Also watched, just prior to yesterday's broadcast (whilst waiting for the furnace repairman to show), the "Life on the Block" episode wherein Mr. Jackson pissed off a relatively well-to do bidder (Ralph Whitworth) re- suspicions that Mr. Whitworth was welching on a bid. Interesting that said bidder didn' tknow at first who Jackson was and when Jackson introduced himself, said bidder noted that "you're the guy who wouldn't meet me this morning!" FYI, this particular bidder had already purchased several million dollars worth of cars at the auction and was immediately the object of scorn by Jackson when Jackson's staff screwed up the sale of the Futureliner. I'm not a businessman, but I don't think it good practice to infer that a million-dollar customer is a crook.
Not only that, but they lost track of one of their high-profile guests...I wish I'd been able to stay glued to the action enough to play the fantasy bid game, because all I would have had to do would have been to enter about 85K and leave it there...I was right on for several cars. That DeSoto kinda surprised me, and so did the Stude truck, but I was right -on for the 32 Deuce and a couple of other cars.
I think Hemis will always be sought after, because of the mystique, and also because the unibodies wouldn't hold up to the torque...there just aren't that many left that aren't twisted, especially the convertibles.
And, maybe one of the reasons that the musclecars aren't bringing so much anymore is because a lot of the Boomers are getting close to retirement age. I'm 52, and just barely got my feet wet into the era, learning to drive in 1970. There were Superbirds to lust after, but they were few and far between...the guys who could afford them then, if they could find one, were about 10-15 years older than me. Do the math, and it's time for condos in Malibu...
I think that cars like the DeSoto are finally being appreciated as works of art...the '57 Chevy was the first to be recognized as such; but there were others just as tasteful, and the rarity of surviving Mopars will only fuel their prices. Fins are in!
I wonder just what the GenX car guys will collect, because there isn't a whole lot from the '70's through the mid-80's to stir anyone's blood. Chevette diesels, maybe?
Dan
