[dba-Tech] Barrett-Jackson Auto Auctions

Hey guys, shouldn't this be on OT?

-- Andy Lacey
http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: 22 January 2006 19:35
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Barrett-Jackson Auto Auctions
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> 
> The care value thing is mostly about how many of them there 
> are. I'm guessing the Hemi Cuda you saw was a convertible?? 
> There just were not that many Hemi Cuda's built. And many of 
> the ones that were made were probaby wrecked. How many XKE's 
> were built??
> 
> There were 11 Hemi Cuda Convertibles built in 1971 and only 7 
> of those were sold in the US.
> 
> Have a look at this article.... 
> http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/26/pf/autos/cuda/
> 
> This one had a bit of $4.1Million. It was the last one made 
> http://vintagecars.about.com/od/historygreatmoments/ss/hemicuda_rw.htm
> http://vintagecars.about.com/od/historygreatmoments/ss/hemicud
> a_rw_2.htm
> 
> Yes a V12 Jag would be a cool car. I wouldn't turn down 
> either of them if they were offered. Hard to beat TORQUE. The 
> hemi definately had that. Either would be to valueable to 
> actually drive though. I'll take just a relatively common car 
> so I can actually drive it,
> 
> GK
> 
> On 1/22/06, Arthur Fuller <artful at rogers.com> wrote:
> > I seem seriously to have missed the point on what cars are 
> valuable. 
> > An original mint condition Jaguar XKE sold for a mere half million 
> > while a Chrysler Hemicuda sold for 2 million! Unf**king believable. 
> > Here you have perhaps the greatest car ever designed (XKE) 
> vs. another 
> > stupid lumbering behemoth and somehow the behemoth scores 
> four times 
> > more than the XKE. How could this occur. Perhaps the old adage 
> > applies: if you want to know what God thinks of money, look 
> to whom he 
> > gave it. Unbelievable, a HemiCuda worth four times the price of an 
> > XKE, both of which are in mint condition. This is a stupid 
> world. Mind 
> > you, anyone who is there to pay a million or so for a car 
> clearly has 
> > too much money, but that is an aside. But given a choice 
> between 4 Jag 
> > XKEs and one HemiCuda, what would you choose? I like 
> HemiCudas but let 
> > us be realistic about this. How could one possibly fault 
> the design of 
> > an XKE and instead choose a HemiCuda? I guess this is why I am not 
> > affluent. I keep choosing design over HOT. You get about 
> 1.5 miles per 
> > gallon in a Hemi, which is obviously not why you might have 
> purchased 
> > one. But still, why on earth would you buy such an angry 
> dog? This is 
> > not a car! It is a display of somethingm, and I suspect what that 
> > something is, but will venture no further than to reiterate 
> Fuller`s 
> > Fifth law: cubic inch displacement is inversely 
> proportional to sexual 
> > ability.
> >
> > Arthur
> >
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