Barrett Jackson 2022 1971 Blazer
 

LS, aftermarket chassis, etc. 400K- crazy!

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Crazy. I have people ask me all the time how much I'd sell mine for. I just tell them to talk to my kids when I'm dead.

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I did, pretty crazy.
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I'd sell that blazer for $400k if it were mine. Then I'd buy a $10K truck. And a house.

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Barret Jackson is nothing more than someone with money showing the next guy with money that he/she has more disposable income than they do. IMHO

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Exactly!!

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Best post i've seen lately... :smoke:

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There must be some kind of "rich & drunk" prestige attached to overpaying at B/J on Saturday nights as I saw a Bronco hammer for $300K yesterday also.

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Numerous K pickups and Blazer got well into the six figures. Astounding to see what prices have done over the years. It used to be the case that K trucks had a narrow appeal. I might have to up my insurance this week :)

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Anybody wanna share their thoughts on what the prices of these trucks might be like in 30-40 years when a majority of vehicles on the road are 100% electric and gas vehicles are no longer sold, and finding gas stations is actually kinda hard and risky(as far as quality)?

I understand a select few might have value, but not for the majority.
Example: All Hemi Cuda's will keep their value
...but the 9,000 1969 Z28's may not

What do you think?

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>> some kind of "rich & drunk" prestige attached to overpaying <<

My thoughts exactly. The terms they use like "Well Bought" or "Well Done" just freezes me in my tracks. They applaud and pat people on the back for paying twice or three times what a vehicle should sell for. They see it as some kind of badge of honor to pay big money for vehicles that sometimes turn out to be rusted, bondo-ed crap.

The sad thing about it all is that NADA and others see those prices and adjust their appraised values to this new level. It disgusts me that NADA uses those auction prices to set the bar. Appraised values should be based on "REAL WORLD" sales of a much larger sampling of what any similar vehicle sells for.

Kelly Blue Book, to me is the REAL WORLD gold standard and they make no attempt to place values on old vehicles. The range between totally rusted to pristine is too broad and too vague to affix any number.

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I'm not even interested in such vehicles anymore. About as irrelevant as a Leer jet to me. Even if I could own a Leer jet, I would fly that. I would never drive a $400k investment Blazer even if I had all that money. Nothing but a rich man's trophy, or museum piece. And I ain't got no museum.

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Was this another ring brothers blazer? They had one sell for 300k two years ago

One of the high bidders on the $300k blazer spent $70m on a Ferrari recently

I think were seeing the blazer has appeal for this ultra-rich market that considers $400k normal price of a vehicle.

There's also the possibility of a plant buying these, auction fee would be cheap advertising and they can "justify" charging $150k+ for their blazers at their dealership

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Tax write off against a business.

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How would you like to be the person who wakes up the next day with a hangover and a bill for $400k, I will pass 🤯

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Not a Ring Brothers build.
Looks like one of those Kardashian girls bought it.

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Killer blazer built by @hogieshine.
Look him up on Instagram.
This blazer has one of the new RoadsterShop 4wd chassis’.
Extremely high dollar custom restoration.

There are pics online of Travis Barker (of the band Blink-182) driving it.

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Just means that the rusted junk sitting in someone's field just went up 10K...

Smitty

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I was there........everything on Sat was bringing crazy money......we are back to 2006......then in 2 years bust as economy slides to a halt

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Probably.

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Funny thing is they are only showing the next guy for 90 seconds. After that they are on to the next lot and you are forgotten about.

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Well... obviously, anyone with more money than me should suffer an ignominious death.

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thats a scarry thought.

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Fossil fuels will be here for a long time. Going all electric is a pipe dream that wont happen. Yes, we will have more electric cars, but diesel is here to stay for many decades.
The US infrastructure is collapsing! You are using roads and bridges that were built 70+ years ago and they have come to the end of their life cycle and you don't have the money to fix them, so how do you expect to build an electric grid and more power plants to power all these electric vehicles?
Besides, it wont be the lack of fuel that will kill the old car/truck hobby, they will kill the hobby with the stroke of a pen.
As far as the value of these trucks in the future, I think they will drop like a stone when us Boomers are gone.

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Hemi you are definitely on to something about the value dropping after the Boomers are gone. It won't be lack of interest it will be lack of funds. Kids and young adults today don't want to work and those that do just don't have the options for making money or saving it likes those in the past. I see it all the time with my own kid almost 30 and can't find the motivation or gas money to got to work on a regular basis.

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I thought that BAT was bringing good results, but these numbers are crazy.

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It's the builders. It's only a few vehicles of this make and model that get the big money. At the auction there are several tents where you can look at the price of vehicles already sold. These are the stark reality tents of about what you would get for your vehicle.

No alcohol involved. I suppose there's an outlier or two. But for the most part these collectors are serious people with serious money. Neither drunk nor stupid. Nobody with a brain scoffs at $400k, but for some of these guys it doesn't come close to putting a dent in their wallet or collection budget. When they lay down the big bucks they want to know who what and how on the build.

The auction is fun, and the event has a good energy. I think it's kind of neat that the make and model vehicles we all enjoy are getting attention and bringing good bucks for quality builds. It makes me happy to see a good shop make some good return on their efforts.

My two cents, worth the price paid... a bit shy of $400k though! :chevy:

j

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I went to Barret-Jackson in January 2020. Totally agree some of the professionally built ones were bringing big bucks , but some of the driver Blazers there were still bringing $50-60K and still needed a full restoration.

How long will this Blazer phase last? Who knows! A few years ago winged cars and Hemi cars were the ones in the spotlight, today, not so much so.
I go to SEMA every couple years, and in doing so I can see where the market is going in 3-4 years. That's why I sold my street rod in 2016 and built a Blazer because I didn't want to get stuck with the street rod and lose money on it. The street rod market is dead, especially the fiberglass billet queens. In fact, I only saw a few street rods at last year's SEMA, where in 2016 there were hundreds.
Trucks are hot right now, and those hanging on to theirs's hoping they will only go up in value are dreaming. I feel we hit the peak, so now would be the time to sell, IMHO.
What is the next craze? Who knows, but the electric community was in full force at SEMA with tons of vendors showcasing their new products. Is this what I want to see? No, but we may have no choice.
One thing I do believe is in the next few years there will be legislation either banning older fossil burning vehicles, or severely limiting what we can do with them. We may have no choice to convert older cars/trucks to electric if we still want to drive them on public roads. My 2 cents.

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I think you will see an "electric" resto-Mod Blazer/Jimmy !

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Any vehicle is only worth what someone will pay. That's how it's determined. Simple

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I was at barret Jackson, been every year for the past couple of years. I got a bidder credential and I've bid on a few items I thought was worth the money.
Note that buyers premium jacks the price up another 10%. That blazer was a $440k truck when it was all said and done. That builder had been good at building a brand around himself and get top dollar just on that.

Yet... I saw mediocre blazers and Jimmy's going for stupid money. A 72 just like mine but with no attention to details and just a nice paint job and modern engine; two tone Scottsdale pickup paint job which was well done, an ls engine and modern disc brakes combined with super ****ty interior from a sierra... Looks like crap yet fetched $160k. And I saw several of those.

A bunch of $60-80k trucks that needed renovation.

I'm constantly surprised at barret Jackson. The 1939 Mercedes 540k a-body conversion that went for $500k was definitely a steal. That should fetch significantly more than that and it had the documentation.