4 years later he bought them and sold them privately. Mom Audi was the last one 2 years ago. It was just over 80K new and 4 years later, dad had to write the cheque for 10K, market value was in the 40's.

So I will keep the 2010 Ram, and look for a cool truck I like and let the company pay for it. I see it as a win-win.

Steve you made the best assessment regarding the market and the auction scene . A lot of great cars just get consigned without being shopped behind closed doors . It also can create a frenzy for that particular car or of course can come up short of the sellers expectations . Auctions are a great source for putting a buyer under the gun as being behind closed doors that feeling or pressure is not there . I am in this arena daily and i hear it on both sides ... KP

I don't mean to hijack this thread but Phil how about some details, that sounds like a sweet car. Why does it only have 344 miles on it.
Mark

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Mark,

Weird deal. I found out about the car from a good friend, and the story is pretty straightforward: the guy purchased the car new at age 37 and got busy with life and parked it. He started it 6 times a year and changed the oil every 3 years.

I literally had to build a small bridges in several places to get it out of a ravine where the car was stored in a garage on a small hill. This was an issue since rain and erosion had changed the angle of approach to the paved driveway surface so much over 30 years from the garage where it was stored.

RPO DX3 is on the window sticker. The car was sold new at Classic Chevrolet in Mentor Ohio, and it is very likely I looked at this particular car on the lot back in 1989. The salesmen there ordered lots of DX3 cars back then, they called it the sleeper look and it sold well locally. They always had about 25-30 Camaros on the lot then at any particular time.

It is a 100% time capsule. Car is performance optioned 350 L-98 and the Borg Warner 9 bolt, all the go fast goodies are present.

Mentor, OH... go figure. My parents lived there back in the 60’s and early 70’s before moving to TN. Bought the 68 L78 from Glasscock Chevrolet and the 66 L34 Chevelle from Earl Evans.

need pic of that DX3 car!!

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