Boy has the Mighty Mopar market taken a "dive"?

[Mopar Hunter]

 

[70ChargerRT]

Well I’m thinking anytime you see the word Hemi thrown in there some people automatically think it’s a big money car when it fact who knows why it brought the money it did. A lot of hidden factors there for sure but the color definitely isn’t helping it any.

 

[Jeff Peterson]

This was sold a few weeks ago, $180.000

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-plymouth-road-runner-96/

 

[WileERobby]

Good cars bring good money. Even green ones !

 

[super-bee_ski]

must be the reruns of that auction airing on Motortrend TV
yeah or when it goes across the stage,
no money left in the room, if you're on the docket later in the day,
especially on early days in the auction

seen a few decent deals, early days of the docket
& a few outright overpriced cars/Mopars too, midday people in a frenzy
get caught up in the hype, 2-3 guys in pissing contests,
just need 2 people (or shills) on the phones, that really want it,
there & already approved & credited, even to have a bidders #,
takes two tango/they're all there to buy, it's the ultimate captured audience,
with coinage, & 1/2 of them, with a drink in hand

This was the recent Kissemee FL Auction
CRAZY!
Chevy trucks are skyrocketing...
Can not believe what these guys are paying
seen some cheap Mopars
( Record and watch all the auctions BUT Barrett-Jackson is ridiculous!)

 

[hdwrench]

a buyers market ? time to stock up on cheap and project cars !!!

 

[eldubb440]

Good cars bring good money. Even green ones !

there is nothing wrong with green........

 

[kiwigtx]

Maybe the colour brown was a turn-off???

I know first-hand how brown can be a polarising colour..... my '69 back in the '80's...

Passengers were on the rum the entire journey. That rest-stop has been flattened now and is unrecognisable.

 

[eldubb440]

I know first-hand how brown can be a polarising colour..... my '69 back in the '80's...

Passengers were on the rum the entire journey. That rest-stop has been flattened now and is unrecognisable. View attachment 1603154View attachment 1603155View attachment 1603156

lacquer job?........ I did that a couple times way back in the day

 

[kiwigtx]

lacquer job?........ I did that a couple times way back in the day

Yep, on a freshly mowed lawn. Backyard spray-job was the go-to back in the day.
Not helpful to the neighbours if their washing was out.

 

[kiwigtx]

I know first-hand how brown can be a polarising colour..... my '69 back in the '80's...

Passengers were on the rum the entire journey. That rest-stop has been flattened now and is unrecognisable. View attachment 1603154View attachment 1603155View attachment 1603156

Let's see if @KiwiKid72 recognises the location of Picture #2.

Hint: In the heart of the Why-cat-oh.

 

[KiwiKid72]

Cambridge? And I'm guessing that the guy sitting on the hood is singing 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes', and the other guy is doing the moves.

 

[WileERobby]

there is nothing wrong with green........

Absolutely... I'll take two !

Susan Oliver and Yvonne Craig.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Absolutely... I'll take two ! View attachment 1603194View attachment 1603195 Susan Oliver and Yvonne Craig.

Make it three.

 

[Bee1971]

Mecum Kissimmee FL
1969 Hemi Roadrunner
Sold for $82K




View attachment 1602644

Looking for this car at the Mecum Kissimmee auctions going back some years with no luck

???

 

[kiwigtx]

Cambridge? And I'm guessing that the guy sitting on the hood is singing 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes', and the other guy is doing the moves.

Oh so close.....it was just south of the Rottenrua turn out of Tirau. Melded back into farmland and bypass roading now. Really hard to pinpoint that exact spot, even though I used to pull over there all the time when heading south. It was an easy pull-in, and easy exit back in the day.

And it was more of a drunken elephant walk than a Romper Room sing-a-long.

 

[wahya]

there is nothing wrong with green........

View attachment 1603153

Or black and white

 

[64BEL]

There was also an A-12 RR at Kissimmee that went for $70k. Made me wonder is there was something not kosher with it.

 

[JR_Charger]

Why, wouldn't someone prefer paying $99k for a late 70's Pontiac TRans Am turtle slug, rather than a REAL muscle car ? Or, $110k + for a rot-bucket K5 blazer or a crap on wheels Ford Bronco ?

Just a guess, most people from Gen X on down have no idea what a Road Runner is.

Most people from Gen Y on down grew up in SUVs not cars.

 

[JR_Charger]