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blucpe

blucpe

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yesterday i was watching a high end car auction on tv, i mean ferraris, customs, even the batmobile. these cars went for serious money, $300,000-$1.2 mil. before they're brought on the block alan decadanet, i hope i spelled his name right, goes over the car for you, shows the meticulous restoration that went into some of the cars so on and so forth, what i was absolutly shocked at was, alot of the paint on these cars had more swirls and marring than some cars on the road. i would think if you're bringing this level of car to an auction you'd want it to look it's best under the lights. any of you out there have any idea why anyone would present an automobile like this at an auction? just thought i'd ask.:wall
 
blucpe said:
yesterday i was watching a high end car auction on tv, i mean ferraris, customs, even the batmobile. these cars went for serious money, $300,000-$1.2 mil. before they're brought on the block alan decadanet, i hope i spelled his name right, goes over the car for you, shows the meticulous restoration that went into some of the cars so on and so forth, what i was absolutly shocked at was, alot of the paint on these cars had more swirls and marring than some cars on the road. i would think if you're bringing this level of car to an auction you'd want it to look it's best under the lights. any of you out there have any idea why anyone would present an automobile like this at an auction? just thought i'd ask.:wall
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I see top end customs at shows all of the time crappy detailing work. You have to remmeber some things about those high end auctions though....1)Most people buying them are either buying an investment and the car will just sit for sale or they have more money than brains. 2) Some of the cars are restored to be just like they were when they came off the assembly line so the paint jobs reflect that. 3) If you can get a million for your car without detailing it why bother? LOL
 
I am always amazed at the quality of paint on most "show cars". If only they knew what they could look like and should look like.
 
To some true collectors they don't want the paint to look perfect because then they would have to go through the process of proving it was not a repaint. To serious collectors it adds to the value for the car to not be perfect.
 
BigChevMan said:
To some true collectors they don't want the paint to look perfect because then they would have to go through the process of proving it was not a repaint. To serious collectors it adds to the value for the car to not be perfect.
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For the most part, that’s not what we’re talking about here. Very, very few of the cars on the block are represented as original paint. The vast majority of them are restorations, customs and (multiple times) re-paints.



Most people just don’t know or don’t care about good paint condition, including guys with extremely expensive specialty cars.





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Most people just don’t know or don’t care about good paint condition, including guys with extremely expensive specialty cars.





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well shame on them. thanx for the responses. you all bring up excellent points. i don't think there's one of you that would show a car unless it was top notch but that's just us.
 
The reason you see more swirls on those cars is b/c the owners think they are cleaning them and use improper techniques. They constantly rub them with crappy towels and put a ton of swirls in them.
 
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