Lot 211, Paddle 014, $60,000
Lot 212, Paddle 014, $490,000
Lot 212, paddle 023, $495000
Lot 212, Paddle 056, $500,000
Lot 212, Paddle 014, $505,000
Lot 212, paddle 023, $510000
Well yes I totally agree with you. Because ultimately the person who wants it the most is going to have to spend the most to get it.
And if you donât spend the most out of everybody to get it, then youâll be missing out.
And really itâs a bit of a prisonerâs dilemma the way things are panning out. I suppose you could spend an entire auction waiting the time period out until the last minute and then think you can nab a really good bargain. But then you get stuck in a reverse Mexican standoff situation not knowing exactly how much people are gonna jump the bid at the death. The rules and regulations are such that once we enter sniper period the bid wonât rise as much, so thatâs probably what youâre heading for, but thatâs a massive liability because 1) you may bid too early and get sniped 2) you may bid too late due to connection difficulties or differences in timing with Chips 3) you might make an invalid bid and risk being disqualified from the next lots.
If you really want this lot, you would have saved up well beforehand like at least half a dozen users and you would actually ramp the bidding up to discourage other people from committing more than theyâre prepared to do. You may think that youâre being the smart one by not bidding, but you canât manipulate people who have more money than you do into not bidding when theyâre competing against people who have even more money again. You can just pray that their willingness to dig deep into their pockets isnât deeper than yours, but, considering, and Iâll say this once more, this is the only time youâll be seeing a properly Beam-tuned hypercar that handles like it should for likely a long time, you should at least consider it from a technical perspective if not every other reason.
And as I said, if you find yourself hesitating, feel free to consult the video again.
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Lot 212, paddle 011, $517,500
Lot 211, Paddle 054, 65,000
Lot 212, paddle 023, $530000
Some background information on Lot 210:
The 1988 Aeros HT45L was an early OEM attempt to capitalize on what was perceived to be a growing âluxury utility truckâ market in the mid-1980s; this market segment was generally occupied by aftermarket-produced vehicles like the Centurion âvan truck.â The decision was therefore made to outfit a heavy-duty version of the Aeros HT with near-luxury equipment to try to compete with such vehicles. However, the market was revealed to be rather small; Aeros sold only 5,311 HT45Ls over its production run from 1988-1993, compared to 4,489,349 HT models of all versions sold during that time frame.
This is one of the rarer HT45Ls; its original owner ordered it with the infamous Aeros 590 engine, so named for its 590 c.i. displacement (9667cc) that was designed as a gasoline engine for medium- to heavy-duty trucks at a time when these were going out of fashion. As the aftermarket advanced in the late 90s and early 2000s the 590 was found to be rather robust for handling forced induction in light-duty trucks that it could be made to fit into; this combined with the unreliability of the HT45Lâs air suspension meant that most of the 1402 HT45Ls that had been ordered with the 590 eventually had their engines removed to be used in the projects of their new owners and the remaining shell was parted out.
The original owner of this truck was a cattle rancher from South Carolina who purchased it in 1988 in order to haul his prize cattle to a series of national fairs in the Midwest. Having been disappointed with the fuel economy of the truck when towing his cattle trailer, and with the cancellation of the 1989 series due to the destruction of the fairgrounds the main event was to be held at in a tornado and the opening of hotels along the route for the 1990 series, he decided to use a (slightly) smaller truck to haul his trailer from then on. He kept the HT45L around in case his new truck broke down and he needed a backup, occasionally driving it to make sure it was still running correctly. As a result of this, about 60% of the 5124 miles on the truckâs odometer were from the 1988 cattle showcase series.
The air suspension failed in 2004 at about 3700 miles and was refurbished and largely replaced (the rest of the truck is original), and comments made by the mechanic about the rarity of the HT45L in general and of examples with the 590 in particular inspired the owner to start taking it to truck shows. Advancing age made him stop doing this in 2018, at which point he contacted this auction house to offer his truck for auction.
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Lot 209, paddle 013, $130,000
Lot 212, paddle 013 $535,000
Lot 212, Paddle 002, $540,000
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Rapido Motors Skylight DS
(Lot 208)
A rare chance to buy one of the 3 factory prepared cars for the 1966 Great Archanian Trek!
The car was recently seen doing time trials on the dirt track!
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Lot 209, paddle 022, $140,000
Lot 211, paddle 025, $67500
Lot 212, paddle 025, $545000
Lot 212, paddle 023, $560000
Lot 210, Paddle 018, $18,000
Lot 211, Paddle 054, 70,000
Lot 209, paddle 026, $150,000
Lot 209, paddle 022 $175,000
Lot 209, paddle 013, $177,500
Lot 212, paddle 013 $565,000