WEST PALM BEACH, FL–(Marketwire - 03/26/10) - The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company announced today that Commissioner Burt Aaronson officially declared March 27-April 3, 2010, “Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction Week” in Palm Beach County. On Sunday, Wayne Akers Ford in Lake Worth will host the 3rd annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Cruise-In from 10 a. Barrett-Jackson executives will attend the Cruise-In to greet local car enthusiasts and select three “Barrett-Jackson Choice Awards. To further the organization’s fundraising efforts, Barrett-Jackson will also conduct a live auction with several unique items and experiences to benefit the Darrell Gwynn Foundation during “The Party” on Wednesday night. The Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach collector car auction takes center stage on Thursday through Saturday. A complete schedule of events for “Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction Week” in Palm Beach County is available at www. read more

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Barrett-Jackson will sell the concept car for the new Barrett-Jackson Edition ROUSH Mustang (Lot #649. The concept vehicle will be auctioned to the highest bidder on Saturday, April 3; the car will be painted with a base of metallic “Back in Black” with “Red Hot Chili Pepper” stripes on the front using the smoking hot Planet Color Barrett-Jackson Collector Color Series paints. Customers ordering the car, or the ROUSH authorized Ford dealerships that inventory a unit, can custom order both the base coat and the side stripes in any combination from the 25 available Planet Color Barrett-Jackson Collector Color Series paints. These special bits include a one-off plaque designed by Larry Wood, the “Hot Wheels” guru who helped design the 2011 GT350, delivery of the car to the winning bidder in Las Vegas with a personal factory tour and driving lessons at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, pace car graphics from the recent “Shelby American” NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, #350 Giclee of the NASCAR race program with the GT350 and a Carroll Shelby signed program from the race. The Shelby GT350 is a post title program; a customer purchases a car from a local Ford Dealer, which is turned into a GT350 by the Shelby American team. read more