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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: JJ on January 16, 2020, 08:17:14 AM
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Insane crowds...but nice weather yesterday...Lots of cool classic / vintage cars + a lot a "BLING"...:thumb: :cool: :smiley:
...and a stop at GO-AZ Motorcycles...they have a LOT of inventory now under one roof! :wink:
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Fun stuff, thanks for sharing!
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Sometimes fun to just fantasize, sometimes fun to get out the pencil and figure out what you could do if you just liquidated all your toys you have now and bought ONE fascinating, rare item, and drove/rode it like a real vehicle, keeping it in good shape as you went but not treating it like a china-doll investment ....
Lannis
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I watched an hour or so on TV, flipping back and forth with a Mecum auction from the day prior. My wife said we should go those look fun, and I heartily agreed.
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Oh, oh, oh!!!....I spotted the Hodaka right away..
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Sometimes fun to just fantasize, sometimes fun to get out the pencil and figure out what you could do if you just liquidated all your toys you have now and bought ONE fascinating, rare item, and drove/rode it like a real vehicle, keeping it in good shape as you went but not treating it like a china-doll investment ....
Lannis
That has been in the back of my mind for a couple years now, I could see selling off all my bikes if it came to a point I could not safely ride them and getting some older car to lavish attention on. One of those South African made GT40 replicas would scratch an itch I have had since I was a teenager and got a soft cover FORD book put out by Peterson on the GT40.
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A Porsche Spyder replica is pretty affordable, especially in the used market but I'd want one with a Subaru engine.
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A Porsche Spyder replica is pretty affordable, especially in the used market but I'd want one with a Subaru engine.
This belongs to my Triumph-Indian riding buddy Dwight.
It is a "BECK" replica, (made in SOCAL in the early 90's), with a hig-performance VW engine and Weber carbs, which never stay in tune too long! :wink: :thumb: :cool:
I have driven this car and it is a BLAST! Scary though, when coming along side of huge SUV's and pick-ups! with oversize tires!
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I always used to go in the '70s when it was at the Safari hotel.
Much, much different than today's circus!!
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It is a "BECK" replica, (made in SOCAL in the early 90's), with a hig-performance VW engine and six Weber carbs, which never stay in tune too long! :wink: :thumb: :cool:
Beck makes some nice replica's, how did the Spyder handle in the turns?
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I always used to go in the '70s when it was at the Safari hotel.
Much, much different than today's circus!!
Yes...and even in the early 1980's when I started going...it was just a little venue....no more!! :rolleyes: :shocked: :wink:
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Beck makes some nice replica's, how did the Spyder handle in the turns?
I believe his weighs less than 2000 pounds...so it handled like a slot-car. Light and nimble, and again, you are sooooooo close to the ground. 70 mph feels like 100+! :wink: :thumb: :cool: Lots of fun to drive up here in northern AZ. NOT a highway car, however... :wink:
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Here's some photo's from RM, Bonhams & Worldwide
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1rCpEGM6jQoN8AZM6
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Here's some photo's from RM, Bonhams & Worldwide
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1rCpEGM6jQoN8AZM6
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: Yes...Barrett-Jackson is not the only act in town during...."Auction Week!!" :cool:
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Great pictures. I am at an age where "want/must" have no longer comes into the equation regarding vintage car iron. Still enjoy looking, but
no desire to purchase. Getting down to 3 motorcycles in the spring, and possibly down to two. Empty garage space is more desirable than filling
it with something.
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It is a "BECK" replica, (made in SOCAL in the early 90's), with a hig-performance VW engine and six Weber carbs, which never stay in tune too long! :wink: :thumb: :cool:
Huh? VW flat 4 cylinder I'm assuming, so how does it have six Weber carbs? My bro's flat 6 911 had two triple-choke Webers.
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I'm kind of partial to the Superbird but I would have to sell everything I own to raise the cash but I would still be short. I remember that they couldn't give them away when they were new.
kk
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Huh? VW flat 4 cylinder I'm assuming, so how does it have six Weber carbs? My bro's flat 6 911 had two triple-choke Webers.
Sorry! My brain fart!! :rolleyes: :shocked:
Corrected now...but it does have Weber carbs...and they never stay in tune!! :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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I'm kind of partial to the Superbird but I would have to sell everything I own to raise the cash but I would still be short. I remember that they couldn't give them away when they were new.
kk
You can look on the MECUM website, but I believe those Dodge Superbirds "EACH" go for 6-digits + Silly money....like most of the stuff for auction at Barrett-Jackson :shocked: :rolleyes:
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Dodge Daytona, Plymouth superbird. Sold my hotrod last year, think I will slow down a bit and go with a Hellcat with the 1025hp kit.
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Oh, oh, oh!!!....I spotted the Hodaka right away..
Same here , completely impractical for an old guy , still want it .
Dusty
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I was at Bonhams & Russo-Steele today.............. ...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEQ2cuQjYTKK3CQN8
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I was at Bonhams & Russo-Steele today.............. ...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEQ2cuQjYTKK3CQN8
I'm not a car guy , but that Lago Talbot , whew :drool:
Dusty
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Here's some photo's from RM, Bonhams & Worldwide
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1rCpEGM6jQoN8AZM6
Some beautiful machines!! Funny though, the Willys Jeepster is my favorite!!
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Same here , completely impractical for an old guy , still want it .
Dusty
Saw this original 1963 ACE 100 at a show in Phoenix recently..asking $1500...always wanted one myself!
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Some beautiful machines!! Funny though, the Willys Jeepster is my favorite!!
