olbuickman Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I don't know if anyone noticed but there is a 1990 white Reatta convertible that is going to go thru the Barrett-Jackson auction next week in Scottsdale. In the description of the car I didn't see any milelage noted. Is anyone familiar with the car? It will be interesting to see what it sells for. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88blue90black Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 From my experience in watching this show... the cars from the 80's 90's and new don't really go for much. There was a 94-5 Ford Mustang pace car that went for ply 30,000. It only had 15,000 miles. Then next a Plymoth belvadier GTX or what ever it was went for other 100,000 dollars. I think that we have to wait for them to really get what they are worth, but I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olbuickman Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 The lot number on the white 1990 Reatta convertible is 27. In reading the description of the Reatta it sounds as though it belongs to a former Buick dealer out west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacoma Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I'll be attending the auction next week. I noticed the 90 reatta (w/91 wheels) a few weeks ago and posted a question about it on this site at that time listing the VIN. Lot #27 should go across the block on Wednesday. I'll try to get as much info on it as possible and post it when I return after the 25th.Having fun in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Post deleted by booreatta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayS Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 AND ONE GOING UP AT THE MECUM AUCTION IN fLORIDA SOME TIME THIS JAN.It will be held at Haritage park in Kissmee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVRed90 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I looked at the car being auctioned online. It is a white convertible. It says it is a 1990 but is has different wheels on it than my 1990 red convertible. Did they have different wheels on the 1990s or do they have the wrong year on the Barrett-Jackson website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Harness Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Calling all Fiero fans ...http://www.barrett-jackson.com/carlist/cardetails.asp?In_AuctionID=221&In_LotNumber=46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakarasu Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Calling all Fiero fans ...http://www.barrett-jackson.com/carlist/cardetails.asp?In_AuctionID=221&In_LotNumber=46 </div></div>omg i want it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Are the wheels white? Does it have black body side moldings?...if so, it may be a Select Sixty ????? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />AND if so, the outcome or results of the auction may help to answer/resolve (or at least shed a little light) some of rarity and value questions / controversy. Of course if it is, there will also always be plenty of varibles to take into consideration such as condition and mileage...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 well it looks like the car sold for $19000.00 They didnt say the mileage, does anybody know how many miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I just went to the BJ Site and couldn't find out anything either. Did notice from the pictures that:Is not a Select Sixty...BUT - The car looks to be a "Teddy Bear"....Oustanding looking and with gray interior!Has 1990 running gear or at least engine....Appears that the dealer installed some silver '91 wheels.Just looks well taken care of...probably Veeery low miles and probably veeeery nice.... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 it has the 16 way seats but I couldnt tell from the photos if it had a cd or not, was any one able to get the vin # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crtnrds Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 It sold for $19,000, but wasn't televised, unless I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 The have a little contact form on their site but there isn't enouhg room to ask for the mileage on a specific car <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDBS0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 1990 BUICK REATTA CONVERTIBLE Lot Number: 27OptionsEngine: 231 Transmission Type: AUTOMATICHorsepower: 160Cylinders: V6Exterior Color: WHITEInterior Color: GRAYDescriptionAs a former Buick dealer(retired 1996 Niles Auto Co, Santa Rosa, Ca) I ordered this Reatta from the factory and drove it as a demo. I loaned it to our local Buick zone for 2 East/West Shrine football games at Stanford. My wife drove it for a short period. It's been in 2 Concourses and garaged its whole life! In the late 80's when GM owned Lotus car Co. the Reatta was a combination of a Lotus body and Buick chassis and running gear. Thus the "LB" in the serial number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F14CRAZY Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I wish I was creative enough to come up with meanings for the letters in my VIN code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 The car looks really nice but the LB does not mean that it was a Lotus body. When I look up the vin number in the manual, the L is the model year and the B is the plant where the car was built. B=Lansing Michigan. I dont think that it has anything to do with Lotus body, but I could be wrong, but if Barrett Jackson is publishing the wrong info then it is sad. They are supposed to be the experts. If they get this wrong how much else can they get wrong. If I were spending many thousands of bucks I would want to know exactly what I was buying. The guy who purchased the car got a nice car but he doesnt have the whold truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CL_Reatta Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I am a little confused. Was this a re-list? I ask because I seem to have seen those exact same pictures a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 This is a prime example of BAD INFORMATION given out by someone that should know better. Just because they worked on the program or sold the cars does not mean they KNEW everything or REMEMBERED everything.Just yesterday I had lunch with a fellow that worked on a Special Vehicles Activity team and was responsible for the Reatta doors. He spent time in England at Hawtal-Whiting (the company that did the engineering work that GM did not have the resorces to do) he retired in 1987 and then worked another 10 years as a contractor. Anyway, he told me that GM did not sell ANY convertibles to the public because of the structural problem and only sold them to employees. We all know that there were lots of 1990 convertibles sold to the public and a few 1991..... so again, a person that was "on the site" but had bad information.How this Reatta got "built" by Lotus is one persons bad story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tammy Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 nicely said Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Response I received today when queried BJ on the particulars and mileage on the convertible:Thank you for your interest in the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction.We received your request for more information on a car in our auction, but unfortunately, the consigner has only supplied the information that is posted on the website. Most, if not all, owners will be on site at the auction so we welcome you to ask them any questions when you come to the event.Best regards,Stephen DeVitaGuest Services RepresenativeBarrett-Jackson Auction Company, LLC3020 N. Scottsdale RoadScottsdale, AZ 85251480-421-6694 xtn. 159480-421-6697 faxsdevita@barrett-jackson.comwww.barrett-jackson.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 It really pains me to see the prices being paid at these auctions. No, I don't think 19k for this Reatta was way out of line. The prices people are paying for muscle cars (that can't/won't be driven) is going to kill the hobby for the common man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Have pretty much decided my future RV is going to be a 1989 model and 3800 powered. Prices have not gotten silly there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Harness Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 The BJ website lists the purchase price as $20,900 under preliminary results. Where was the $19,000 price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ranger Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Maybe, $19,000 plus 10% buyers premium = $20,900.Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Ross Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 The way the Barrett-Jackson program works, the price the buyer pays is the closing bid price plus the Auction Fee/ Commission. In this case $20,800. so BJ collect 10%. The Seller walks away with his $19,000 minus whatever registration Fees he paid BJ to list the car.Two Days in and they'd already grossed $20,000,000. Assume they're grabbing 12% so 2.4 Million plus advertizing, profits on BJ products, Bar take. And these are the slow days. I think I heard they expect 100 million in sales.BJ makes out like a bandit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Well fly in massive numbers of glitterati, make sure they are well lubricated (bidder's ticket includes a host bar), provide many bright shiney objects, and apply lot of in-your-face peer pressure (watch the "assistants" - somebody acted like that on the street and they would get decked - half the time they are waiving at the person next to the bidder) and the "Alpha Male" syndrome takes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MauiWowee Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Bidder ticket = $500.Seller premium = 8%250,000 general admission ticketsVendor boothsand on and on................. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crtnrds Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 But here the buyers determine the "true value" of a collector car. NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keith_l Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I don't think Lotus had anything to do with a body as heavy as the Reatta's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Ross Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Not to say they couldn't have!Go back to 2007 and read where the "LB" reference came from. It was quoted according to BJ as coming from the owner, "A Car Salesman"Nuf said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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