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    2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    I like the Trans-Am, but it's total crack pipe.


    The other seven are so fucking retarded, the winning bidders need to be escorted away on the short bus.

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    This makes me feel a little better about voting "Yes" on a few of the NPOCPs that I wasn't so sure about.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    I'd be happy to take either of the cars I can actually drive.
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    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    the Monte has rear drive and a 358...
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @bigblockautoX: See video here: [videos.streetfire.net] in the first few seconds of the video you can plainly see that the engine is a transverse-mounted V-6. I'm fairly sure it's not a 358, and I would be willing to make a modest wager that it's not rear-drive.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    In TX you can turn a salvage/scrap title into a legal car.


    I've seen a few junkyard reborn cars.

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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    Let's see...

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crackpipe

    crack... hey that's kinda cool ... pipe


    I particularly want to laugh in the face of the guy who bought the TA. Not that it isn't a cool car, but $73K?!? Damn man, that is retarded overpriced.

    Also why can't these cars be road legal? I assume it's because of emissions, but how hard would it be to tune them, or detune them as the case may be, to be compliant? I mean if you can get a 70s kit car or a 80s fierrari road legal, it shouldn't be impossible, right?

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @the artist formerly known as dolo54: It's mainly because the cars are either modified or built from non-production parts. They're shared skitless of being sued if a part fails and kills someone.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @the artist formerly known as dolo54:


    Laugh in the face of the guy who bought the TA if you will, then go check that price against the going estimates of mint SD 455s, look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.


    The guy got away with a fairly good deal on an awesome car.

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    Image of rocor rocor
    01/16/09

    @Mike the Dog: So this is a legal agreement that buyer would have to enter into with the seller. It would apply where ever in the world these cars were shipped to.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @rocor: Exactly. It would probably not be difficult to circumvent the scrap title (as others above have pointed out), and get the car titled for road use, but your signed agreement not to do so would relieve GM of all responsibility if someone did get hurt. If you then resold the car and someone got hurt you would be responsible unless there was a similar agreement with the new buyer.


    [/Amateur Lawyer Mode]

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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    01/16/09

    @pauljones: these prices seem much more realistic btw: [transamflorida.com]
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @the artist formerly known as dolo54: Except that the only one that claims a 455 is a *Recreation according to the ad, and none of them seems to be a recent rotisserie restoration on a numbers-matching car. I think the whole rotisserie restoration thing is inherently crackpipe, but the price this fellow paid would have been good for a low-mileage numbers-matching 455SD car, too.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @the artist formerly known as dolo54:


    Again, none of the are true SD455s, none of them are truly numbers matching, none of them are pristine, none of them have spent their entire lives being pampered in GM's Heritage Collection museum, and none of them can match the documentation that this one offers. And trust me, the documentation alone can command a severe premium.


    Details: This rotisserie restored, true, correct, and numbers matching Trans Am 455 Super Duty features photo documented 138560 numbers matching original 455cide Super Duty V8, correct 490132 block casting, correct Y8 block code stamp, Correct 1112205 3 A8 distributor stamping, correct 7044270 SF 2923 carburetor stamp, correct original 74-P 0-1213 automatic transmission, correct 3984828 13 40 2 74 ring gear stamp, correct GY G065 1 axle housing stamp, original Window Sticker, original dealer sales invoice, original odometer statement, copy of original title, original Auto Owner's Maintenance Folio, original owner's instruction and information manuals, original maintenance and safety manual, copy of second owner's title, dealer photos of original vehicle delivery, PHS documentation, and documents from the '73/'74 SD455 Registry. One of only 731 automatic transmission cars produced.

