Barrett-Jackson auto auction

Difficult to relate to, but fun to watch in a nostalgic way.
Seller brings car out of a climate controlled facility and
loads it into a covered trailer. Car is pushed onto the stage,
auctioned off for 100K+. Car is pushed off the stage and loaded
into the new owner's covered trailer, where it will be moved to
the new owner's climate controlled facility.
If I had a gazillion dollars, I would drive one of these cars
in the rain and not worry about water spots on the chassis or
anywhere else on the vehicle.

I don't have a gazillion dollars, so I'll just keep on pluggin.
Dick

If I had a gazillion, I'd have a private road coarse in a dry climate
somewhere, have staff vacuum it off every day so I could take my
Duesies, Packards and whatevers out for workouts.

I don't......I live with Ohio's nasty climate, bad roads and worse
drivers.......so the '06 GT just turned 1500 miles and has still never
been wet.......and it got to 40 degrees yesterday so I was out washing
the salt off the Five-Hundred - after I got the hose thawed-out.

Am reminded of a news item 20+ years ago when Lambo introduced some new
supercar that had the fastest top speed in the world and would be
available in extremely limited numbers.......and the first one was
bought by some gazillionaire who had a private island in the
caribbean.....and no roads!

OMG!!!!!!!!! I just hit Spellcheck.....and it doesn't know
"Packard"......it used to......what is the world coming to?!?!?!?!

In Minnesota there's an annual "Back to the 50's" car event held
at the State Fair grounds in St. Paul. Some cars are trailered in,
but many are driven, complete with small custom trailers with
styling and paint to match the car. I used to work nearby, and would
watch the parade of cars on Snelling Ave. There was a motel where
many of the car owners stayed, and I would take a lunch break there.
One fellow had a beautiful '32 Ford sedan (modified, of course), and
he spent a lot of time polishing all the chrome plated nuts on the
undercarriage of the car. Another fellow had a car that he actually
drove frequently. It wasn't a show car, but it was a nice T-bucket
roadster. I'm not sure about the engine, but I did recognize the
GMC 671 blower. I remember the sweet sound when he started that
sucker. There are a lot of cars that are stored in garages, and the
owners actually drive them (very carefully) on the street on nice
days in the summer.

Dick