A question?

[Tim Kish]

Originally Posted by Gary Smith

Ask Matt Morgan. He and his dad walked away last year with piss-poor results. (BTW, did you see me on TV tonight? Was with that blonde chick who bought the Yellow Ford Phaeton lot#62... Bob Varsha figured it was my wife....NOT!!)

I saw that - didn't look like you thought she should buy it.

[Don Kennedy]

Bobby's car is not for sale yet until be retires when old age hits like the rest of us
After seeing some of the cars on barrett jackson being sold with some history behind them for a lot of money i was just wondering if Bobby's Car would ever be worth a lot because of it accomplishments, that no other cars have done.

[Chevy454]

I know it's hard to believe, but Bobby's car would probably be worth more if it was put back to it's original Z/28 condition...I know, it's a screwy deal, and owning a 427/425hp car myself I've been a DeArmond fan from a distance for a while now. But a lot of the value seems to come from the "nostalgia"...the Briggs car was *the* car in SS/EA back in the day, was a concentrated bullseye for ChryCo, and was in print everywhere you turned...but most of all it started life as an LS6 convertible, which is a mega $$$ car to begin with.

Bobby & his car are certainly deserving, though, no doubt about it. Cool car, great history, just maybe a few decades too late...

Just my $0.02...

[Chevy454]

Yes I did, $90k if I remember correctly...and I also watched Craig Jackson work his butt off to get to that number. And it was raced by the Professor of all people, one of the most recognizable names in drag racing...a decent price for that car, IMO.

I mean come one, it's a FIRENZA! LOL!!

[Don Kennedy]

What would it cost these days to build a 69 Camaro AA/SA Stocker class car? $30,000 ? A car that could run with DeArmonds ?? $100,000? Any idea

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

What would it cost these days to build a 69 Camaro AA/SA Stocker class car? $30,000 ? A car that could run with DeArmonds ?? $100,000? Any idea

Don...there are cars out there that can run with De Armonds car if they were not afraid of getting hit with HP.

[Chevy454]

It's a wacky thing...another "important" car (at least to racers), Grumpy's '74 Vega went for $525k at the '07 B-J. That's pretty big money...HUGE money, when you consider it's a Vega! LOL!!

[Dick Butler]

Don, I would bet a first class piece with no extra chrome would be $50 +.Especially if you did it using all the fine print....Probably really dependant on how much you hire done versus can do yourself as well as time to do it....

[Don Kennedy]

SSdiv6 said "Don...there are cars out there that can run with De Armonds car if they were not afraid of getting hit with HP. "

I really have not seen any yet in the last 4 or 5 years . i suspect there might be some illegal cars out there that won't run quicker because they don't want to tear down ,just a thought on The "other" cars who never show up to run .

This thread is my idea by the way dearmond does not post and I have not talked to him since he was torn down at Tucson for the AA/SA national record

[Chevy454]

Don, I would bet a first class piece with no extra chrome would be $50 +.Especially if you did it using all the fine print....Probably really dependant on how much you hire done versus can do yourself as well as time to do it....

If you start with a true Z/28 car like Bobby did, then you'd be lucky to be into a *decent* car to start your project with for half of that $50k estimate...such is life, it's usually cheaper to buy than to build.