I have a riding buddy who has a Jeepster. It is bright red with a white top and interior. Powered by a 289 Ford V8. He takes it to car shows pulling his VL Harley on a trailer.
kk
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Here's some photo's from RM, Bonhams & Worldwide
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1rCpEGM6jQoN8AZM6
John, I noticed in your first album that you had several photos of a Pagani Huayra. I always wondered why these seem to draw far more attention than other supercars. Then I read this in Road and Track from an interview with Horacio Pagani the CEO of Pagani Automobilia:
' Each bolt on the Huayra is milled from titanium and laser engraved with the Pagani crest, each car carrying around
$140,000 in fasteners alone.'
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Day 3 at Barrett-Jackson.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/trux9nR392Z3H2t9A
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It's interesting when you put up a big photo display (thanks!) of cars and trucks that I scan and see what catches my eye.
I've been interested in vehicles (much like guys were interested in horses in the old days, and for the same reasons) for 50 years now, since I was "camped" on the courthouse steps waiting to get in to get my Learner's permit.
And I find that my eye just skims completely over hot-rods, modifieds, "replicars", bigfoot trucks, and over-restored pieces of butt jewelry, regardless of how much money, craftsmanship, metalwork, etc etc has gone into them. That's someone else's dream and the chances that their dream will intersect with MY dream at any point are slim to none. It's like seeing another guy's wife that he's madly in love with but isn't attractive to me at all. And I know it goes the other way, but that's fine.
Real cars, trucks, and bikes, mostly old but occasionally new, are what I stop and dwell on and think about. That 23-window VW bus, now ... I could hit the road with that and live for months just seeing the world if I couldn't do it on a bike.
There's still time!
Lannis
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I was at Bonhams & Russo-Steele today.............. ...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEQ2cuQjYTKK3CQN8
Thanks for posting this, I have never been to the Russo and Steel or Bonhams auctions, they look to be much more sedate than B-J.
I once went to a B-J auction 7 years ago and was put off by the hype and glitz, guys wearing too much jewelry and trophy wives hanging onto them with way too much jewelry, not a Guzzi kind of crowd.
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....... guys wearing too much jewelry and trophy wives hanging onto them with way too much jewelry, not a Guzzi kind of crowd.
I don't know .... maybe I'd like to give that a try! :bow: I'll bet I could do the jewelry and trophy thing and keep the Guzzis too if I put my mind to it ...
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Thanks for posting this, I have never been to the Russo and Steel or Bonhams auctions, they look to be much more sedate than B-J.
I once went to a B-J auction 7 years ago and was put off by the hype and glitz, guys wearing too much jewelry and trophy wives hanging onto them with way too much jewelry, not a Guzzi kind of crowd.
Yes, B-J is a circus. But unless you are buying you send very little time watching the auction..... very loud and hard to see unless you are up in the VIP seating. The real show is all the cars out in the tents or visiting manufacturers booths. Russo and Steele is a smaller venue, "more intimate" they like to say.... but still a lot of yelling.
The others are very sedate by comparison. I was at two nights of bidding at RM last year and my pals and I were falling asleep as the bids were quietly ased and accepted and much more time spent on each car.
People watching is part of the deal!
Day 4 at Leake auction and the weekly car show at Pavilions in Scottsdale
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8eSj9tWdh5jYY3G57
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Yes, B-J is a circus. But unless you are buying you send very little time watching the auction..... very loud and hard to see unless you are up in the VIP seating. The real show is all the cars out in the tents or visiting manufacturers booths. Russo and Steele is a smaller venue, "more intimate" they like to say.... but still a lot of yelling.
The others are very sedate by comparison. I was at two nights of bidding at RM last year and my pals and I were falling asleep as the bids were quietly ased and accepted and much more time spent on each car.
People watching is part of the deal!
Day 4 at Leake auction and the weekly car show at Pavilions in Scottsdale
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8eSj9tWdh5jYY3G57
John is right...and BJ is a circus indeed! Next year, we will go the other auctions, and blow off BJ.
I miss going to "The Pavilions" on Saturday nights...it is the longest running "Cruise Night" in the USA. Were there any motorcycle there? Usually at least a dozen or more... :cool:
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John is right...and BJ is a circus indeed! Next year, we will go the other auctions, and blow off BJ.
I miss going to "The Pavilions" on Saturday nights...it is the longest running "Cruise Night" in the USA. Were there any motorcycle there? Usually at least a dozen or more... :cool:
Not to many. I look for Guzzi's ... usually Tom Hetrick. A jet bike used to come but I have not seen that one for a while.
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I looked at and drove the $25K Porsche Spyder replica. I also looked at the price of the ones with Subaru running gear, $40K.
I ended up with a 300 hp Pontiac Solstice GXP in new condition for $8K, lol.
Unfortunately, I would have to sell off more than my motorcycles to afford the Ford GT40 replica.
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Summary of auction week by Hagerty:
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2020/01/16/auction-results-for-the-2020-arizona-auction-week
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How did the photo of the new low rider in my favorite color combination (for a low rider) end up in the photos from Barrett-Jackson?
If that bike fit me I would be so tempted.
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How did the photo of the new low rider in my favorite color combination (for a low rider) end up in the photos from Barrett-Jackson?
If that bike fit me I would be so tempted.
Well, just because while we were down in Scottsdale, (15 minutes from the BJ auction site), we stopped by GO-AZ HD....I saw this new model...and I liked it!! :thumb: :wink: :cool: :smiley:
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