Friday, October 4, 2019

Barrett Jackson Day

We are winding down our stay in Las Vegas and preparing for our departure to join the Canyonland Tour in Kanab, UT.  Our plan for today was to attend the Barrett Jackson auction that is being held this week at the Mandalay Convention Center.  The first task was to return the rental car.  And since the ladies wanted to visit the Mandalay Bay casino we decided to drop Rose, Nan and Trish off first, return the car, and then Lou, Bruce and I would Uber back to attend the auction. The ladies bought tickets for us while we were gone and we all decided to go to the auction and check out the cars.
Once inside we were surprised to see all the other vendors inside.  We visited the Ford, Corvette, Toyota and Dodge factory displays and checked out the new cars on display.  We even got tickets to drive some of the new cars and take a ride in the mega horsepower Dodge's that were drifting in the parking lot.     Drifting Dodge
The variety of cars up for auction was great, from stock to full customs.  It was major eye candy for the guys looking at these great consigned cars.  It was also interesting to see the sold prices for cars that had already gone across the block.  Our view was that if you were looking for an early to mid 2000's luxury car, this was the place to get one as the prices were $10-12K for high end type vehicles.
Back at the hotel, the Zadras were able to visit with their son and his family.  It was a quiet night for Bruce & Trish.  Nan & I decided to finally visit the casino after dinner.  I can report that we did not leave winners.  The house won again.
Tomorrow our group will hit the road and head to Kanab to join the 375 other Model A'ers who are also arriving to participate in the MAFCA Canyonland Tour,
Here are are some picture from the auction.







Sweet Model A
 On The Auction Floor

3 comments:

  1. Would enjoy watching one of their auctions, I watched this one on TV for a bit last nite.

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  2. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Kathy and I have enjoyed following along. I too was watching the auction yesterday. I should have looked for you in the audience. I assume no one bought a car to ship home? Brad Johnson

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  3. WOW! The auction looks amazing...I love the VW coca-cola bus!

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