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Day 1 at Barrett-Jackson here in West Palm Beach, FL. The skies are threatening and the forecast is for thunderstorms to move in any time now. But that certainly hasn't dampened the spirits of anyone here just yet!
We always get the prime location at this event - right next to the staging lanes and directly across from Speed's big boom camera!
As always, the cars being offered for sale here run the gamut from classics to customs, exotics to historics, and everything in between!
Kurt Tanner always brings one or two stunning examples of the Austin Healey 3000 - his cars are always among the best presented here. Maybe that's because he always tells me that uses Meguiar's on his restorations......hmmmmmmm.
This Vette has a blower up front and monster meats out back to put the power down!
Fins baby!
This little MB 190 was turned into a full bore race car - this would make a great track day car!
Flames - a common sight here.
Gotta love reflections in black paint!
No doubt some cars are better presented than others, and this Ford pickup looked great.
Mooneyes!!
A collection of old Fords.
A Volkswagen Thing, "Acapulco Edition"
Talk about patina - the wood on this 1951 Mercury woodie wagon was looking old and tired, but oh so beautiful at the same time.
Another common sight - Meguiar's UQD being used to wipe down cars. In this case, a Corvette Grand Sport with 22,000 miles on the clock that looked literally brand spanking new.
Talk about character - the dash of this 1959 Buick Invicta is just dripping with it.
The 23 Window VW Micro Bus has been selling for huge money lately. This one is beautifully done and in a great color scheme. It has an updated VW crate motor though, so that will likely hurt the sale prices since it's not a numbers matching car, but it comes with a period correct 1500cc engine, so who knows. Keep an eye on this one!
When doing a restomod on an old truck you've got tons of options, not the least of which is in the bed. A nicely finished wood floor with nice stainless trim always looks great, but the thought of actually putting anything back there is almost terrifying!
You could go a bit more utilitarian, like a spray in bed liner with a diamond plate floor.
Or keep the sides painted but use a rubberized floor.
Not quite sure what happened here though - the truck itself was really nicely done but the bed just lets it down. It could very well be that the builder ran out of time before having to get it to FL for the sale, but this just doesn't look quite right. Still, if it holds the price of the truck down someone is going to get a nice truck that can be made pretty awesome with the money they saved.
It's not all fun and games here though. Oh no, we're working hard here, too. Buffer demos keep us busy, and keep people informed about the proper way to take care of their cars. And when demos come out like this, well, even the work turns into fun! This is a Superformance Cobra that we did a quick three step on with the G110v2 - Ultimate Compound, Ultimate Polish, Ultimate Wax. Pretty cool, huh?!
We always get the prime location at this event - right next to the staging lanes and directly across from Speed's big boom camera!
As always, the cars being offered for sale here run the gamut from classics to customs, exotics to historics, and everything in between!
Kurt Tanner always brings one or two stunning examples of the Austin Healey 3000 - his cars are always among the best presented here. Maybe that's because he always tells me that uses Meguiar's on his restorations......hmmmmmmm.
This Vette has a blower up front and monster meats out back to put the power down!
Fins baby!
This little MB 190 was turned into a full bore race car - this would make a great track day car!
Flames - a common sight here.
Gotta love reflections in black paint!
No doubt some cars are better presented than others, and this Ford pickup looked great.
Mooneyes!!
A collection of old Fords.
A Volkswagen Thing, "Acapulco Edition"
Talk about patina - the wood on this 1951 Mercury woodie wagon was looking old and tired, but oh so beautiful at the same time.
Another common sight - Meguiar's UQD being used to wipe down cars. In this case, a Corvette Grand Sport with 22,000 miles on the clock that looked literally brand spanking new.
Talk about character - the dash of this 1959 Buick Invicta is just dripping with it.
The 23 Window VW Micro Bus has been selling for huge money lately. This one is beautifully done and in a great color scheme. It has an updated VW crate motor though, so that will likely hurt the sale prices since it's not a numbers matching car, but it comes with a period correct 1500cc engine, so who knows. Keep an eye on this one!
When doing a restomod on an old truck you've got tons of options, not the least of which is in the bed. A nicely finished wood floor with nice stainless trim always looks great, but the thought of actually putting anything back there is almost terrifying!
You could go a bit more utilitarian, like a spray in bed liner with a diamond plate floor.
Or keep the sides painted but use a rubberized floor.
Not quite sure what happened here though - the truck itself was really nicely done but the bed just lets it down. It could very well be that the builder ran out of time before having to get it to FL for the sale, but this just doesn't look quite right. Still, if it holds the price of the truck down someone is going to get a nice truck that can be made pretty awesome with the money they saved.
It's not all fun and games here though. Oh no, we're working hard here, too. Buffer demos keep us busy, and keep people informed about the proper way to take care of their cars. And when demos come out like this, well, even the work turns into fun! This is a Superformance Cobra that we did a quick three step on with the G110v2 - Ultimate Compound, Ultimate Polish, Ultimate Wax. Pretty cool, huh?!
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