[Mcronk]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

The 2 1970 Ram4 Jverts , and even probably the 69 TA Ram4, are cars that will probably never see open road use again .
Unless they become extremely devalued in 20-30 years.

I like the Blue Jvert better, but the OO is likely going to bring more money.
Mcronk if you are able to view them both, could you let us know if the Blue car is on par with the quality of the OO car.

I know the OO car is pretty much top notch.
And so is the 69 TA

Do they keep all these cars indoors during the whole event ?

How does the parking/storage work for auction cars during the event ?
Is indoor parking an extra cost option ?

Are these cars on-site for viewing for the whole duration ?

I have looked over both these cars and even checked block codes/VIN on OO car. The OO car is finished nicer than the Atol Blue car. Atol Blue car is nice but just not quite the same level of detail.

The Como collection is in a climate controlled glass building they assemble for the auction. The Atol Blue car is in a tent behind the glass building. It is however on pavement instead of on grass. Cars get very dusty outside of the glass building. They are moving cars in and out of the tents as their time slots come up which creates dust/dirt.

The main attraction cars are generally in place the entire acution. Some of the others like feature cars or star cars may not arrive till later. We spoke to one of the Mecum employees on the first day. There was no way there were 4,000 cars being displayed. We were told all cars would be checked in by Tuesday (yesterday). Logistically they seem to stagger cars later in the auction to arrive on site later.

The higher profile cars have the most expensive time slots. Those cars are generally stored either in one of the buildings or the glass building indoors. You will find Winged cars, Sheblys, Hemis etc outside under the tents too. There are so many cars a lot of the cars are not even under a tent and in a field.

Once a car goes across the stage it is either sold or goes to Bid Goes On. In the past Bid Goes On cars were located in one area. However this year they used a lot of their storage area to display the additional cars added to the auction. I saw BGO cars taken back to their original spots. A friend was there yesterday and said they were trying to locate all the BGO cars in one place. Cars that were sold initially went back to their original display spots. We are seeing car transporters leaving the auction with cars that sold. Honestly I don't think they could expand this acution anymore than they have at this location. Parking for attendees was maxed out and they were using shuttles to get people to the entrance gates. It will be a train wreck this Saturday when all the spectators show up. A couple of pics of Atol Blue Judge convertible I took.