Monday, January 12, 2009

Barrett-Jackson: Day 1


Well, after a pain in the ass day travelling, we got to spend the day at the auction today. The auction doesn't acutally start until tomorrow but today was the preview day. Acres and acres of cars and vendors. Prettty warm too, but most of the time is spent inside of tents erected to protect the cars. And there are some really special cars!

Above is a photo of the new Camaro. Unfortunately , it's the only photo I took with my small camera that uses an SD card. My Nikon uses Compact Flash cards and I can't read those with my notebook that I brought. I'll take more photos for the blog tomorrow though, now that I know this notebook only has an SD slot.

Among the more special cars:
The oldest '57 chevy in existence. Body # 00001 with 46k original miles on it.
An Austin Jolly, of which only three were produced.
Eddie Van Halen's 1956 Nomad with a matching signed guitar.
The very first Thunderbird ever produced, A 1956 bearing serial # 1
A 1968 Hemi Roadrunner, one of only 108 produced.

Tonight the opening night "Gala" for bidders and consigners. It's a black tie affair with food, drinks and entertainment. It should be fun!

More tomorrow....

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