Pictures from Barrett-Jackson 2010 - Mothers Virtual Power Tour

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Pictures from Barrett-Jackson 2010 - Mothers Virtual Power Tour



I had the opportunity to work with Victor Scalco and the Mothers Special Events Team including Eric Dunn from Lake Country Manufacturing at this year's Barrett-Jackson Auction in West Palm Beach Florida and it was a BLAST!

Setting up the Mothers booth is a huge project but the finished project is worth the effort and communicates to car enthusiasts that Mothers is hardcore when it come to car care...

A view from inside looking out while it was still early in the morning... once the crowds show up it's standing room only!

Hands-on displays where attendees can try out the product themselves to see how well they work...

 

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Inside the Auction tent on display is the Black Knight, built by Rich Evans of HuntingtonBeachBodywork.com


Victor Scalco from Mothers adds some shine, in this picture he's using the 83432 Foam Pad Polish from Mothers Professional Line.

Official Sponsor of Barrett-Jackson Auctions
Mothers is the official polish and wax Sponsor of Barrett-Jackson Auctions and Mothers also runs the official detail centers where the auction cars are cleaned, polished and perfected before going over the auction block and when going over the block Mothers Technicians keep the cars shining by wiping off dust and finger-pints.


Looking good!

A couple forum members from the primary forum I post on, AutogeekOnline.net stopped by to say hi while checking out the cars and all the vendor's booths...

Can’t remember this gentleman’s forum name… if he contacts me I’ll edit this post and add his name.

Merlin

Swag!
It was a lot of fun working the Mothers Special Event's Team on Friday and Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in West Palm Beach and they loaded me up with some really cool Mothers Gear at the end of the show...

Mothers Shirts, Hats and the really cool Mothers/Chip Foose Detail Bag can be found here,

Mothers Cool Gear

 

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Now on to the Mothers Virtual Power Tour with pictures of cars at the 2010 Barrett-Jackson Auction in West Palm Beach, Florida

If you look at the B-Pillar on the car below, you can see rotary buffer swirls, this is why I always say,

You can have the greatest painter in the world paint your car but it’s the guy that
does the wet-sanding, cutting and polishing that makes or breaks the paint job

Looking for a way to keep your car dust-free and safe from bird droppings?

Back in the 1950’s Continental Kits were very popular as a way to hold a spare tire without taking up room in the trunk and adding a little bling at that same time.

This is an AMC Javelin, I think it was a 1970 or 1971, these had the Coke bottle style fender lines like classic Corvettes from the 1970’s and 1980’s and you could get them with BIG BLOCKS!

Firebird in very original shape…

The fins on this 1960 Impala are referred to has “Horizontal Fins” as compared to the "Vertical Fins" on a 1959 Cadillac.

Behemoths… there isn’t any cursed black pebble textured plastic trim on cars like these

This is a Jeep Scrambler which was a convertible Jeep Truck available in the 1980’s I believe, they are pretty hard to find now days…

1957 or 58 Ford Fairlane Retractable Top Convertible

Check out the cool lights and siren on this old Fire Department Emergency Car, this would be the vehicle the Chief would usually ride in to the scene of a major fire.

 

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Note: I didn't have time or the ability to carry a clipboard with me and write down details about each car, there were too many cars to look at and too much ground to cover.

My comments about years, makes and models is drawn from memory about these cars and by usually looking at the grills, hoods or body styles to place the year of manufacture. If I make a mistake on the title of a car please let me know and I'll make the change, I'm confident everyone else would never make a mistake.

Ford Fairlane Convertible, you could get these with a 390 Big Block...

1978 Ford Thunderbird

This is a Corvair Passenger Van and came with an air-cooled flat 6 cylinder engine...

Buick Skylark - Note the wing on the back...

1971 or 1972 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton Short Bed Truck

Kind of a strange looking two-tone paint job on this old Chevrolet Apache Truck

Early Pontiac Trans Am...

1967 GTO... you could get one of these with a 389 Big Block...

Oldsmobile 442

1950 Ford 2-Door Club Coupe

I think this is a 1958 Ford Edsel...

A lot of times I'll take the picture of the dash on a classic car because they are so
unique and stylistic compared to the disposable cars manufactured today...

I think this was a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible...

1969 Pontiac GTO

1968 Camaro...

Z28 Camaro

Jeepster...

Chevelle

Note the wax residue around the letters... see this article... TOGW = The Other Guy's Wax

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Continued...

