SCOTTSDALE – Just as the ’56 Chevy Bel Air was about to rumble up the ramp, someone on the detail team noticed a dull spot on an otherwise gleaming tire.
Time for more polish. Done and ready for auction.
The 47th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction offered more than 1,700 vehicles for sale in Scottsdale. Sergio Hernandez and his team with European Detail, wielding Q-tips, rags and buffing machines, readied hundreds of cars for prospective buyers and television cameras. The auction, drawing high rollers and fans of more modest means to WestWorld of Scottsdale, ends Sunday.
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Hernandez said the process is more complex than just taking a car through the wash.
“We dedicate a lot of time to detailing every single inch of the vehicle,” he said. “We can do a maximum of 15 or 20 cars a day.”
Not every vehicle needs special attention, but Hernandez said the on-site shop has been busy since the beginning of auction week.
“Last year, we did almost 400 cars for the whole event,” he said.
Barry Johnston and his 16-year-old son, Cash, said the team that prepared his 1969 Dodge Super Bee for auction paid attention to such details as putting correct decals and tags under the hood to replicate factory chalk markings on the car frame.
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