A #1 is flawless, concours ready, factory perfect down to the correct print of the hoses and right hose clamps. People also don’t understand what a #1/#2 car looks like on the Hagerty scale. They could care less what they sell, they are just about volume. Their highlight cars are often very nice, but of the other 1,800 cars they auction, 50% is polished junk, 25% is polished semi junk and the other 25% are nice. Those are truly strong 2 or #1 cars, but again, they sell for way more than you could get an equivalent car for any where else.īarrett is a circus. Really the only nice cars fall in about a 2 hour window the evening before the auction closes. The car listed here would be as nice as almost everything they are selling. The bright lights, Armor all type substances on all surfaces and hoopla of the moment really impact how great they look on the viewers side of the lens… After attending a couple of them, when I hear someone say ‘Barrett-Jackson quality’ I actually think the thing is probably in below average condition. And I don’t mean bad as in actually good, I mean bad as in this is pretty much a #4 POS bad, but it’s selling for somewhere between a 1 and 2 price. You will be truly shocked at how BAD most are (I’m talking 90% of what they are selling). I suggest anyone interested in the hobby attend a Barrett-Jackson auction… and take the time/spend the money to get a preview pass so you can see the cars up close before the auction opens. If that is the case, it could be a worthwhile and fun buy! The seller does seem to be upfront about the car’s issues and welcomes inspections, so if you are looking for an oddball luxury truck I’d recommend giving this one a closer look! So would you like to roll around in this Caddy? I’m hopping the seller’s reserve is only slightly more than the current bid. If the seller detailed it to show quality, they might be able to get a few more bids out of it, but given the rust issues, cracked dash, ruined weather stripping, and other small issues I don’t see it going much higher. I could be wrong on my guesstimate for this one, but I think that Barrett Jackson values tend to be inflated and not representative of the classic car market as a whole. Now don’t get me wrong, I think this seller’s truck is a nice example of one of these rare conversions, I’m just not convinced that it’s worth much more than $15k in its current condition. The only problem with that is those cars were all in extremely nice shape and were either very low mileage survivors, had already been extensively restored or both. They have posted results for other Mirages that have sold in the past at Barrett Jackson auctions as examples of what others have sold for, there prices range from $38k up to $44k. I think the seller might be dreaming by setting a reserve that’s higher than $15k. This one is listed here on eBay in Tacoma, Washington with a high bid of $15k and the reserve not met. They were extremely well done conversions and are probably as close to a factory built Cadillac truck as you can get. Just a little over 200 of these were built, but no one is sure of the exact number. This ’76 DeVille based Mirage is one of the nicer examples we have seen and was built by Traditional Coach Works. We’ve seen a few Cadillac trucks over the years, they all have been custom creations used primarily as flower cars by funeral homes.
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