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[Bomp]

Originally Posted by awbrown

I will sell mine for 15000 and it runs!! Why they could drive it home...

Running? Not $15000 you mean $150,000.
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[TJ's Chevy]

If all those nos and so-called "brand new" trucks that don't even run went for almost and past $40,000 then mine would have gone for $200,000! Cause they could drive it home!......well, maybe not $200,000 but close!

[Malibob]

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Was watching the news the other day when they were reporting about the auction. They interviewed a guy who said he overheard conversation of a guy from Sweden there. Also said that hotels were booked up 2 hrs. away in every direction. I just saw a lady from Australia on the History channel coverage who bought a car. Now she's gotta figure out how to get it home. I'm with you guys that think it's absolutely crazy to pay those prices!

Best of all, I just saw an interview with Delmo! That was the most exciting part for me so far,

She will probably be able to put it into an envelope and send it there. Usually rust is pretty easy to turn into dust.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by benwah

I shook my head 45min into the show when a 40,000 mi corvair sitting in a feild went over 10 grand!

Not that long ago, before the Crazy scrap prices set in, I could had bought 2 Corvairs sitting in a field for $30 (Thirty Dollars) each. I passed on them. What can I say, I'm not a Corvair fan...

I agree, prices there at the auction are pretty crazy. I guess the hype worked??

[Auctioneerhere]

Originally Posted by jtrichard

Auctions are for the most part the worst place to buy something and the Best place to sell them

Not really. The buyers wanted what they were bidding on. They bought more than a piece of iron. Now they paid dearly for it, but to them it was worth it to be in the spotlight.

[awbrown]

Yeah , I have gotten some super deals at auctions ,equipment ,toy trains,and tools ...but you have to admit , the auction company did some outstanding work on this one ,people from 5 other countries showed up , as well as foreign bidders online...

[benwah]

Yup be on the lookout! Now that everyone is up to date on what our trucks are worth. Clapped out rust bucket truck = GOLD!

[LostMy65]

Buyer's Remorse will be setting in horrifically for many.
The others have too much money to care.

My 66 was ordered from the factory to be a county rig.
So many of the trucks on these forums have so much history with someone who owned it, drove it, and used it. Families took trips to the store, went camping and took vacations.

As far as these auction trucks? They're as someone put it; 'a glorified wrecking yard' - Trucks parked outside to rot away with no life.

I'm going back outside to tinker some more on my 65 with memories and history.
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[padresag]

Originally Posted by oem4me

Sig just PM'd me, said someone using Oem4me as a proxibid name was buying everything! Well guys, hate to disappoint, but it's NOT me. IMPOSTER!!

the mystery person
o****e is "onsite". On Proxibid auctions it means it was purchased by one of the many buyers that was at the live auction in person rather than an online bidder.
ron

[paulspickupparts]

I also attended the auction. Mainly because I am less than 150 miles away . I had plans of taking a trailer and bringing home one back row beauty for parts. As I watched the proxy bids in the preceding the auction I never hooked the trailer up. I almost drove my car but took the truck as their were some NOS parts and as I found out later many that were not listed on proxibid. However the auctioneer ran out of daylight and started rushing things a light became scarce. There was a 60-66 new take off tailgate that sold for $350 . 54 Pickup NOS Radio in the $700 range . 69-72 NOS Grille(not sure of exact year) in the $550 range . There were some bargains in the NOS part but it was getting dark and they started lumping areas of parts together. So instead of paying $200.00 for what you wanted you had to buy the lot that came with it for a $1000. Some of lots were still worth it but you had to pay before you loaded and the line to pay was long. It would have been dark while you were loading.

Here was another thing . It rained Friday evening the NOS parts were just on the ground so every time you picked up a box the bottom fell out. Judging the outcome the auction was smarter than me but if the nos stuff would have been put on proxi bid it would have be another half a mill. Luckily it was not so a few people got some bargains but worked for them.

I got up Sunday morning and headed home. The main reason being even if you bought a parts truck you could not have loaded that day and would have had to come back on Monday as the amount of people and congestion would have been crazy. I saw a few I was interested in and thought about stripping a couple but would have ran out of daylight. Oh there was a 5 % buyers commission on everything. So add another $29,000 to the $148,000 Cameo!

The auction was all about hype. National evening news, USA Today , History Channel, My daily Hemmings Motor News e-mail was always headed by this auction. After the hype it was adrenaline plus money which is a deadly combination.

[Sixty_2_Hickey]

From the Pierce county tax assessor website, pictures of where some of the cars where kept. Looks like they stored a lot of empty beer cans out there too...
http://http://pierce.gisworkshop.com...ssor&subs=true

[Sixty_2_Hickey]

Bad link in prior message, good one:

http://pierce.gisworkshop.com/report...ssor&subs=true

[1966shortwide]

geez maybe i could sell my 400.00 dollar tailgate to a guy that bought a truck for$ 20.000 without one

[1963c-10]

They could have made $5 a can on the OEM lambrecht beer cans.

[60-66]

Originally Posted by 1966shortwide

geez maybe i could sell my 400.00 dollar tailgate to a guy that bought a truck for$ 20.000 without one

Did you buy the light blue one at the auction ? If so I was right in front of you.

