Mecum Indy pictures

[XS22J8R]

I drove down there last Wednesday to drool over the offerings. I figured seeing the RTS cuda alone would be worth the trip, with the possibility it ends up with some collector who doesn’t ever take his cars to shows.
I heard it got bought by a collector in the LA area, but don’t know who.
I suspect it will end up front and center at MCACN this fall, however I don’t have any insider information on that.
Here’s my picture album from the day.
Mecum Auction Indy 2023

 

[Dennis H]

Thanks for some great shots!

 

[Dave6T4]

Thanx for all the cool pictures. I wonder if any of the Mopars were FBBO member's cars?

 

[XS22J8R]

A member of E bodies.org owned the FC7 '70 Roadrunner there. I was baffled by Mecums $115K-140K estimate, for a 383 4 speed car. even though it came up short of that, it still hammered for $97K plus buyer premium. Who would have ever expected anyone would fork over 6 figures for a 383 roadrunner?

 

[68BabyBlue]

A member of E bodies.org owned the FC7 '70 Roadrunner there. I was baffled by Mecums $115K-140K estimate, for a 383 4 speed car. even though it came up short of that, it still hammered for $97K plus buyer premium. Who would have ever expected anyone would fork over 6 figures for a 383 roadrunner?

And the same thing happened at Kissimmee on a '69 automatic that wasn't even a high impact color.

 

[Budnicks]

I drove down there last Wednesday to drool over the offerings. I figured seeing the RTS cuda alone would be worth the trip, with the possibility it ends up with some collector who doesn’t ever take his cars to shows.
I heard it got bought by a collector in the LA area, but don’t know who.
I suspect it will end up front and center at MCACN this fall, however I don’t have any insider information on that.
Here’s my picture album from the day.
Mecum Auction Indy 2023

Thanks for the photos & time to post it/them
and the inside info

yeah you're probably right, it will be on the show circuit again

"just before a lot of media hype, movie (stories)
only after a scripted, expanded tall tale/legends & then the sale"
sorry;
I couldn't resist, after the Black Ghost deal...

almost every one of the high $$$ cars
will cross the Mecum auction block again, sometime somewhere
they always do, even the specialty cars, especially them...

 

[XS22J8R]

I just heard that the buyer of the RTS cuda is a place called the Only Original Once Collection in LA, and the car will be at MCACN in fall.
I guess I didn't have to drive to Indy to see it!

 

[chargervert]

My friend had 5 cars there,only two sold,and I thought he sold them short. He said everyone there was saying that the bids were way down from the previous few auctions. A few high end cars brought strong money, but the rest of the stuff wasn't bringing the money.

 

[Ron_M]

Were those the g-series cars?

 

[chargervert]

Yes

 

[Ron_M]

Thanks. Can you share which two sold? Pretty sure all five were for sale in MCG for a year or two by what seemed by a third party seller.

 

[Budnicks]

Almost everything I saw (on Motortrend TV) that actually sold,
the other 1/2 go on to 'bid goes on', who knows after that ?
I don't care enough to look them up...
They all pretty much were good money,
way up from a few years ago, across the board
especially the "no reserve" cars, and the many collections, all did very well
I thought...

it's a crazy market, IMO crazy $$$, fools & their $$$, some are
alcohol-induced, probably has some to do with it
& probably some shill bidders too
seems like a bunch were sold/or bid up high, to the phone bidders,
not 'in house' or internet bidder girl, she was raising her arm 'a lot' too...

The resto-mod market "is really strong, when done right"...

 

[chargervert]

Thanks. