2 Props. 4 Wheels. $15 tax deduction.

Went to the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction in Palm Beach. Always looking for a good write-off, I managed to find a "vessel" among a sea of cars, which officially made my $15 admission fee... tax deductible!

We've all seen the Amphibicar, but as a lead into something you may not have seen, I'll present "Hemisphere", the Chip Foose designed roadster that is part retro & part Jetsons. If I remember correctly, 55 of these beauties will be built. I didn't dare ask how much. What makes this fast-forward, retro ride unique is... it's mid-engine! (check out the last pic)

I thought the "face" on this car was interesting. Anyone remember Predator?

Being a propulsion engineer, I took a double-take on this...

Not sure Jorge. Some of the prices these thirty & forty-something old cars are fetching is downright ridiculous. Heck, a few years ago... farmers would pay you take these old rusted heaps out of their barns.

Have to tell you the funniest part of the auction...

After too many people paid big bucks for these worthless hunks of iron on the auction block, they would roll the cars down a ramp to the outside of the building and hope, ahem... I mean pray, the engines would start! To give you an example of how bad it was... jumper cables and mechanics were waiting at the end of the auction block... and these guys were busier than the auctioneer!

Yep, he was there...

I only found one car that I could afford at the event. It was diecast.