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>> ON THIS DAY IN 1960 WHEN THAT
CAR WAS IN THE SHOWROOM AS MIKE
TALKED ABOUT, JOHN F. KENNEDY
HAD JUST TAKEN THE PRESIDENCY
AND THAT IS THE KIND OF TIME GAP
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
>> I DON'T RECALL WHAT THAT CAR
SOLD FOR NEW, BOB, BUT I SEEM TO
THINK -- I HAVE A BROCHURE THAT
MY DAD GOT FROM THE DEALER AND
WROTE ALL THE NUMBERS DOWN ON,
HE WAS CONSIDERING IT AND I
BELIEVE IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $4000,
BRAND-NEW.
>> A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN.
>> WELL, IT WAS A LOT OF CAR
BACK THEN.
>> TRUE.
>> AND I WISH COULD YOU HAVE
TALKED HIM INTO IT, HUH, MIKE?
>> I WAS TEN AT THE TIME BUT,
YES, I SURE WOULD HAVE TRIED.
>> HERE COMES A CUSTOMIZED GOAT,
GTO PONTIAC HARDTOP.
PROBABLY THE NATION'S FOREMOST
EXPERT ON CASH OPERATORS
-- CARBURETORS AND HE
DID THESE.
MAYBE A LITTLE MORE WIDELY
AVAILABLE THAN THE DOWNDRAFT
WHICH YOU USED TO SEE ON THE
COBRAS AT THE TIME SO NOTHING
VERY ORIGINAL HERE AND WHEN YOU
GET TO THE INTERIOR, IT IS LESS
ORIGINAL.
LET'S SEE, THE DASH IS ORIGINAL.
THE GRAB HANDLE ABOVE THE GLOVE
BOX AND GLOVE BOX DOOR IS
ORIGINAL.
THAT IS ABOUT IT.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN REDONE
IN EITHER SUEDE OR ALCONTERRA,
SPEAKERS AND THINGS IN THE
TRUNK.
VERY NICE CUSTOM. NO WHERE NEAR
AN ORIGINAL CAR BUT ONE LITTLE
SHAKE TO THE OWNER AND HE IS
READY TO PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT
ONE.
>> A SITUATION WHERE OTHERWISE,
I MIGHT BE JUST THE GUY.
>> IF THIS CAR WAS RESTORED TO
AN ORIGINAL, I WOULD BE THINKING
70, $75,000 WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MONEY.
>> STEWART JUST PUT A BID IN.
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95, GO 90, 95?
92?
>> I WONDER IF THE BIDDING
ASSISTANT SAID OKAY, YOU ARE
BIDDING AGAINST TONY STEWART FOR
THE CAR AND HE REALLY WANTS IT.
>> BLACK PLATE CAR AS WELL.
>> WHAT A GREAT INTAKE SYSTEM.
REALLY ROAD RACY, EXPENSIVE,
SITTING ON THE TOP OF THAT V8.
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NOW 100, 100, 97,
100
>> UP TO A HUNDRED-GRAND
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102, 105, 107, 110 NOW.
>> TONY STEWART DOES HIS
HOMEWORK.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO PAY
FOR IT.
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120, 120, NOW FIVE, 125, 125 AND
A HALF?
TONY, DON'T QUIT NOW.
125?
SOLD.
>> DID HE GET?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> OUR 48th CAR TO SELL FOR
$100,000 OR MORE TODAY.
>> THAT AUTOGRAPH IS NOT FREE
THAT. ONE COST YOU 120-GRAND
PLUS COMMISSION.