Ted Vernon's South Beach Classics "Every Car Has to Go" (Kind of) It’s auction day at Ted Vernon’s lot, and nerves are high—depending on how the bids go, he could lose millions. Fans of South Beach Classics know Ted always buys the right cars, and the crowd is watching closely.But retirement isn’t in the cards. Ted has pulled the 50 best cars from the auction to start his private collection, meaning he’s still in the car business—just with fewer, higher-quality classics. Ted also decides that he is going to start buying cars that people love, the hardest purchase to do in the car industry