Well I just got back to the hotel after watching the first 153 cars go through the auction and then the 6 Fyer stangs. Some really nice muscle there - all brands. Prices weren't overly huge, except maybe the original '67 Shelby roadster that went for $1,050,000. Still some nice expensive cars to go through tomorrow as well.
Good and not so good news on the 6 Fryer collection cars:
The scj's and Bosses did pretty good overall, a high of $98/99k to a low of $69k.
Unfortunately, the PB sleeper could only bring $30k...
Off the top of my head, a few reasons for a lower #:
The car as seen in person is not a true survivor car that has been maintained that would command top $$$. It is definitely showing its age overall in comparison to the other five cars that were nice and shiny... Not as bad as my convertible was, that mad the decision for me to complete a restoration, but keeping it as an unrestored "original" at this time would not be my long term solution. Certain parts were missing, some like the air cleaner had been restored, and therefore, looked out of place in the original engine compartment.
Many imperfections in the original paint that have been touched up - from rust issues, to numerous scratches, scraps etc. I spoke to Kurt briefly and he said he picked the car up out of Colorado 10 years ago. More then likely any changes, missing parts, damage were before he got the car. As it sits today, This car is either a driver until such time as it should be restore, IMO.
Putting it in an auction as it was presented today immediately following 5 nice examples, really did not give the car an opportunity to shine as it sits in its own right. Maybe, putting it in its own auction may have helped, when it's not sitting behind very nice examples of SCJ's and Bosses. There are some issues with those cars also, I'll throw some examples out in the coming days for other's thoughts...
I was a little disappointed in the final sale price, but was not totally unexpected when you look at the grand scheme of how this went down.
For $30k, someone still got a pretty good deal!
