Bring a Trailer and Cars & Bids Appreciation Thread

[Bad Bob]

As NOT seen on BaT

 

[Carolinacub]

As NOT seen on BaT
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That's bad a$$

 

[johnnyvw]

On Barn Finds...for those deep snow powder days...

Ski Lodge Snow Machine: Poncin Mini-Bus VP 800

We get fairly used to seeing long-forgotten vehicles of every kind hidden away in barns, forgotten garages - even the occasional cow pasture. But finds like this one on a remote mountain in Norway remind us that barn finds can live anywhere, and that any number of circumstances can cause...

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[Rudi Riet]

A nice 1991 Honda Civic RT4WD 6-speed Wagon just appeared on BAT:

No Reserve: 1991 Honda Civic RT4WD Wagon 6-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1991 Honda Civic RT4WD Wagon 6-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #47,271.

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I remember these. They were unsung heroes in the Wasatch: a bit more rare than the standard Subaru, reliable, fun, and rusted if you didn't wash them religiously.

 

[scott43]

No power. Didn't they have like 80hp?

I stand corrected, 105hp. 0-60 in 10.2.

 

[cantunamunch]

No power. Didn't they have like 80hp?

I stand corrected, 105hp. 0-60 in 10.2.

Pretty comparable to the Corollas of the era, really, except none of those were 4WD in NorAm.

 

[Rudi Riet]

It's not like you'd be racing in this thing. It would get you up to the mountain without issue and the traction was good. It also is frugal in terms of petrol consumption which is no small feat.

Granted, given its age I'm sure about 20 horses have bolted from the paddock...

 

[cantunamunch]

It's not like you'd be racing in this thing. It would get you up to the mountain without issue and the traction was good. It also is frugal in terms of petrol consumption which is no small feat.

And both the injection and ignition systems would self adjust for high-altitude low-octane gasoline - super bonus for the era. I won't even go into how many problems I had with my (non-turbo) Pontiac at altitude.

 

[scott43]

On the plus side, Honda engines are a joy to beat the snot out of. Unlike some other brands....

 

[Muleski]

1k-Mile 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80

Bid for the chance to own a 1k-Mile 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #49,554.

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Unicorn

 

[dbostedo]

1k-Mile 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80

Bid for the chance to own a 1k-Mile 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #49,554.

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Unicorn

Wow... how do you buy that truck, in New Hampshire, and only put 1k miles on it? Is it possible it was bought just to be a collector car? Did Land Cruiser's have tha kind of rep in the 90's?

 

[dbostedo]

Any guesses on where this one will finish? I say north of $1.5M.

 

[Ogg]

Wow... how do you buy that truck, in New Hampshire, and only put 1k miles on it? Is it possible it was bought just to be a collector car? Did Land Cruiser's have tha kind of rep in the 90's?

Yes it was bought as an investment. That generation was somewhat revolutionary.

 

[cantunamunch]

Did Land Cruiser's have tha kind of rep in the 90's?

That's when they really ramped up in desirability.

Obviously there was the Dakar win but even before that families that totally did NOT want to be seen in a Blazer were buying Land Cruisers as slightly-anemic-but-premium-quality-family-tanks.

 

[Muleski]

Anybody watching the LC auction?
Wow…….$125K right now. Nope $126K

 

[Muleski]

Looks like a $136K sale. Wow.

 

[DanoT]

Looks like a $136K sale. Wow.

At $136K, that is too much money for it to become a daily driver....a almost 30 y.o. SUV is a collector car.

 

[scott43]

One person's garbage is another person's wall art...

 

[dbostedo]

At $136K, that is too much money for it to become a daily driver....a almost 30 y.o. SUV is a collector car.

Making it a daily driver would perhaps defeat the point of buying a car with only 1k on the odometer. I'd think most buyer's would be looking to hold it as part of their collection, or hold it for a while and hopefully turn it for a profit.

 

[Muleski]

It can’t begin to guess how it will be used, and frankly, where it will end up. I have a guess or two….within the USA. Then I have other guesses abroad.

Phil and I both made reference to Nantucket. There are locales all over the country, like Nantucket, where extremely well to do families “summer”, with no apparent budget. I have a business acquaintance who flies to Nantucket by private jet every weekend late May through early October.

He has quite a compound. The pilots even have a guest cottage. And…he loves his toys. And if his toys are more rare, more “old” and harder to acquire than yours…win. Have a friend with a family compound on the coast of Maine. Same.

My Maine friend most often drives around in an early 1940’s Ford woody. Or, a 1958 MB 300SL. Both worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On Nantucket, my friend has the three very cool Island cars. A fully restored 1990ish Red LR Defender 90, a completely “new” old Jeep Wagoneer….restored to brand new specs, and a Model A woody. Perfect. He drives them ALL over that island. In the sand and salt air.

Does this make ANY sense? Nope. Any fiscal sense? No way. They think it’s fun, their kids and grandkids do, too. So…why not? BTW, the car budget is a small fraction of the boat/yacht program!

if you’re worth a few Billion bucks….why be rational? Hell maybe you had a FJ80 30 years ago at your ski house in Aspen? And you miss it! Here’s a chance to buy a new one.

Maybe a specialty dealer ends up with it, and sells for even more money. Maybe it goes to the Middle East. Maybe a huge Toyota dealer ends up with it in his showroom?

The likely final buyer, IMO, has no idea what BaT is. Just a hunch.

On this thought, a friend of mine bought a new Defender 90, yellow, and proceeded to beat the daylights out of it for 100K plus miles. 15 years? He was approached to see if he wanted to sell it. Hadn’t really planned to, but he did….for something like $50K. It was all original.

They buyer is in the business. He totally restores them. Rebuilds them. Frame on up. Sources or fabricates anything not perfect. When they leave his hands….almost priceless. He sold this one as he was just starting, to be delivered when complete. As I recall, the buyer just wanted it. And he could care less about the price. $150K, $200K….who knows, and who cares?

This guy wants to be “that guy” wherever he summers. It would be more cool if he had it since new….but no worries, he’ll tell everybody that he has! Buying that look.

This one could end up ANYWHERE. You think an extra $100K matters to somebody in Dubai who wants it?

Cool auction. The auction specs were terribly written. Didn’t matter. I was guessing $100K.