Re: [Chrysler300] barrett-jackson, desotos&300s

["JoeyPilot" <Joeypilot@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I watched just about every hour of B-J this year. I absolutely love it. I 
love the collector car hobby; and I love some collector cars more than 
others. Since I own a 300-G hardtop, I particularly enjoyed watching not 
only the G's that were for sale, but the '59 Adventurer and etc... and the 
Corvettes! (I have two). And I never tire of looking at 63 to 67's red or 
black!!!!!!


Joe Schmitt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Meyer" <js23rob@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Chrysler 300 list service'" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] barrett-jackson, desotos&300s


> Howdy gang. I have just returned from Barrett-Jackson and after a week
> of being there and I am beat. Full blown sensory overload. For those of
> you who have been there to sell a car I am sure you can relate. I was
> there with the black 59 Desoto Adventurer convert. Perhaps I should have
> clarified earlier that I did not own the car, I did help out with much
> of the restoration though. I did the paint and body assembly, made it
> run sweet and lots of other stuff. Greg Groom was the owner.
> Some of you guys may think that 300G convert was a steal, but upon
> seeing it in person it was closer to an amateur resto or a nice driver.
> Nothing like the 200k G verts of the last couple years. Dave was there
> to see it, I would think he would agree. The cinnamon G hardtop was a
> pretty nice car, very sharp. Brought decent money for a hardtop! Just a
> little info on the Desoto's for those who may not know-the 59 adventurer
> convert is a very rare beast. Only 97 were built and only 6 or so are
> known to exist. The 59 adventurer was probably one of the flashiest of
> all the Chrysler products with all the gold trim and grill to the gold
> metal thread woven into the black carpet, it was for sure the fanciest
> and the last hurrah for Desoto before the company went under early in
> 61.
> The red 59 sweep convert was owned by a friend of mine from Wisconsin.
> It was a very pretty car. Documented low miles virgin restored using the
> original interior. So even though it was a cheap model it brought lots
> of attention because of this. Didn't hurt that it was a red on red car
> either!
> Another very rare fin car there was a 60 dodge polara D500 convert. Red
> on red, very nice car that perhaps less than 10 were built and maybe 3
> survive. Sold today for 160k plus commissions. Pretty good deal I think.
> Impossible to find car!
> From what I can remember, the most expensive Chrysler product that
> sold-not including those concept weird cars-was parked right next to me
> and the 59 adventurer all week and nobody much paid it any attention.
> The car was a 1966 dodge coronet with a 426 hemi in it. And it was a 4
> door sedan. One of only five 4 door hemi cars built and one of only 3
> known to exist. And it was very very nice. Sold for about $660,000
> including commissions. It looked like a sweet old red taxicab. Bitchin!
> So the 300 letter cars are kinda common compared to these few models, at
> least if you have the dough you can at least find one to buy!
> Nearly all of the big engine Mopar muscle cars-cudas, challengers, 426
> hemi and 440-6 pack cars were significantly DOWN in price compared to
> the last couple years. Many selling at half or less than their values
> over the last year.
> Ford appeared to be king with tons of Shelby cars selling for big dough,
> boss 429 mustangs bringing half a million+! Each! And there were many
> boss 429s and tons of the Shelby cars there! So market saturation
> doesn't hold water with the ford guys I guess.
> Too many stinkin corvettes. I cant stand those things.
> Enough rambling,
> Lee in san diego
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