Was it just me, or did it seem the auctioneers had a LOT more trouble with recognizing high bidders and amounts this year? On several occasions they completely stopped their bantor and backtracked back through 3 or 4 bids since they were completely lost on who had bid how much. I'm not criticizing them, it seemed like the right thing to do, but I don't hardly remember it ever happening in the past.

Question #2: What was the object that was obviously visible within Carroll Shelby's shirt on Saturday? On some people, I would believe it to be a flask of alcohol.... on Carroll, I'm not sure. Is he that type? Or was it a medical related item of some sort??

Question #3: If you didn't have your Camaro, and had to choose another model of car, what would it be? I'm really considering looking into a new project - I'd go with a 1960 2-Door Impala. Not with completely original appearance, but "some" customizing.... wheels, etc.. nothing huge.

just a few questions that crossed my mind this weekend....

1. Yes
2. I didn't see anything.
3. A 66-67 Tempest/Chevelle. Funny. I have 2 Camaros now, and I don't think I want anymore. Variation!

carrol shelby had a heart transplant in 1990 I saw the box looking object under his shirt , I'm sure it is medical related ,,

if I did not have my camaro let's see ,,,64 to 70 chevelle ? 62 63 64 impala ?
62 to 67 nova ? still some of these car's out there in non SS ie nameplate version's that could be bought cheap and make great hotrod's
out of the chevy line you have the cutlass line from 64 to 69 and the pontiac lemans 64 to 69 all make pretty cool car's ,,, GM was a hellava company from 1955 to 1970 that's for sure !!!

I did notice the same with the auctioneers.
Never noticed shelby's bump.
I would have a 70 Hemi Challenger, 4-speed with air. IF I had to pick just 1.

Did you guy's notice the little experiments, selling beatles stuff, piano, guitar.

Then the combo sales. 2 cars as a package.

I thought the cars & matching bikes were cool. I really liked the blue charger & bike, and the white vette & bike pair. :)

Auctioneers were all having trouble. I also saw Shelby's thing. My guess a medical instrument.
I have some sympathy for the people who lost money mostly on the street rod stuff. I saw quite a few cars sell for less than they would have cost to build. But then it was an auction...no sure thing and all that.
The high quality cars went for high quality dollars. So did some not so high quality cars like the 001 67 camaro. There were a lot of camaros there and at Russo Steele that were "built for auction" and looked the part. Anyone buying an auction car better know what they are looking at.

Question #2: What was the object that was obviously visible within Carroll Shelby's shirt on Saturday? On some people, I would believe it to be a flask of alcohol.... on Carroll, I'm not sure. Is he that type? Or was it a medical related item of some sort??

You know, there was quite a bit of alcohol being comsumed at the auction, but I doubt that highly visible bulge under his shirt was a flask. Since he quit race car driving in 1960 due to health concerns, he has had a heart and kidney transplant. At 84 years old and a double organ transplant recipient, it has to be a medical device.

Auctioneers are supposed to watch the bidder assistants.
The bidder assistants were horrible this year.
I watched them pressure bidders, change their minds, yell when a bidder was stepping out??, and not paying attention to bidders when they needed to.

Last year they screwed up on a 4.1 million $ bus.
I was sure they'd hire bidder assistants with some intelligence this year.

3 things I think I think..
I like American Chopper, but the Tuttles are getting way too greedy.
I started watching them because sr. was obnoxious and jr. had some good designs.
Now it's all about money for them.
I am not a mustang fan, but if Carroll Shelby designed a car for me and my son, I wouldn't be as anxious to sell it as Paul sr. was.

Selling the specialty items and combo items at Barrett-Jackson was just wrong.
Building cars for a quick sale just seems wrong.
Would any reputable builder put just enough effort into something for a quick sale at auction?

I very was impressed with the support for the Charity Hummer that Chip Foose rebuilt and CNN donated to Fisher house.
Not worth anywhere near $1.25M, but then that wasn't the point, was it.

There were many mistakes made this year and greed has taken over Tuttle and Jackson.

I thought that might have been Shelby's bidder ID under his shirt.