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Originally posted by ItBites


Howdy all,

Went to BJ Wednesday. Wow, did it rain!!! - all freekin day...

Had a good time anyway. Lots of cool rides. The most common cars were Camaros and 'Vettes. Saw an original 289 slab, black. Its in the main auction bldg. Saw a nice, blue SPF fill up with rain water since it was unfortunate enough to not be under a tent Saw a couple of shelby-built replicas, a 4000 and a 7000, as I recall.

Also saw the Kirkham tsunami car - very nice. Polished alum body with stainless frame and remote reservoir Penske shocks. They were giving away a pretty cool DVD Kirkham advertisement and I picked up one of those. It is a little wierd seeing the K brothers in half-shadowed, dramatic effect lighting, but cool anyway...

My favorite auction car? COPO 427 '69 Camaro (white) factory NHRA campaign car with 480 miles. I think it may go over $300000?

Also saw a couple of Troy Trepanier built hot rods. Those cars are so clean... Wow.

Prices? Well, with the rain I didn't often stand where I could see the big auction boards, so I have no idea. One Cobra did sell in the morning (red and the mfg was not noted, but I'll go out on a limb and show how little I know by guessing ERA or Contemporary - I do know it wasn't FFR or BDR!) and I didn't catch the sale price.

Anyhow, overall it was better than being in work.

The Lamar Walden COPO is nice but the fit/finish is much to be desired. In the end, its a big block car with no pizzazz. It is a nice car but simply doesn't have that 'pop' for mega buck car. My prediction...no more than 170. all the best.