[60-66]

Heres pictures of the red 65 that appeared late in the auction. Truck was stored in Fremont Nebraska, many others were stored in Kansas so the parts would not be stolen off them. Most of the other trucks were in better condition. This was definitely a new truck.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by Snailed

I wonder if this will have any long or short term effects on the prices of 60-66 trucks in general? I have been reading in various places that they are vehicle that is increasing in value for a few years.

IMO, the owners of original unaltered trucks should feel great about there investments. The trucks that come to mind are Oem4me's fleet of trucks and all of 60-66's fleet of trucks. There appears to be a large following for these type of time machines in the collector car world. What they do to them after the purchase will be interesting.

[60-66]

Originally Posted by factorystock

IMO, the owners of original unaltered trucks should feel great about there investments. The trucks that come to mind are Oem4me's fleet of trucks and all of 60-66's fleet of trucks. There appears to be a large following for these type of time machines in the collector car world. What they do to them after the purchase will be interesting.

Yes It will be interesting, 6 went to Illinois, one to NJ, one to NY a few to AZ and looks like this red one to Ca. Not sure who bought the blue 60 and the black 66 though. Many said they will be restored but I hope some just mechanically . Many of these were still very solid but a few were pretty bad. Most of the frames were still smooth, no scale. Floors if rusted started from the inside out. Underneath were all undercoated and seemed for the most part to be nice. Several sunk into the mud so the lower control arms were pitted. Just depended on if it was in the right place. Shame all that bed wood rotted except one.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

I had read somewhere that a lot of the trucks there came from the factory with no wood installed.

Bill

[60-66]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

I had read somewhere that a lot of the trucks there came from the factory with no wood installed.

Bill

That's what someone there started telling everybody and he was speculating, not true at all. Think about it, why was every nut and bolt there ? Why would GM send anything out with the bed not fitting the body lines ? The wood holds the body lines straight down the side. Without the wood the bed is loose , how can you put a new truck on a transporter with a loose bed ? Makes NO sense. All but one of those trucks the front of the bed was aiming down.It Never happened. You can see from the underneath the sealer is on the inner fender were the wood was and there were many other signs if you looked. Also think about this, wouldn't it be cheaper faster and easier to do all that on the assembly line with the correct machines tools and whatever ? How long would it take ONE mechanic in a small shop to install all the boards and bolts ? Makes no sense dollars and cents wise.

[ChiefRocka]

So what was the reason for no cluster again ???

[60-66]

It's only an opinion but with all the other parts stolen why not a dash cluster , especially a new one ? Might have been the only one with gauges ? I remember seeing evidence of it being pryed out. Lots of tailgates missing one bed missing and many radiators in the trucks were gone. Just a guess

[HOTFUN]

So what happened to the original $25000 sale of this late 65 red/white truck? Did it get resold again after the auction closed and why? It shows on Proxibid this truck and the 59 40 series cab chassis was not sold. I heard there was a quite a discussion over the 5 mile statementand where that came from on this truck without a speedometer to prove the miles?
This truck had more rust than any of the other trucks from my point of view. The inside header panel above the visor across the windshield was rusting through along with the cab corner lowers. The black 66 CST truck I heard the auctioneer said was going to Ohio and I saw pretty crusty lower control arms and trailing arms and the backing plates on the rear end on this truck. All the trucks you could see traces of wood somewhere under the lips and again another far fetched rumor of the day. Wasnt a dip stick in any of those trucks that wasnt pulled out 1000 times a day either. Everyone was pulling on the cranshaft pully trying to see if any motors were not stuck. I heard 2 of the 6's on toward the north end were found to be free but I never checked any.

[60-66]

Originally Posted by HOTFUN

So what happened to the original $25000 sale of this late 65 red/white truck? Did it get resold again after the auction closed and why? It shows on Proxibid this truck and the 59 40 series cab chassis was not sold. I heard there was a quite a discussion over the 5 mile statementand where that came from on this truck without a speedometer to prove the miles?
This truck had more rust than any of the other trucks from my point of view. The inside header panel above the visor across the windshield was rusting through along with the cab corner lowers. The black 66 CST truck I heard the auctioneer said was going to Ohio and I saw pretty crusty lower control arms and trailing arms and the backing plates on the rear end on this truck. All the trucks you could see traces of wood somewhere under the lips and again another far fetched rumor of the day. Wasnt a dip stick in any of those trucks that wasnt pulled out 1000 times a day either. Everyone was pulling on the cranshaft pully trying to see if any motors were not stuck. I heard 2 of the 6's on toward the north end were found to be free but I never checked any.

Good question Mark. Heres my take on it. Im thinking people are calling in asking to hide the bid amount. That red truck is clearly ready for shipment to California with the transporters tag on it. I took the above pictures of that truck Wednesday on my second trip back to Pierce. Also, I personally know the bidder on the 59 40 series truck, he did not back out. Its in Indiana. He was number two bidder on the Cameo. Im trying to help him locate a radiator for that truck if anyone knows of a good one ?

[Auctioneerhere]

I know my trucks are not new, but I have a couple cabs w/ less rust.