MY500SS Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 More coming but it's going to be a busy week. This weekend looks like the target for Saturday's. Very cool.................looking forward to it Tony. I've gotta make that event sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Great pics Tony, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Very cool.................looking forward to it Tony. I've gotta make that event sometime. Just pulled up Saturday's raw images. There are 336 images converting from full sized raw to postable jpegs. That will take about 1 hour. Then I have to cull the duplicates and bucketize them. And I'm not even exposure adjusting or anything (i.e., "photoshopping" - they are what they are - and fortunately I'm good so they don't need much ). But here's the part - there are lots of pieces that I took over periods of time that need to be coalesced by topic, and that nature of editing is going to take some time. Like I said, Saturday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 OK, got some more sorted and uploaded. These will be the Saturday "generally wandering around" photos. The special cars (e.g., 300SL Gullwing and Tucker) and some others which I also took on Saturday will be posted in their own groups. On the way to Westworld I followed a '08 Barrett SGT Convertible. He got into a parking area that required a special permit so I couldn't find out more about the owner or the car. This is "Frenchy". He is one of the drivers that brings cars across the block. He drove my Cobra and was so helpful in getting it ready. A really good guy that does BJ as a second job. He's an engineer at the nuclear power plant nearby. I've looked him up at every auction I've gone to. This was some "custom" from a collection (the same one that had the Mustangs from the earlier day). Look at the dash - it's from some kind of airplane. More cars in the same area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Saturday Part 2 Ferrari 599. Really sweet. An oldie but not part of the high value collection series. Shelby 85th Superformance GT40. It sold for 120K+10%. a fair price about what it cost to build. Devon GTX. It looks slick. This is supposedly the very frist original General Lee (the one that appears in the intro jumping over bridges creeks and other cars. Even had the cracked windshield 57 Belair! I went out and talked to the Roush guys about the problems I had with my engine and they had pictures of it in their book! Cool. I'm tagging this with CSX4005LA so it might show up in searches. Cute girls serve beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 More of the Ferrari 599 Some more Gulf GT40 art. This is the one mine is numbered after. They have little bits of everything there!!! These were nice. Who needs a guard dog. Just put one of these by your front door BJ has a collectibles auction that happens daily before the main auction, but "garage collectibles" are everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is the first of the 5000 Series cars. These cars were the highlights of the auction. All were absolutely concours cars across the board. I'm starting with the 1954 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. This is without a doubt the most beautiful car I've ever seen. I have lusted over one of these since I saw a picture of one. Even more than the Cobra. Many are in museums not because of the rarity but purely because they were a piece of art. Imagine driving a Picasso or the Mona Lisa. I actually missed this car going over the auction block because I was hanging out with the Shelby Team and then ran into someone else on the way. This car sold for $2.2M ($2M+10%). Not a bad start for, as Craig Jackson described it, a catalog sale within a regular auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Beautiful stuff.....................thanks for posting Tony. This is a lot of work and I really appreciate you taking the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Beautiful stuff.....................thanks for posting Tony. This is a lot of work and I really appreciate you taking the time. If I thought I could I'd take my buyout and go take pictures. But the last person I know that was successful at it during his lifetime was Ansel Adams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown Away Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Beautiful stuff.....................thanks for posting Tony. This is a lot of work and I really appreciate you taking the time. Ya, great pictures Tony!!! Thanks. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hamilton Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Very Cool Pic's! I believe if I had control of Bill Gates' checkbook, I could zero it out in about three days at a show like that. Really nice, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 So I got to go behind the ropes. Here are pics of the 1948 Tucker from both sides. The car sold for $2.65M(+10%). The only thing is I was being rushed by the "keeper" and totally forgot to get a picture of the interior! The Speed TV guy trying to get a light on the cyclops light. The engine. It's an aircraft (helicoptor?) engine. Pretty small in the engine compartment compared to other engines of the day. Don't know how much HP it puts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Here is the 1947 Bentley. This was a gorgeous car, and had won so many coucours class trophys that it was "off" for a while. Eligible again! The new owner gets to start taking home best of class over and over again until they get told "you've won too many times and need to take a break". This car sold for $2.5M+10%. The BJ web site says it includes the 10% but that would make the sale price. These old cars had hood ornaments that in their own right were works of art. I've included a few of the Bently here but I'll have a whole set of just hood ornaments. A few years ago I went to the Clive Cussler collection and veg'd out on hood ornaments too. Maybe I'll do a coffee table book. This car is a 40's throwback to the 20's when RR and Bentley and even Mercedes didn't produce a car - they made a chassis and sent it to a "Coachworks". I was awe-struck at the body styiling and to some degree "art-deco" trim details. This is a really awesome car and one that I say I can't do justice in photos, especially with the harsh lighting in the arena. If you get a chance at a show, see this one. I'm sure it will be back on the circuit again some time soon. I furthermore think there should be a rule that someone who buys one of cars in this class (Tucker included) shouldn't be allowed to keep it a secret nor should they be allowed to just lock it in a garage. This car and the Tucker were from Ron Pratte's collection and while I always thought his tastes are impeccable, I will always lament the fact that he keeps them tucked away in a lock box. Sorry about this one. It's the only one I have of the interior, and it's hand held (as all of these photos are) and the light meter got fooled and made a slow shutter speed (probably the white in the upper center) so this is nothing more than a poor snapshot. I shoot a camera (even the digital) like film most of the time and don't look at (and sometimes turn off) the viewing screen so I didn't re-take it. Sigh... b The "x" pattern is from the overhad lights and trusses. This black paint was like nothing you've ever seen. I wanted to dust it but didn't have my duster [those who know me know I have this Mr. Monk OCD about black paint]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Tonight was reruns on TV so watching DVR recordings from when I was in Scottsdale including House and the new Alcatraz show (thumbs clearly sideways - I'll give it a few more shows). Anyway, this is the Delehaye. The final price was $175K with reserve not met. I can't believe this car with this history did not sell and stopped at less than a daily driver FGT. Lots of things went for big bucks but this one was a total shock. It is so gorgeous. I do have a soft spot for open roadsters and cars with leather belts and buckles to hold the hood down. Herewith images. I dont' have a session planned for "butt ornaments" so this sone stands here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Thanks for sharing. Awesome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 So Photobucket warned me that I was using too much bandwidth from all you people looking at my pictures so I slowed down a little. I decided tonight would be a good night to post a few more. Again, these are all from the "5000" series. Lot 5002.1 (54) sold for 1.3M (+10%), Lot 5008.1 sold for 205000+10%, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 The 1928 Daimler. This was a very classy car and just looked gorgeous on the floor and the block. One thing about these (5000 series, as a group) is they didn't start them to run them across the block. This car sold for 1.05M+10% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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