['540 Chevell]

Just picked up a Barrett Jackson magazine and it had all the cars that are going for sale in the next event and I was shocked to see an overhauling car on the block.
It’s the 902-merlot do guys remember that car? That convertible camaro that was junk with a bad frame that belonged to that actor in TV. Now with less than 100 miles it’s on the block at BJ what do you think? Man not to many people get that chance to get overhauled but I always thought that one day somebody was going to sell their car because they needed money but I would never think this guy would.
Maybe the cats out of the bag and all the other folks that are in need of the almighty dollar should take their cars to the block like this guy but some of them provably do not know of Barrett Jackson but he sure did.

What do you think.
Here are links to the car.

www.barrett-jackson.com/events/scottsdale/vehicles/cardetail_list.asp?id=182715
www.overhaulin.com/gallery6.aspx?season=1

 

[BB68]

Some just dont have any class.

 

[Racing]

That is sad.

 

[circletrack]

Was that Ian Zering's car? What happened to that guy anyhow? I don't care for that car, Foose does some awesome work, but this just doesn't cut it.

 

[Alwhite00]

Ian Zering (Sp?) What a friggin a-hole. C'mon - it was a big enough charity case that they chose him of all people to be "overhauled" and then he is going to sell the thing. No class. >:

LK

 

[gearbanger]

That's what they get for overhauling a car for a rich guy. That is crap when they do that stuff for people that have the means to do it for themselves. I think it should be reserved for people that love cars and would give anything to have a cool hotrod, but are working as hard as they can already to give their family what they need.

Unlike that picky whiney @sshole with the brand new '05 GT that was complaining about the kind of graphics that Foose was using on the car that his wife didn't know her arse from a hole in the ground anyway.

 

[Derek69SS]

I'd sell it too. That car is ugly IMHO, but I'd ruin the "value" of a Foose-built car by un-doing all the ugly things Foose's crew did to it, so why not sell it and build one the way I want it with the proceeds?

I'd rather have my half-assed low-budget car built by me, than any hotrod that was built by someone else's hands with someone else's vision.

 

[Thad]

I don't mind the car, its a little too flamboyant for my taste.

But the fruity actor and his buddies really seemed like tools.
If it was your 15 year old little sisters favorite TV show, you know you probably won't be able to relate to the actors.

I hope the car sells low, and to some (more or less) regular Joe, who doesn't pay extra because some hollywood tool owned it, just digs the car.

 

['540 Chevell]

After being told about his new car only seconds before his arrival at American Muscle Cars, Ian is in complete shock. Hearing him say, "This isn't my car," multiple times, our editor (and "Overhaulin'" accomplice), Terry Cole assured him it was.

http://superchevy.com/features/0407sc_tv/

100 miles later Barrett Jackson.

 

[frankf72malibu]

Maybe he is going to do the right thing and give the money he makes on it to a charity... right, who am I trying to kid here!
Frank

 

[LateNight72]

I thought this guy was near broke when he had gotten the car overhauled? I thought he was working some crappy job or something like this? (Not trying to defend, just wanna know).

Anyhow, I am not a fan of the car anyways... I would find it better to sell it to someone who likes it rather then to demask the "Foose" out of the car.

JMO,
Todd

 

['540 Chevell]

I think that he can do with it what he wants but to have driven the car only a 100 miles! WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT!! maybe it does have a problem just does not sound good you get a car like that dropped in your laps and you do not drive it and then for sale. Very intresting. If there is something wrong with it maybe Chip is not that good and you guys should stop t trying to get on the show.
I wonder if I can get on. HMMM

 

[gearbanger]

I know some people either don't have time to work on restoring cars but for me building the car and making it work with my own two hands is more than half the fun and pride in owning it.

Secondly, if that guy doesn't have enough money to build a Camaro up then it's because he has a bad habit or two. It doesn't take an actors salary.

 

[Busted Knuckles]

I think it's going to be used to test the water on one of Chip's cars and try to gauge the value of something he's done as one of his TV projects. I like the car, love the real look of the flames, I think it's a pretty sweet ride. Gotta lose the video screens, though. Leave those to the fart pipe winged crew, they really seem to enjoy seeing how many they can fit into a jelly bean car. If the guy didn't appreciate what was done for him and what it would be worth to someone who loved the car, let it go to someone who'll put a helluva lot more than 100 miles on it.

 

[Motorhead62]

A TOOL indeed! I could not have said that better. :sad:

 

[Slowdude]

Just my feelings. While I get the reasons for dissing the guy for selling the car and hopping on the "ingrate" bandwagon, I can also appreciate that if you took my project (to get my car back to stock) and without asking, completely "foosed" it up, I would be very conflicted. Thanks for the thought and quality work, but don't touch my stuff without asking. I can see how you would lose interest in the car quickly if you were were dreaming of a stock z-28 stock clone and you got video screens and a car you can't take down the street without being mobbed in. It would be like someone taking your favorite pair of jeans you wanted repaired and turning them into a ball gown. Uhhhhh thanks.....nice sequins....

I would keep what money it took to buy the car I was dreaming of in the first place and donate the remainder to charity. Then you could say thanks to Chip for the car of your dreams and thanks to Chip for feeding the Katrina victims!

John

 

[novaderrik]

if someone would have done that to my car- i would probably sell it too.
they had that whole Corvette chassis already made for it front and rear suspensions with a tubular chassis connecting it all that BOLTED to the bottom of the car- and Foose threw it away because it was too "flexible"- and it wasn't even bolted under the car. actually, i think the sponsors had more to with that part of the build than anything- what good is a fully completed late model Corvette suspenion to a company like Hotchkis or Currie or Baer that is trying to sell musclecar chassis goodies?
i think Ian was more ****ed about it than anything, but played it cool while the cameras were there because, well, he IS a tv guy and probably actually wanted it to be aired, so he could get some tv exposure, and so the car would be worth more when the time came to sell it off. if he would have raised hell about it, then the episode never would have aired, and he would have just another fugly Camaro with big Foose wheels and a bunch of donated Hotchkis suspension stuff.
but, since it was on tv, it is a piece of television "history", and is worth more.
i wonder what Ian will have to say about it AFTER the auction, when he has no vested interest in it anymore?

 

[Gus_Mahn]

Re: Overhaulin' Car on the Block

On the Overhaulin' web site it says that being Overhauled may cause tax liability. What do you think tax would be for an overhaulin' car, and when do you pay it? Whats the worth of the car? I'd guess it's worth $50,000 without TV. As featured on Overhaulin, I bet it brings at least $150,000 at auction. If he is truly broke, the tax may be a factor. Still pathetic if he is broke. I'm sure he made lots from BH 90210.

I don't care for that car much either. There are probably 10 other Overhauled cars I'd rather have. If someone hears the sale price, please post it here.

 

[circletrack]

Did anyone check out the number of 69 Camaros on the auction block? Amazing! I'm interested to see what some of them go for....

 

[Bowtieguys]

Just to let you know, there have been at least 2 other Overhaulin cars for sale on e-bay as well. "The Gambler" Mustang, and the Ford Explorer.