Note: I didn't have time or the ability to carry a clipboard with me and write down details about each car, there were too many cars to look at and too much ground to cover.

My comments about years, makes and models is drawn from memory about these cars and by usually looking at the grills, hoods or body styles to place the year of manufacture. If I make a mistake on the title of a car please let me know and I'll make the change. I'm pretty good at getting close but don't always get it perfect when dating a car, make and model.


Pontiac Safari Woodie Station Wagon, don't remember what the grill looked like even though I looked at
the front of the car but judging by the fender lines I would guess this is a 1952 or 1953 vintage.

This is an Oldsmobile Rocket 88 and my guess is it's about a 1952 to 1954...

1964 Chevrolet Malibu

If you don't know what the word Yenko means, do a Google search and type in the name Don Yenko

1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville - These had the largest vertical fins to ever come out of Detroit and came with a 390 Big Block Engine with a a 4-Speed Hydra-Matic Transmission.
(I've owned 5 of these cars but none were ever as nice as this one).

Massive Fins and Dual Bullet Taillights mark the 1959 Cadillac as an Icon of automotive design at the end of the 1950's....

Everywhere you go you find muscle cars often times with Big Blocks, like these two Chevelles...

Going by the curves of the back fender, I think this is a 1951 to 1952 Belair Coupe

More SS Chevelles...

This is about a 1951 Chevrolet Belair... note the Split Front Windshield

1965 to 67 Pontiac, not sure the model... Tempest?

Here's a very well preserved old race car

Buick Skylark I believe, about a 1972...
Back in the late 1970's and even early 1980's these were looked down upon when compared to a Chevelle or Mustang...

This was cool looking, I like it because I always referred to my Sanger Drag Boat as a "Corvette on the water"

Oldsmobile 442 Convertible... my guess is about a 1968 or 1969, the fender lines are throwing me...

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Note: I didn't have time or the ability to carry a clipboard with me and write down details about each car, there were too many cars to look at and too much ground to cover.

My comments about years, makes and models is drawn from memory about these cars and by usually looking at the grills, hoods or body styles to place the year of manufacture. If I make a mistake on the title of a car please let me know and I'll make the change. I'm pretty good at getting close but don't always get it perfect when dating a car, make and model.


This is a Studebaker Avanti...

1973 Dodge Dart - Hot Pink Paint really makes this car stand out... all white interior looked very good too...

REO Speedwagon

There were quite of few Trans Ams at this auction, the Trans Am was made famous by Burt Reynolds and Sally Field in the movie, Smokey and the Bandit

Some exceptional 1957 Chevrolets...

Did anyone see what tis 1957 Convertible sold for? This thing was HOT

This was a cool shot, coming off the fins and showing row after row of hot cars...

This isn't no Toyota Prius...

Yet another Big Block Chevy SS

 

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More Big Blocks Chevys...

This was a special edition big block powered Chevy Truck produced from 1990 to 1993

A very beautiful 1971 Corvette with a 454 Big Block Chevy...

More Trans Ams... first a little Burt and Sally for effect...

Another shot looking back from where I came from...

This Road Runner was clean enough to eat off of...

There were a few of the elegant breed on hand like this Bently which added a little variety to the large selection of Detroit Iron Muscle Cars....

A very cool 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible...

This is low flying jet...

 

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This is the interior of the 1960 Bonneville Convertible, pretty roomy huh?

Usually the chrome horn ring is broken off old classics like this because they are made from pot metal which breaks easy...

Ford Shelby GT 500

Ford Galaxie 500

This is called a Tear Drop Hood Scoop and was popular in the 1970’s, I remember seeing
them for sale in the J.C. Whitney Catalog for years and years in the 1970’s and 1980’s

1965 Chevy 1/2 Ton Stepside Shorty... This is the same front clip used to make
the 1966 Chevy Milk Truck I used to own, which had a 396 Big Block Chevy...

The very rare and very cool and also very sought after 1968 California Special...

Sorry, this one is out of focus a little...

Another Chevelle with a 454 Big Block Chevy...

Oldsmobile 442

Pontiac Fire Chicken err I mean Firebird...

 

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1955 Chevrolet Belair

1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport

1969 Dodge Super Bee

Functional Hood Scoop (Most hood scoops are just for looks)

The business side of a real air scoop... air goes in... explosion happens... car moves forward real fast...

Here's what you would be looking at as you go through the gears and the front wheels come up off the ground...

Cockpit of the GTX...

