Barrett-Jackson 2008.....

[HO455]

The Sebring Yellow W-30 mentioned above is a true bondo buggy. The car was held together with gallons of bondo and the frame was completely rotted out. It went through the Mecum auction on several occasions and finally sold to a Car broker–Happy Dream Cars for around 60K several years ago. It also had none of its original drive train, although the car did have some paperwork in a binder. The only two Oldsmobiles of significance in the current B-J auction are a 1969 442 W-30 convertible and a 1966 Olds 442 Trac-Pac car. Both cars hit the auction block Saturday along with Warren Johnson’s 1987 Oldsmobile Firenza.

[musclecarjohn]

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How about lot #1017,the '70 Dodge Dart Custom w/the 800hp hemi,guy supposedly had $200K in it,it went for $51K...

$150K for that '54 Darrin-Kaiser convertible had to be a universe-record.

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Was the Kaiser Darrin a pale green? If so...it was owned by one of the regulars at Pavillions....and the car was drop dead gorgeous!

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You know I didn't see it actually go off,They ran a banner with the day's top sellers.I believe there are 2 Kaiser-Darrin's there.

How are your feet holding up?

[Xplantdad]

Feet are barking...John!

The same guy owned the pale green Darrin...the red gto vert that went for 130K? and another car...

Get ready for tonight's pics soon...

[BARNFOUND YENKO]

440/4bbl Superbird w/auto trans. fetched $200k.

[musclecarjohn]

Didn't I just see George with Amy...?

[mc25t190]

i thought the Lemans Blue 69 Z28 for $75k was a bargain if the car was as described.

[67rscoupe]

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I know nothing more than those cars were about the worst GM F-Bodies ever built; they are total crap, no performance, rattletraps with tacky decals. I don't care if it had 7K miles on it, whomever bought it either wanted their 20 seconds of fame, or won the Powerball.

Any early Turbo T/A or Formula is a candidate for worst car ever, and viable evidence of approximately when GM de-railed.

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Well, considering the 70-81 Trans Am's were FAR better cars, with more power, better handling, better build quality, and nicer interiors than 70-81 Z/28's, I guess that puts the 70-81 Camaros and Z/28's just beneath the AMC Pacers and Gremlins on the old hiearchy chart.

The 80-81 Turbo T/A's were slow, very slow, but in 1980-1981 they were considered fast. The 210 hp rating on those cars was accurate, but without much torque, it's pretty hard to push a 4000 lb car with 301 cubes, even it it was helped by a turbo. Buick got it right a few years later....

The Turbo T/A only had to compete with the likes of 170 hp Camaros, Corvettes, Citations, and other rolling embarrasments like the infamous Hurst/Olds W-30, or the gelded AMX, or a host of other cars we'd all like to forget. Face it, everything pretty much sucked during those years.

But at least the 80-81 Turbo Trans Am's remained performance cars during this dismal era. They remained the best handling cars in America, they came with 4-wheel disc brakes, and are remembered for being one of the more beautiful cars from that time period. Probably half of the people that bought those cars didn't have a clue about all the research and work that went into creating an aerodynamic tour de force, with functional spoilers, extractors, and how the WS6 suspension was a source of jealously amongst the Chevrolet engineers. To most buyers, it just looked cool.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but considering the 80-81 Special Edition black/gold cars are going for $40K+ now, it shows that even though these cars, while slow in the 1/4 mile compared to 1960's standards, are now bringing prices equivalent to restored base 64-72 GTO's, 442's, GS's, and Chevelle SS's.

Different strokes....

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i was paying attantion to that as well.

[67rscoupe]

they should have BJ on the radio..

but i guess im just sick!!!!

[69LM1]

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Did the car in the picture sell for 100K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Actually 100K + !
Makes yours look like a great deal now!

[RamAirDave]

71 NOM Z for 100K makes about as much sense as the white 67 350 coupe for 90K. Or the red NOM 69 L34 for 110K.

The 71 sits a couple inches too high, which I've noticed on quite a few restored early 2nd gens. Is it that difficult to find the right springs for them?