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    Image of rocor rocor
    01/16/09

    @Mike the Dog: I think the only way out of this is to recreate the vehicle as a home build (legally not structurally). That way at least you can avoid having global corporation on your case.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @rocor: I really don't think they give a rat's patootie (as I heard someone else say recently), whether you title it for road use or not. They just want to make sure if something bad happens, their collective ass is covered. If they make you sign a document stating that you won't attempt to title it, and you do anyway, they are absolved of liability.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    I watched some of the show on TV, but I wasn't really getting into it. It's hard to see fat old bastards at an auction buying cars worth millions, when I know there are a lot of people around the world trying to stave off the impending catastrophe caused by our current financapocolypse. Seems too decadent for me. (shrugs)
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    01/16/09

    @DoctorNine: Where's Robin Hood when you need him?
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/16/09

    @pauljones: No kidding...
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    Ignoring the ridiculous prices, I'd like to have 2 or 3 and 7 and 8.


    Figuring the prices into the equation, no thanks.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    well so much for los jalopniks plan to single handedly acquiring all the GM "fantasy" garage...
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    Please tell me that the $88k for the Earnhardt Jr. truck went to charity or something. I don't think sending money to GM is tax deductible yet, even though it is a non-profit corporation.
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    Even though it looks like a production car with an ugly body kit, you gotta remember that the Monte Carlo is actually a hand-built prototype. Notice the side windows are much smaller than the production car. And...


    Okay, everything else is pretty much the same. But still...

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    Image of smokyburnout smokyburnout
    01/16/09

    @WilliamG.: it's actually RWD, which is pretty different from the production car. why a NASCAR-inspired concept car doesn't have a V8 is beyond me, though.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @smokyburnout: Are you sure it's RWD? I'm pretty sure the engine is transverse-mounted like a FWD car. (Apologies for the low quality of the only picture I could find quickly)


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    Image of elwood elwood
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    The only car anywhere close to worth it on there is the GTO. Though to be honest, you could replicate it for cheaper and with better parts (think Brembo brakes instead of just using the Z06 ones) if you built it yourself. But honestly, $88k for a Silverado? $150k+ for some Corvette ZR-1's? And that Olds custom that came in at $220k is ugly as sin. I just want to know who was dumb enough to buy any of these.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/16/09

    @elwood: Completely agree. The GTO kinda makes me tingly in my naughty bits... all the rest, not so much.


    I was moaning that I needed TV... but when I saw that these were the cars involved... I'm pretty indifferent.

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three


    Hey hey, we're the Monkees and people say we monkey around . . .

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/16/09

    @graverobber: Fine Corinthian Pleather: Is that one of your old-guy references? Come on, Mr. Robber, keep it relevant, most of these kids are younger than me, and have 15-second attention spans.


    (For the record, I know the reference... and I hated the Monkees.)

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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    01/16/09

    @Deartháir: ... but we're too busy singing


    to put anybody down.

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    Image of NatefromOgden NatefromOgden
    01/16/09

    @Deartháir: Yeah, that one is definitely going over the heads of most of the readers here. But I got it. And remember thinking the Monkees were cool, so I probably was looking at them from a slightly younger POV than you.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    @NatefromOgden: Bah! Let 'em Google it if they're wondering why the old man is spelling it Monkees.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/16/09

    @Deartháir: Get the hell off my lawn!


    Damn kids.

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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    May not be driven on public roads? Right, who wouldn't hoon any of those cars around town?
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    Image of NatefromOgden NatefromOgden
    01/16/09

    In reply to 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
    I love the color on that Olds Touring Roadster but the wheels are terrible. And it needs at least 12" cut out of the middle, 1/2 of it between the doors and the other half behind the rear doors to get the profile right.
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    Image of GotaGurt GotaGurt
    01/16/09

    @NatefromOgden: What's the story with this "concept"? Why would GM fund and build such a thing?
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    Image of junkman junkman
    01/16/09

    @GotaGurt: I saw this car being built for GM at California Street Rods. At that time, it was already public knowledge that Oldsmobile was going away. The work that went into this is unbelievable and I'm sure the bill to GM was higher than the auction result. Another classic example of bad decision making by the General.
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