And yet another Big Block 1966 Chevelle SS - What's the manly grunting sound Tim from Tool Time makes?

 

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1968 Plymouth GTX

Austin Healey 3000

1969 Shelby Mustang GT 350

What a great looking air scoop... no wonder they're making the new Mustangs look like the old Mustangs...

1969 Camaro Rally Sport

And here's a Z-28 Camaro...

Back in the 1950's the Jet Age and our Space Program had a strong influence on car designs...

1968 Dodge Dart with a 426 Hemi Engine

1941 Cadillac

Note the interesting dash gauges with a combination of a rectangular gauges
next to a large round speedometer... Also note the split windshield...

 

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Here's a Delorean... back from the future...

Usually you only see pictures of the outside so I included a few of the inside...

My hands are as steady as Surgeon's...

The second generation Camaros also had very cool and aggressive body lines...

This guy needs to visit the Mothers booth and pick up a couple jars of Mothers Billet Metal Polish!

Nash Metropolitan - These were made by the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Kelvinator made refrigerators. The door handle you see on the door also came on refrigerators as did some of the other parts used to assemble this car.

Each day we had plenty of protection by the Florida State Police!

This was a very clean, 1965 GMC 1/2 Ton Stepside Shorty 4x4
4-wheel drives were just being introduced back in the 1960's for the consumer market and
the 4-wheel drive components were actually manufactured by NAPCO

If you ever get a chance to attend a Barrett-Jackson Auction, go for it, as you'll have the chance to see a wide variety of cars that just come out of the woodwork.


Closing thoughts...
Hope you enjoyed the pictures from this year's Barrett-Jackson Auction in West Palm Beach, Florida. I would like to thank Mothers Management, Forrest Tosi and everyone on the Mothers Special Events Team for letting me hang out with them for 2 days and help with their booth.


:xyxthumbs:

 

[Finemess]

Very nice,Mike. Hope yall had fun. I like this one.

Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach 2010 04/01/2010 - 04/03/2010

Well that did not work, its lot 101.

 

[CEE DOG]

Thanks for all the pics Mike! Looks like you had a good time.

 

[2003 GMC Denali]

Thanks for the Pictures.

Is the very last Picture, one of your Truck? Did you auction it off, too?

The Black residue on the Mothers Red Foam Buffers, can it and does it come off?

Does the build-up of the residue impair the future performance of the Buffer?

How do you prevent product from being flung off, when it gets up to speed?

 

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Thanks for the Pictures.

Is the very last Picture, one of your Truck? Did you auction it off, too?

Yes, that is my truck and because it's my daily driver I drove it to the auction each day and parked it in a sea of new cars... nothing wrong with new cars but the cars people collect are the old school style and the highly prized collectible cars, at least highly prized muscle cars have the big blocks in them. I've put a big block chevy engine into just about everything I've ever owned if it didn't already come with one. 1975 was the last year for the full convertible before they started putting permanent hard tops over the cab, so the full convertible models are becoming harder and harder to find in good condition. They never came with a big block so I had to fix that problem. Even though it's big and heavy, it has low gears and tons of torque, so it really gets with the program when you put the pedal to the metal.

The Black residue on the Mothers Red Foam Buffers, can it and does it come off?

Does the build-up of the residue impair the future performance of the Buffer?

How do you prevent product from being flung off, when it gets up to speed?

Mothers metal polishes are all water-based, so the residue can be washed out by hand with some soap. No worries...

As for sling, don't spin the drill as fast it it will go... don't over use product...

 

[Shane731]

Wow! Sure looks like you got to have lots of fun! Great pics! Thanks for sharing! :dblthumb2:

 

[jpegs13]

Mike, the '57 Chevy went for $73,700. There were some amazing cars there. I wasn't, sad to say. I was at Disney with the kids, and I watched some of it on TV in the evening. Thanks for the photos! Nice work.

 

[RaskyR1]

Holly cow that a lot of pictures of some sweet rides! Looks like you had a blast Mike!

Thanks for sharing! :dblthumb2:

 

[pwcheenie]

So many great pictures Mike. I can remember back when all those cars and trucks were on the road as daily drivers. Detroit sure doesn't make them like they use too. :cool pics:

 

[mchess1]

Hey Mike first of all great photos. My nine year old son and I made it out on Friday to the auction and had a fantastic time.

As far as the classes go, are you going to be changing the format? I went to the last 101 class in the fall and was anxiously awaiting the 201 class.

Will the new class cover these techniques or will there be an "advanced" class?