8 Miles Worth of Cars According to My I-Phone!
An Arizona Sunset Shimmers Over the Outdoor Tents
The Iconic 1959 Cadillac Tailfin
Sale Price: $93,500
Once a year I take a day of PTO and spend it in Snottsdale walking from tent to tent admiring the cars to be sold at the Barrett Jackson Collector Car Auction.
An Arizona Sunset Shimmers Over the Outdoor Tents
For me, the allure of the annual collector car auctions is as much emotional as it is visual. Walking along is an evocative experience. Over here is my college roommate's '65 mustang. There is my friend JP's SuperBird.
1970 Superbird
Sale Price: $116,600
Later I see a T-bird like the one I bought in high school (and still have). And an Airflow like my Uncle Vernon meticulously restored years ago.
Then I come to a Chevy Impala like the one my parents and I drove across the desert southwest when I was about 10 years old.
Just seeing that car, with its huge rear window arcing over the back seat, made me remember some long nighttime drives under star filled skies. The miles passed blissfully as we listened to AM radio stations with only three call letters that drifted in on skiff.
Then I come to a Chevy Impala like the one my parents and I drove across the desert southwest when I was about 10 years old.
Just seeing that car, with its huge rear window arcing over the back seat, made me remember some long nighttime drives under star filled skies. The miles passed blissfully as we listened to AM radio stations with only three call letters that drifted in on skiff.
Lean Back, Look Up & Dream
Sale Price: $66,000
I'm not going to do my detailed statistical rundown on the high dollar cars this year. As always, vintage Ferrarri's took most of the big bucks. The highest sale was a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB at $7,595,000 at the Gooding & Company Auction.
No this year I'm just going to present photos of some of the things that made me happy.
No this year I'm just going to present photos of some of the things that made me happy.
Spectacular Hood Art
1959 Sunbeam Alpine Custom Roadster
Sale Price: $41,800
1949 Case Tractor
Sale Price: $33,000
(Judging from the floor below - the new owner better stock up on oil)
2020 Toyota Supra
First Of the New Supra's
Engine Signed by Akio Toyota
Sale Price: $2,100,000
(All Proceeds To Charity)
1960 Plymouth Fury
Love the Embossed Trunk!
Sale Price: $58,300
1959 Lloyd Alexander Taxi
Sale Price: $19,250
Dreamboat Defined
A 1958 Pontiac Bonneville
A 1958 Pontiac Bonneville
Sale Price: $148,500
1965 Cobra Recreation
All Polished Aluminum by Kirkham
Sale Price: $104,500
Classy Wheels for Everyone!
After a week $239 Million changed hands from the seven auctions in the Valley.
This week there is runway apron parking space available once again at the Scottsdale's AirPark.
Till next year! Happy gavel drops to everyone from Arizona.
Roadboy's Travels © 2019
Loved seeing the classic cars of my youth ... and as always shocked at their prices!! My grandpa drove a '53 Cadillac stretch limo for years ... hauling wood in the spacious cavity when the jump seats were folded up. I'd love to drive a classic Caddy now... with those bench seats like a small couch!!
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