Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Barrett-Jackson: Day 2



What a day. Today was actually the first auction day. Yesterday was "preview" day, today people got to actually buy cars. The car pictured at the left is not one of the auction cars but it's still one of the coolest cars on display. It's called the "7-8-9". The front end is styled after the 1957 Chevy, the mid section on the 1958 and the rear on the 1959. A very cool custom.






Of interest to us personally was "Cosmo", a 1959 Nash metropolitan. The car was a very nice hardtop that had been restored. The big surprise was the selling price. $30,000. Yep, that's not a typo. $30K for a met hardtop. That's got to be some kind of record! The catalog said that it was a "nut and bolt" restoration but it didn't really look like it. The engine compartment was not that clean and the paint under the hood was original while the outside of the car had been repainted.




"Cosmo" on the auction block




Another really interesting car was a 1957 BMW Isetta. One of the original "micro" cars. This little baby went for $41,000. Not very many of these little cars are even in this country.



A really nice '64 El Camino sold for a paltry $10k and it was easily worth twice that. A nicely restoreed car with a hot 400 cubic inch small block and a four speed. The Boyd Coddington wheels were probably worth $6k or more!



A 1940 Packard 110 four door touring sedan sold for $8500. I have some regrets for not bidding on that one. I've always wanted a packard and opportunities like that don't come along all that often!



That's it for today. Stay tuned.

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