The auctions are over but unless you were in Scottsdale, you wouldn't know about some of the best cars to cross the block. Is the audience for SpeedTV so focused on Corvettes and Mustangs that they wouldn't even want to see the other vehicles? And what about the other auctions? What do you think?

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I skipped Barrett-Jackson and went to Gooding and Company and Russo & Steele this year..I esp. enjoyed the Gooding and Company event--a small venue, small number of cars, very esoteric.

If Preston Tucker were alive today to see one of his cars with a beater looking exterior- still worth three quarters of a million dollars.

If Preston Tucker were alive today to see one of his cars with a beater looking exterior- still worth three quarters of a million dollars.

Saw that one up close...pretty rough, but restorable...don't know if the owners are going to preserve it as is or restore it.

Seems more than likely a restoration is in order- these cars are far too historically significant and amazingly-engineered to be left as is.

The scuttlebutt is the resto on this one will run around $250K, but a restored Tucker has already sold for $1.1M.

IIRC, #1010 (this car) is the Bonneville test car, which reportedly did 131MPH- so it has some significance within the Tucker world.

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>>"Is the audience for SpeedTV so focused on Corvettes and Mustangs that they wouldn't even want to see the other vehicles?"<<

No. they're not, but unfortunately the broadcasters believe it is so. I caught intervals of B-J and every time a Corvette or Mustang rolled up, I groaned. We've SEEEEEN them all before.

>>"Is the audience for SpeedTV so focused on Corvettes and Mustangs that they wouldn't even want to see the other vehicles?"<<

No. they're not, but unfortunately the broadcasters believe it is so. I caught intervals of B-J and every time a Corvette or Mustang rolled up, I groaned. We've SEEEEEN them all before.

Ya, at Russo & Steele it was like that also...after seeing 4-5 dozen (it seemed) 1st gen Camaros, Novas, and Chevelles they all blended together..same w/ the muscle Mopies...

But the one-offs at Gooding and Company really stood out..

Ya, at Russo & Steele it was like that also...after seeing 4-5 dozen (it seemed) 1st gen Camaros, Novas, and Chevelles they all blended together..same w/ the muscle Mopies...

But the one-offs at Gooding and Company really stood out..

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