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Been watching a bit past 2 nights. I appreciate fine body/paint work more now. After reading the laser straight posts, I check for that every time a car rolls by.
Not many good as you's here. Also wonder how many are dressed in UVC.heh.
 
If you look hard enough, most of the finishes on those cars are just sad.

Ever watch those DIY / flip his house / remodel this house type shows? If you know anything about home remodeling, have a HD TV and a pause/rewind button, there's all kinds of butcher work on those shows. Just like the auction programs, they try to be slick with the camera work.
 
AndyK;n80536 said:
If you look hard enough, most of the finishes on those cars are just sad.

Ever watch those DIY / flip his house / remodel this house type shows? If you know anything about home remodeling, have a HD TV and a pause/rewind button, there's all kinds of butcher work on those shows. Just like the auction programs, they try to be slick with the camera work.
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Aint that the truth! My wife and I were watching one of those back yard shows, at the end you could see parts of the fence were zip tied together...

This forum has really opened my eyes to the amount of work craftsman here do to cars to make body gaps, body lines, etc look so nice. I was looking at a Mustang at Mecum that was going for 40k and the decklid fit was horrible!

Oh, I think UVC = Universal Clear
 
There is some good and bad for sure, the lighting at Barrett helps the cars a lot but even with that you still see a lot of booger work. They should be waving a 4ft fluorescent over them LOL
 
I love watching the auctions.. However I only get the auction at the shop. I have limited TV at home.. The auctions are one of those things that are nice to have on as background noise but you really can't pay any attention and actually get work done. LOL..​

As I've dived deeper and deeper into the restoration work we do, I would have a really hard time ever owning a car that was done by someone other than us at the shop or a car that was as documented as deep as we document them. I just feel without really knowing, there are way to many ways to hide a bad repair. This is why I give so much respect for everybody in here and the do-it your self people, and also the people that know they can't do it but somehow find the money to pay a professional to do it. Just opening a book, or buying at a auction is just such a gamble.. IMO only a small fraction of the cars out there are really worth owning. It seems every car we go to restore has more secrets than the united states government.

I really like watching the auctions to see where cars values are at though.. I notice it fluctuates a lot from one auction to the next, and also fluctuates based on what day your car is aired. I think it's been known that cars on Saturday are believed to be better/more valuable, so if you have a car that for whatever reason is worth being on the air on Saturday, you will naturally get more money.

I really love watching the auctions but it's all way to political for me to get involved with.
 
Its just not like they use to be where a car that went through there was top notch. Since they stopped the reserves (for more money) they have lost a lot of the good cars to other auctions.
I see now for very special cars they will do a reserve but rare.

If your watching from home and you see that beautiful 69 goat go cheap and your thinking I would have bought it for that price as the next day one goes through for twice the price, don't feel bad as you did not see the whole car in person.

I saw cars last year at Palm Beach about two tents worth that should have been on craigs list.
 
Well said Chad. I never realized so much terrible work could be covered by a coat of paint.
 
Along with what Chad said and Barry touched on the work that goes into a real restoration is very very intense and involved. The real problem I see is that with these auctions is if your standards are as high as the ones here on this forum your work is based on what the other peoples work is worth.

One fine example would be the outstanding work and pride Shine puts into his builds like the shop truck he is doing, simply beautiful, and to think that a rusted out (really had holes in it) rust left alone and just cleared over had a new set of rims and running gear and it brought $38K. That is just such a shame in my eye.

So Shine next time just do the drive line and clear it you'll make a killing :).
 
Hey Barry I seen on a commercial for the auction that there was going to be an extremely rare 70 GTO (black) going to be auctioned by the quick shot of it I thought, is that the one you did? I missed the whole description of the car but they did say it was 1 of 4 (I think) made and it was the highest point correct GTO, that is what made me think it might be yours.
 
I've been to the one in Scottsdale a few years ago. It's just like anything really.The stuff that brings money are the the restored (or not) original cars. Musclecars and Vettes. Anything that is customized almost never brings anywhere near what the owner probably has in it. There are some very nice, well done cars and then there are some that leave a bit to be desired. The original unmolested type stuff even if it's rough really brings a premium if it's something desirable. Then there are vehicles that have had a ton of work and money poured into them that only bring a fraction of what was spent. Case in point I was eating dinner at the shop tonight and saw a gorgeous 63 Ford Country Squire that had a ton of cool things done to it and looked outstanding. The TV guys said that over 200K was put into that ride. It brought 63K and it sold. Main thing I took away from going back a few years ago is that it's a rich guys swap meet. They get tired of one, sell it and buy another. They don't worry about losing money (for the most part) Lots of Classic Dealers there as well, buying stuff then putting a 20k-50k markup on it at their dealership. Saw one guy purchase over a few days (tried to keep a running tab in my head) something north of $2,000,000 in cars. Most of them in the 30k-60k range.
 
when looking at a car remember it is about what your paid to do. not what you want do. i dont make every one of them a show piece . i do what is expected from me for what i am paid. many a young gun has gone under by over achieving on every job . you gotta pay the bills.
 
Thats one of the advantages of my hobby verses the pros. I dont do any work for anyone else or for compensation. Im retired and I have no schedule or deadline. I have three fifty six ford F series trucks that I go between so I never get burned out on one step. I just catch the others up by doing something I have already done on one of the others. When they are done, Im out of work. All the fun has been learning, taking my time, and not ever having a deadline. I still have an open mind to start another project once these are on the road, but something different.
 
shine;n80616 said:
when looking at a car remember it is about what your paid to do. not what you want do. i dont make every one of them a show piece . i do what is expected from me for what i am paid. many a young gun has gone under by over achieving on every job . you gotta pay the bills.
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Dam good advice for those that are in or want to get in the Business
 
1st thing that went thru my head after fast-forwarding a few hrs of auctions over dinner just now is- glad i'm poor.
 
DATEC said:
Chad.S;n80559 said:
I love watching the auctions.. However I only get the auction at the shop. I have limited TV at home.
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Now that's funny, you have better TV at work?...
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Yea,, I have a pretty loaded list at work with a sports package,, basic at home.. I think we only get like 10 channels at home.. The thing is I have a big triple package at the shop so it doesn't really cost anything more, but at home it's a big price increase.. I spend typically 10-12hrs a day at the shop but I honestly don't have the TV on much anymore.. I do like to have the auction on though, it's good background noise for a change of pace.
 
shine said:
when looking at a car remember it is about what your paid to do. not what you want do. i dont make every one of them a show piece . i do what is expected from me for what i am paid. many a young gun has gone under by over achieving on every job . you gotta pay the bills.
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This is a daily struggle for me.. Hard to juggle what you want to do VS. what a customer wants to pay..
 
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