Four Million Dollar Cuda
This weekend Barrett-Jackson will be opening its doors to some of the fattest pockets in the automotive world to bid ridiculous amounts of money on lumps of steel with four wheels and an engine. Sorry I get a little upset when I hear about Richie Rich paying six or seven digits for a car that rolled off a Detroit assembly line, and that is exactly what is expected to happen when a 1971 Plymouth “Hemi” Barracuda Convertible crosses the auction block this weekend.
The car is rare, one of only eleven built, has only 282 miles on the ticker and was raced on the pro-stock drag circuit so it certainly is a unique vehicle, but is it unique enough to fetch the four million dollar value that was given to it in the pre-auction inspection? I guess we will have to wait and see if the trend of spending absurd money on rare muscle cars will continue. But honestly folks, if you really feel like all that money is burning a hole in your pocket, give me a call I’d be happy to look after it for you.
-Bill Mertz
muscle car, Plymouth, Barracuda, Hemi, Barrett-Jackson, auction, classic, collector
January 19th, 2007 at 10:39 am
did you mean “richie rich” metaphorically, or does the actual richie rich plan to buy that car to serve at the side show?
January 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 am
Well I haven’t heard an album from him in awhile so I’m guessing he’ll be at the drug lord auction not the Barrett-Jackson auction.
-Bill