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Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think BJ allows reserves. Unless it’s a multiple six figures car. Gorgeous car man. Good luck. -Bill

Personally witnessed and started up this car at Mecum the last time they came to Chicago in October 2022. https://www.mecum.com/lots/522873/1970-chevrolet-monte-carlo-ss/?aa_id=315774-0 It looked really nice in my totally-non-expert opinion. Still missing the load leveler tank though, correct? Hammered at $56,000, out the door with fees for $61,600. -Bill

Something to like about all of them I think: https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/39261/1971-chevrolet-monte-carlo https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/39129/1972-chevrolet-monte-carlo https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/39018/1972-chevrolet-monte-carlo https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/38913/1972-chevrolet-monte-carlo -Bill

Not to sound like a know-it-all, but the $62,700 for the red 1970 SS already includes the 10% buyer premium. So, hammer price was $57,000. The real reason I wanted to bring it up is that, as Jared mentions above, it's same one that sold a few years ago: Mecum Kissimmee January 2022 - $67,100 all-in, so $61,000 hammer price. That's about ~7% decrease over two years from probably the peak of craziness in January 2022. Frankly, I'm kind of encouraged by it, i.e. it didn't get dumped for a 30% loss or something similar. Will be a very interesting data point to see what it goes for at Kissimmee 2026 LOL. -Bill

Here she was at GAA last month. $32K. https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/38461/1972-chevrolet-monte-carlo -Bill

Hey John, I got one of those too! 🤜🤛

Congrats Glen! Car looks awesome! -Bill

He mentioned he got it in March somewhere in Ohio. I did not press him for details - it’s funny how many how many people walk up to me/my car and their first question is “Hey how much did you pay for it?”. Thank you very much Glen! Don’t think I can make that show Thursday due to family obligations but if something changes I will keep an eye out for you. I am going to try to make this one in a couple Saturdays though: -Bill

Ha. I totally missed that. Maybe an oops when the top was switched from green to black? -Bill

Konow’s farm in Homer Glen, not too far from you. -Bill

I think I heard a rumor once that there's a couple of guys around here that like pictures... Was able to hit a local cruise night with my dad yesterday. The black one is mine. Also bumped into a very nice guy who had recently acquired an absolutely gorgeous '72 402 Custom, numbers matching, says he has a build sheet to prove it. Green interior (why did I not take any interior photos?!?!) which I thought looked super cool with the pewter silver exterior. Supposedly it had a green top originally. I will be really embarrassed if this guy is an FGMCC member and/or there is club knowledge of this car and I missed it, but it was such a gem that I can't help myself. -Bill

“Sold” according to Volo’s site. Didn’t seem like it was on the market long. I spent an unhealthy amount of time staring at those pictures, that gold/gold setup put me in a trance 😵‍💫 -Bill https://www.volocars.com/auto-sales/vehicles/17928/1970-chevrolet-monte-carlo-ss-454

Doh! Thanks Vaughn!

I remembered your story too when I saw that listing a few days ago Rob. I pulled up a record of the last auction from my "archives", which, coincidentally, stopped bidding at the exact same price that you were going to offer the original owner... But the top is black now? -Bill

Jealous! I am itching to get mine out, but the weather here just will not cooperate as much as I'd like it to. I've driven it about 9 miles since I got it last fall. On a positive note, this week I finally received the car cover I ordered in November, just in time to not use it for the next 6 months... -Bill

Oh cool, I was not aware you could get in there before the auction officially starts tomorrow. Shows you what I know… Very interested to hear your thoughts on the car and the set up at GAA! -Bill

Hey Bryan, If you're interested and it helps you, I was out at GAA last year. Prior to jumping on a plane, I hooked up with a local guy whose business is car inspections to take a look at my '72 - Brian Manning at NC Auto Appraisal, (919) 606-6720. He dinged me $400 for about 250 pictures, a video of the car running, paint/sheet metal evaluation, and a couple of phone discussions about his findings. Not necessarily cheap, but I felt it was a fair value for what I received and that it made sense relative to my budget and what I thought the car was worth. The biggest positive for me was that he could get into the auction house a few days early so that I could determine if it was even worth making the trip or not - for me anyway, the plane tickets, hotel, etc. were worth a lot more than $400. I wouldn't call him a First Gen expert by any means, but it's his everyday job and it struck me that he knows what he's doing. Note that he does not look at the seller's paperwork or verify engine block stamps/codes or things like that. He also does not provide a written report of any type - a little weird I thought but apparently that's something he does for higher fee insurance claim inspections I guess. Whatever, I just took really good notes when we spoke post-inspection. PS - I have no affiliation with Brian, that was the first and only time I used him. I found him through the interweb... PPS - I thought the GAA "campus" was pretty cool, and would definitely go back to another auction just to look around if I get a chance. For sure not the level of cars at BJ or Mecum, but still plenty of neat stuff. -Bill

Yep, my 72 is also an Arlington, TX build. -Bill

I gotta say this thread was a very interesting read! -Bill

Anyone else sitting on their duff today watching the auction on TV like me? The Mrs is ready to strangle me with the auctioneer blaring in the background all day LOL. Always tough to say without seeing it up close, but this one from this morning seems like it was well bought. -Bill

Great stuff, thanks again guys. -Bill

Awesome, thanks guys.

Thanks for the quick response Joe! Shoot, I thought I had that SS-style-dash thing figured out. I definitely don't want to cut the dash either. So if I am following you correctly, the first two radios below would not work, but the other two would? -Bill

Happy New Year Guys. Apologies in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong spot. Seems like a topic that could fit into a few different threads (General, Electrical, Parts) but I went with Restorers for now. I'd be happy to re-post elsewhere if that's the right thing to do. Anyway... My recently acquired, mostly original, pretty-much-turn-key '72 that I already love almost as much as my children but for sure will never win any awards at Pebble has an aftermarket radio that is a piece of junk that barely works and needs to be replaced eventually. The car was originally built with a UM2 AM/FM/8-track and I'd love to get something as close to original as I can. I've done a little bit of rookie-research both in our forums and elsewhere and *think* that I have learned: 1. Could be wrong, but appears that there is no such thing as an original-looking repro AM/FM/8-track. 2. There is a such thing as an original-looking repro AM/FM, but feedback on the quality of these does not sound great. 3. Original radios are out there on Ebay and elsewhere but they are not cheap and will need work. I did see in our forums that members have had good luck with both R&B and Barry's for rebuilds. 4. Original AM/FM's without the 8-track seem to be a lot more common/available than versions with 8-tracks (I've only been able to find one 8-track version so far). In an ideal world, my first choice would be to land an original AM/FM/8-track and get it rebuilt. Given that, I guess my question is - what have club members had the best luck with? Maybe the repros and the rebuilds are both great options and it just comes down to how much money I want to spend? To be clear - I don't have any 8-track tapes and am not interested in playing 8-tracks in the car...I'm just a dork about originality 🤡. Thanks for the help. -Bill

It came with all the documentation. Yeah, good call on framing it, mine looks good but it feels like just a slight breeze would turn it into dust. -Bill