Auction Fun

We had a wonderful time at the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, AZ! The weather turned sour on us the last several days but did not dampen our fun.

This is a picture taken from our "Newell Sky Box". It was very well located so that we could see the cars as they came into the tent to be auctioned off. The tables were covered with different colored clothes for each day. There was catered food, coffee, tea, soft drinks, and of course mixed drinks and wine provided. There was security at the bottom of the stairs to prevent just anyone from coming up to the box.

As you would expect, the food was first class as is everything that Newell does during these gatherings.

We were pleased to have the opportunity to see a number of fellow Newell owners that we had not seen for some time. Jim and Arlene Adams, Jim Howell, and Rod and Mary Whelan all came from Florida just to attend this event. Jim Howell is the fellow that we purchased our current Newell from and he gave us an ataboy for taking such good care of our coach.


Here is a photo of Alice Blade. As you can see from her expression, she was having a great time just like the rest of us.












This picture of Karl Blade is somewhat unfair as he was in a deep conversation with someone as I snapped his photo. He really did have a good time at the auction.










This is a photo of me next to the CNN warrior hummer which was in the middle of the Iraq war and had correspondents from CNN in it as they followed the war.

Chip Foose and the group of Overhaulin, a TV show where they redo older cars, redid the hummer and made it a showpiece for CNN to take around to various functions. CNN decided to auction off the car and donate the proceeds to a charity that helps the families of the service personell. It brought over $1,250,000.00!



Another oddity at this years auction were the "Gravity Racers". These were put together by car company design teams and used for charity races. They were very popular at the auction. The one you are looking at was designed by Bently Motors and brought about $45,000.00.
It is comprised of a carbon fibre body and many exotic weight saving ideas.