I just watched the black FR-100 sell for 210,000$$$$$ at the Barrett-jackson auction in Scottsdale. Incredible.

 

Holy moly that is a lot of money spent on a truck wow it is incredible

 

That is alot of truck, it`s cost must have been alot more to make it. One super sweet fast good handling ride.

 

Also an all matching ragtop Hemi Cuda - 275,000$$$

 

I've seen the silver FR, So I understand there were two FRs ?
Never seen the black one.

 

yeah the built two one black one silver they also built a panel truck for UPS and of course that one was brown it actually is carried on their truck inventory with a vehicle number that has 1953 in it

 

There are two pickup's and one panel. One pickup is silver and the other is black , the panel is brown with UPS lettering. I've seen all three and I like the panel the best but would take any of them in a heart beat.

Chuck

 

I saw both FR100's at the F100 Supernats back in 03 in Pigeon Forge. They are sweet. I believe I heard that it took seven body men fouteen months to build the truck. I'm surprised Ford sold those as they are great advertising for the FOMOCO crate motors. Did they sell just the one? I also got a free poster at the supernats. Maybe it's worth some $$$ now.
Jeff

 

Dont get me wrong I like seeing the T.V. shows where they build exotic trucks and cars.
You know the type of stuff that most of us guys cant afford or just flatout isnt practicle for us but these people dont even live ont he same planet as us.
If I had $270,000 I sure as hell wouldnt be spending it on a car or truck haha.
Thats the ultra rich club playing look what I got.

 

At the 03 Supernats, both of the pickups were driven from California to Pigeon Forge Tennessee. They were on display there. The Ford factory reps gave away posters and answered questions all weekend. They said it cost Ford Racing $1.8 million to build the 2 trucks. Not sure what the panel truck cost or if UPS subsidized it. So, whoever bought it at Barrett-Jackson got a whale of a deal.

 

Only the black one was on the block.

 

The Cuda was a clone.That's why it went for 275,000.However it did have an old Hemi in it.

 

I'm almost sure real Hemi Cudas sell for around a million? Weren't there only about nine made in '71? I can't imagine anyone spending $275K for a clone car of any type. That makes even less sense than a million dollar real Hemi Cuda.

The FR100s were one of the sweetest drivable rods I have ever laid eyes on.

 

The illusion of value that attaches itself to the grand gestures at Barrett-Jackson has become a sad statement on our times. Large enterprises can spend x point x million dollars on anything-- net result? Good press. Advertising value? Who knows?

The excess of wealth among certain Americans has unleashed spending that hardly reflects value. Old rusted junkers sat around in fields getting rustier because they had no value at one point in time. Now, even rustier than in days gone by, the same junk will sell for multiple hundreds or thousands.

Each of the above statements reflect two different types of value. In the case of the first, the advertising value may or may not have come to zero sum. With Ford pulling into itself and sales being down, one might guess that the best they could do is try to recoup some more sales value with the wonder of an auction and a whopping big sales price.

For the guy who buys the old rusted junk-- heck, he might be one of us. A guy who wants to build something fun. Cost is a big barrier to how much fun we can buy. Guess the inflated price for what used to be junk is the way of the world as we know it right now.

Do you wonder when the bottom falls out of this trendy notion that buying something old to drive is cool? I don't know of a historical parallel to the crazy prices we have to pay for stuff. I do know that I enjoy my old junker hotrod truck-- deriving full value from the fun of working on it, driving it. This fun doesn't come with a pricetag.

thoughtfully, himmelberg

 

Himmelberg I know what you mean. I'm never impressed with the statements "I spent $X on...", or "this paint job cost $X". Much rather hear folks talk about why they love their old cars/trucks, or how they figured out how to solve some building problem. A big price tag doesn't make an interesting story.