not at all. I told you:

caution i had photos ...
told you repeatedly this was silly
told you the photos were a hit

asked the moderator to clean up the thread..

some of you ignored me so I decided to see how stupid it could get so I decided to play along and let you hang yourselves.

i warned you...told you to stop... the 89 I just sold set a world record for a base IROC auction fetch and several of you simply cannot stand it.

i did however clay bar the car did tape it off and did get red residue and several of you argued about that too.

really??

Claybarring a basecoat/clearcoat car does not generate the residue that is the same color as the car. It doesn’t even sand the clearcoat enough to cause the water to be white and cloudy looking.
Again, either the car was repainted and you were lied to and you missed it or the pictures posted are not of the same car and someone is trying to sabotage you and your reputation. Either way, the clybar story is hideous

Just been silently following.. but yeah, the photos do show paint work.. I am skeptical it is the same car because a few things don’t make sense..

-My car is obviously a repaint but it was completely disassembled and even at shows and cruise nights when people inspect it really close they have to ask, “This can’t be original paint, right?” And then they ask who the painter was because they nailed it.. With a 344 mile original car that you’re sitting on, if you got paint work, wouldn’t you bring it to a shop that wins awards and make sure there’s no flaws or overspray and takes the whole car apart instead of taping off?

-It seemed the original owner parked the car and left it pretty much for 30 years. CPC Norwood even had to makeshift a ramp to get it out.. I don’t see the original owner putting the time or money into repainting the car based on limited clues.

-Some factory original cars do get paintwork. My Tahoe looks to have paintwork but I bought it with 30k miles one owner and it was a sticking point on the price at the dealer. The body shop manager at the dealer was showing me on brand new Tahoes at the time how they’d come in with paint work and touch ups from the factory. I saw a couple 2015s that were new at the time that had body gap issues and paint issues. He said most people just don’t notice. I did end up getting $4k off, but whatever..

I don’t even think the paint issues would effect the price that much on that car (if it is the same car).. I think the car could have hammered $40k. I am not an original paint guy though. I don’t want 30 year old paint that cracks in temperature changes and I wouldn’t pay a premium for it. If the car is brand new inside, underneath, and under the hood as long as the car hasn’t been whacked, a repaint isn’t a big deal. I wouldn’t want a “bad” repaint but if I need a magnifying glass I need to back off and get a life.

I think this car paint or not will continue to climb in value. I wouldn’t buy it period because A. I want IROC decals and B. The miles are so low I’d feel bad driving it.. I’d love to find a well kept 70k mile car especially black.. More enjoyable for me and my wallet.

I think the only way this would be put to bed is if the seller joins and posts here which probably won’t happen. I also don’t think anyone meant any harm by questioning some photos.. It’s like the forest and the trees like Drew said before... You kind of have to expect people here to be looking at the leaves of the trees with magnifying glasses. Cars get held to very high standards here and it’s not a bad thing. Higher standards than some show cars I see that win trophies all over. I can’t believe the things that judges miss.

I saw saw a guy with a Grand National arguing with another Grand National owner about the originality of his paint. One guy clearly had a repaint and did not want to hear it. It got ugly but even when we were showing him the evidence between his car and the other car with 10k miles and still with its original owner he did not want to hear it. A big clue was that he had no door moldings and the other car still had the original moldings that you can’t find anywhere.. There was overspray, fish eyes, runs.. black paint man..

If someone here here gives you a list of 10 flaws they find with a car but still think the car is cool, take the compliment!! Ha ha

Bottledz28:

Hideous?

I agree. For those who have not rubbed an original car that was never waxed. It sounds weird... but I guess you have experience then.

tell me about how many 1989 Camaros with 30 year old paint that was never waxed where you have restored the finish?

list the cars you have done please,,,

the attacks continue. Entertaining but silly

The last two additions to this train wreck thread bring this front and center:

Psychological projection is a defense mechanism people subconsciously employ in order to cope with difficult feelings or emotions. Psychological projection involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings.

Please for the love of Christ would a moderator clean the trash out of this thread already??

Fake photo

who here thinks this is a photo of the tail lens from my car?

If the answer is no then all the bantering back and fourth for the last 3 pages is bogus and you know it

Buzzfeed thread...last three pages or so...

I did too, and he confirmed same.

I will not reply again to this thread, as it is beyond ridiculous at this point.

if that’s the way you feel so be it..

you are on the record..so better your mask is off earlier than later.

I am good with it because I am right and you are wrong.

Scott,

so so let me get this right.. some idiot starts trouble over on Facebook posts photos that are fake.

meanwhile the car in question sets an auction record and you are still asking me to prove I am not a “crook”
of some kind?

several of the forum participants are caught red handed here in attacking both the car, and my reputation... meanwhile the photos in question are obvious fakes and you are still pressing me to explain?

are you kidding me?

do you guys think the bidders here are stupid?

To me, it’s about false advertising. The ad clearly states “dressed in its original factory dark red metallic paint”. People buy these cars site unseen over the phone sometimes. If it has been repainted, the ad is incorrect and I believe someone could take legal action if they wanted to.

It’s like showing up to find a car advertised as a factory original L98 and then getting there to find an F in the vin.

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Back from another fun day from the auction and Dan tells me that a TGO officer has nominated his car for car of the month. I think -Wow that is great! then I read the latest posts here where no one claims to be doing anything untoward to damage me in any way what so ever-while then at the same time go on to accuse me of selling a “repainted car”

JT have a look please you might actually see an example or two in the posts above.

Now on to business—so who exactly is the mystery Facebook guy that started fhis rubbish concerning the 344 original mile car I just sold that set a world record at the Barret-Jackson auction?

Name and contact information please. JT since you represent the site in an official and legal capacity I would prefer you reply.

Oh and one more thing is our Facebook guy really ready to state for the record those images were taken on Barrett-Jackson property and are actually reflective of the true physical condition of lot 442.1 prior to sale?

Grant Thomas Jordan we already have him.

Say hello to the mystery man.

And look at the color IROC he owns.

Hey JT

Please don’t go and pop smoke now. I will be home shortly with access to the entire photo library on the car.

On the legal business end that is all in Barrett-Jackson’s wheelhouse at this point.

The car was accurately represented displayed and sold. The activity on this site and on the Facebook site is what it is and we now have it.

This car has T-tops... so it doesn’t have drip rails like a hardtop like the one you sold... so the pictures in question were definitely not his car, that’s for sure.

If you are in contact with him, why not have the new owner comment on his thoughts on the paint? You said he is pissed... at all of us for pointing this out or for it being advertised as original paint?

It seems like an awesome car, but his responses to this thread should have been one of the following
1. This is not true and here is proof
2. Wow, i missed that area that raises questions
3. I did note that area, but dont have an explanation for it.

Instead, he blamed everyone else, then said it was clay bar damage, then said it wasnt his car, and then told moderators to clean up a post where his posts are the only questionable one. Pretty impressive mental gymnastics going on.