Andy Mace wrote:
But for the vast majority of us, we would effectively be working for
ourselves for pennies an hour and/or eat up most or all potential profit
in whatever work we would have to "subcontract" to professional shops
Yep, that would include me; although, in my case, it might be fractions
of a cent per hour.
Also, I went to the B-J site and looked through all of the cars that
were sold, and it showed that the TV coverage would tend to give a
slightly misleading impression. The TV coverage is obviously skewed to
include only the most interesting and exclusive/expensive cars, while
there were many other autos sold, that while might not be as rare or in
as good of shape, I still found interesting including a late 50's
Chrysler 300G.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
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Subject: Re: Barrett Jackson...NOT! :-)
In a message dated 1/20/2003 2:07:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ralittle2@mindspring.com writes:
Andy, I agree with some of what you say, but I would tend to disagree
with the example of the Barrett-Jackson auction. B-J has developed a
great reputation and seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. If cars
that had been auctioned off were found out to be "Bondo specials" or
similar, that would reflect badly on B-J, and their business would
suffer greatly. So in this regard, I would disagree
So would I in that case. But my comment was not aimed at the B-J
auction, only at a broader generalization that happened to appear in an
e-mail still carrying the "auction" subject line.
But to carry this one step further (and risk either more
misinterpretation or further dental damage from "foot in mouth"), it
doesn't surprise me in the least that "professional restorers" could
make money -- at auction or in private sale -- by restoring and selling
cars. It's even conceivable that the best of the do-it-yourselfers among
us could make money as well restoring cars. But for the vast majority of
us, we would effectively be working for ourselves for pennies an hour
and/or eat up most or all potential profit in whatever work we would
have to "subcontract" to professional shops.
--Andy Mace
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that,
you've got it made." -- Groucho Marx
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