OK, As much as I like 1955 Ford and especially Long Roofs but this is INSANE... A 1955 Ford sold for $32,000 on Barrett-Jackson auction? Wow. I will admitit does look nice, but $32K??? Look at Lot#420



http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/currentcarlist.aspx?aid=304&sd=01%2f20%2f2010&ed=01%2f20%2f2010

BOB

People are crazy. Last night a pee green Bel Air, with forest green interior that went for $70K. I couldn't believe my eyes. Don't know if you saw the car, but please.

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

This is why everything costs so much, someone with a lot of cash to waste buys a car he wants for an overly large amount and the folks watching suddenly think every "Old" car is made of gold and they put inflated price tags on the POS they have. 

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Hey, what a minute. That is just I was planning to do...

BOB

I couldn't believe someone paid $115k for a pro touring 68 camaro. Sure it had a 500+ cube big-block and newer corvette wheels but it looked like it be duplicated for half the price. Lot #1057 and #1057.1 tonight should be interesting. 1957 Chevy 150 sedan with a 283 fuelie against the 1957 "e" code custom.

If you want to see insane go to this site. This is one guy who started out with no money and a idea, made some money and his "hobby". I went to school with him and his wife was in my wifes class. Lives just south of me about 20 miles. They aren't Fords but shows you what money can put together.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/dennis-albaughs-collection-in-alkeny.html

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

No kidding.. even outside of Barret Jackson.. I was just on craiglist and saw someone asking $7000 for a '70 LTD!?!?!?!

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1441322018

Wow, $17k for a Corvair.

i gotta tell my mom about that one.



she had one back in the day and the motor mounts broke and she had an engine sitting in the parking lot at college. a real lemon she told me. always broke down.



she couldnt afford the insurance on a 57 T-bird, so she got the corvair.....


This ain't no L-Kamino!

Tim is right,,, people with too much money and no discretion. Look at the photo of the engine bay on that 55 Country Squire. Anybody notice the fact that it has an aftermarket battery hold down? How difficult is it to find the OEM style battery hold down? Seems to me if you are blowing 32K on a car like that, EVERYTHING better be as original and a 110 point NO FAULT show winner. Which, if it was, I would not drive it...then again my cars are always drivers that just show ok. Getting anal about rain, traveling to a show, etc is just not my thing. I guess I am a little bit of purist in that cars were made to drive and run on the road. Sure, there are few rare models and cars that pieces of art work, or because of their place in their history a few dollars more can be commanded at auction.

What was it last year, around 2 mil for one of Carroll's originals? Historical piece? yes! 2 mil? Where's Obama? spread the wealth to me too! 

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Huh, and I always thought no perfectly restored car should ever go for less than 50k.

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