No, I got it too. Apparently the whole thread is from 2005. Creepy....
jason
Jon Heese wrote:
> This just came into my inbox today (header timestamp says it's from
> 4/3/2005)... Did anyone else just get this or am I the only one?
>
> Regards,
> Jon Heese
>
> Donald Mallinson wrote:
>> This was probably a fool that had that much money to blow without
>> missing it. Oh, he could be just a fool that is now broke, but
>> probably not.
>>
>> "Famous personality or star cars" are a real unknown in the collector
>> car world. This one really surprised me because Buicks in general
>> are not desirable, Jay Leno's Restified Mod car being an exception.
>> This one is probably going to a museum collection where it may help
>> to bring in an extra $25 per day and pay itself off in about 160 years!
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Don Mallinson
>>
>> Kenneth Epperly wrote:
>>
>>> A fool and his money are soon parted. Seem like more money than he
>>> knows what to do with.
>>>
>>> imho, Ken
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Prochilo"
>>> <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>>> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:53 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] opal frost
>>>
>>>
>>>> I guess what impressed me the most about it was how the auctioneer
>>>> first
>>>> called the eventual winner a cheapskate when he upped the bid by only
>>>> $25K, and then finally when they were in the smaller increments
>>>> close to
>>>> $1.3M the guy that phoned in bumped his finally bid by $200K and
>>>> put the
>>>> dagger in the heart of the other guy. Wicked.
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Carl Prochilo
>>>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, April 3, 2005 10:31 am, Mark Nunnally said:
>>>>
>>>>>> Did you see that Howard Hughes' (at least I assume it was his
>>>>>> from the
>>>>>> commercial) 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.5M in West Palm
>>>>>> Beach at
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Barrett/Jackson auction?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah I saw that, whatever floats your boat!
>>>>>
>>>>> I sat there thinking I could buy 40 acres, a 7500 sq ft house, a
>>>>> 2000 sq
>>>>> ft
>>>>> garage, and any choice of 911/Z06/Ferarri late models and still
>>>>> have a few
>>>>> hundred K left for the 'ole IRA :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Saw they Ford GT go for $230k I think? Pretty good investment if
>>>>> you got
>>>>> out the door for $160k from the dealer a few months ago. 2 of
>>>>> them were
>>>>> at
>>>>> the last track day here, they sound goofy coming (that '03
>>>>> Cobra/Lightning
>>>>> blower whine) but sound good going.
>>>>>
>>>>> mark
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