Bunch of rich people bidding too much on Chebbies

[ilm65]

I don't think that Chevy truck is any better looking than this 1958 Dodge...

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I saw an identical (restored) 60 Dodge pickup (Turquoise & White) go for $60,000 in spring of this year at Barrett-Jackson. Every classic vehicle, regardless of make or model, is worth what someone will pay for it and what the seller will take for it; it's that basic.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Stupid "dumb" bidders!
Anything with a Chevy Big Block Crate motor!

And to think at B-J (Crooks) auction Vegas a 2008 Viper GT (Race version) sold for something like $65,000

 

[Budnicks]

IMHFO it comes down to there are far more people, willing to spend more money on Chevy's & they always have been like that, that's why they sell so damn many of them... As much as I like many GM's, Buicks, Pontiacs & Olds mostly, some select Chevy's... To me it's the followers, the Kool-Aid drinking sheeple mentality, "wanting to have a majority of anything" & to be excepted into the cool crowd, whether they are cool or not... Mega #'s of any year of Mustangs & especially the Millions of 64.5-66's, then GM's tri-5 Bel Airs some early 60's versions too, the 64-67 all the way to 72 Chevelles & then masses of especially 67-69's & even some second gen. 70-73 Camaros, are allover the place... They aren't rare "at all", there were 10's or even 100's of millions made of some models/makes & not in limited #'s at all, like most all/any Mopars of the same era were, that didn't really ever sell as well, because they just weren't as popular... The Mustangs, Chevelles, Bel Airs & especially Camaros, still sell for way over inflated prices... My personal opinion, for way to much money, for such a common car, that was a mass produced car/body style... Maybe it's keeping up with the Jones... I don't get the mentality sometimes, but I do like some of the cars too & have owned quite a few also... But, If it was popular & sold well, when they sold originally, it will always remain popular in the buying publics eyes, that's marketing 101... Some people have more money than brains & the collector car market is far from dead, that auction showed that in the millions of dollars made, for all those rotting hulks... Great for that seller thou....

 

[snakeoil24]

if they are dumb enough to pay too much for Chevrolets let them!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Right on sankeoil24 but there is one annoying concern to this....
It sets "unrealistic trends" for higher than valued cost per vehicle..

Kind of like a "Mob Rule" mentality...
They ALL go for it and it trickles over to other cars.

But yes, they are quite stupid and predictable!

For instance, my previous example above (2008 Viper Acer RT/S Track version car)
1. Crate motor 69 Camaro (probably a 6-cyl originally but 502 CI w/ 24" Wheels (Jeesh dosent that truly look like a FAD and stupid?) and it gets BID to $77K Dont forget they made more than 250,000 1969 Camaros!
2. Classic GTX LOADED, 1969 and it's bid to $40K

Coo Koo

 

[1971 plymouth roadrunner]

Wow I just got back to this thread, after being in the market for a Plymouth for some time, I must say that the market has certainly not deteriorated. The fact that some people sold their cars for a loss is something to be said, however that has certainly not hit the rest of the market. To address another issue, what constitutes a "barn find", Barrett Jackson started this whole "only original once" thing. I the last several years, however I have seen that moniker been tacked to every rusty car posted on Craigslist or eBay. Personally I think you can call your car whatever you want, but when your car needs to have the; floor pans, roof, engine, trans, and everything else out of necessity. It no longer is a "find" at all, unless it is the find of the century I no longer take "barn find" into consideration