Ron Pratte collection

[Classic Gary]

going up for auction next year in scottsdale, wonder if the green 69 z28 will be there?

[dutch]

Is that the one with the 'RS' on the grille, the questionable history, the previous owner who surfaced and then disappeared amidst threats against him after commenting that the VIN attached to it came from a car he scrapped years prior, and that went for something like $129,000 a few years back?

[lakeholme]

The whole inventory has not been posted yet.  Hope he is okay!
BJ's announcement, so far.

[68 Ragtop]

Here is another article with some pictures of his collection. I do not see the Green Z in any of the pictures (including backgrounds).

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ron-prattes-entire-car-collection-will-be-auctioned-in-2015-photo-gallery-81949.html

Is his collection open to public viewing?

Interesting how the article comments on how he cashed out of the home building market at just the right time. I hope his timing of cashing out of the car market doesn't follow the same course!

It will be interesting to see the net profit (or loss) of his collection over the years.

[69Z28-RS]

He paid way too much for some of those vehicles to make any money....  but I'm sure that was not his goal..  seems he was looking for means to give back to charity...  some deserving.. (and maybe some not so deserving ...)

Didn't he pay over 20M for that ugly dang GM bus/van/whatever it was?

[jack92584]

going up for auction next year in scottsdale, wonder if the green 69 z28 will be there?

Is that the one with the 'RS' on the grille, the questionable history, the previous owner who surfaced and then disappeared amidst threats against him after commenting that the VIN attached to it came from a car he scrapped years prior, and that went for something like $129,000 a few years back

Classic Gary aren't you the previous owner?

[jdv69z]

I thought the attorneys got involved with the Rally Green Z. Maybe he got his money back? Never really heard the out come of all that.

There was a guy in my area who did a lot of Corvette resto's as well as other muscle cars. The place is gone now. Rumor I heard was that he's in jail now for misrepresenting some Corvette that he sold several years ago.

[67ssrsl78conv]

He paid way too much for some of those vehicles to make any money....  but I'm sure that was not his goal..  seems he was looking for means to give back to charity...  some deserving.. (and maybe some not so deserving ...)

Didn't he pay over 20M for that ugly dang GM bus/van/whatever it was?

I believe he paid a little over 4 million for the futureliner.

[Classic Gary]

I thought the attorneys got involved with the Rally Green Z. Maybe he got his money back? Never really heard the out come of all that.

There was a guy in my area who did a lot of Corvette resto's as well as other muscle cars. The place is gone now. Rumor I heard was that he's in jail now for misrepresenting some Corvette that he sold several years ago.

well i dont know what happened, nobody ever came knocking on my door, and Waters is racing at bonneville. so who knows?

[Classic Gary]

Classic Gary aren't you the previous owner?

I'm A previous owner, not THE previous owner. And then only parts of it.....💬

[Classic Gary]

Anybody watch the velocity/Barrett Jackson / ron pratte collection TV show? Very interesting.

[JohnZ]

Anybody watch the velocity/Barrett Jackson / ron pratte collection TV show? Very interesting.

It's on Velocity Sunday afternoon from 2:00PM - 3:00PM.

[BillOhio]

Thanks for posting that john. Should be interesting

[mickeystoys69RSSS]

I am interested in seeing what Junk Yard Dog and Chezoom sells for. My favorite Boyd build is still Whathehey

[68 Ragtop]

Anybody watch the velocity/Barrett Jackson / ron pratte collection TV show? Very interesting.

Yes. It was nice to see the collection, but it felt like the whole thing was an infomercial.

How many times did Steve Davis say "once in a lifetime opportunity'? And does he really need those sunglasses all the time? I know he has an eye condition that requires them on the brightly lit auction stage, but there seems to be no known picture of him without them.

And Cleo Shelby was/is quite a looker. Must have made Carroll a happy man at some point. Glad they got that feud over the body settled!