Barret/Jackson Las Vegas

[Ron Ketcham]

Anyone of you gearheads/petroheads watching this years auction from Vegas?

Some show on camera to be really nice, until one with a trained eye looks close when the close up camera on the stage hits some areas.

Still, ain`t it hoot!

Wish I still had some big bucks!

You got to have "big bucks" so you can have the toys and end up with "Little bucks`.

Grumpy

[Bill D]

Yep. Rarely are the vehicles in tip top Autopian condition but Barrett Jackson is such a treat to watch!

[Ron Ketcham]

Oh the memories, oh the pain!

Two 50`s Merc`s across the block, both "chopped", what that takes most would never know.

Chopped one, "z`d" the frame, channeled the body.

Took me and my buddy Bill, a year.We worked our tails off to get the main body work done.

Then, get the glass cut to fit, roll the front and rear pans, fill in the back tail light`s, cut in 57 Vette tail lights into the sides, french in an anntena, french the headlights, build a grill out of 53 Chey teeth, etc, etc.

Fit a "full house" 53 Olds with tri-power and an automatic into the bay.( we dressed out the motor,just try to buy or find chrome for engines back then)

Take it from Illinois to Tijauna for a full roll and tuck.

Painted it 53 Buick metallic red, lacquer, etc, etc, etc.

One of the first cars I learned to pin strip on, that was a trip in it`s self.

And lost our butts on it a year later when we had to sell it.

Grumpy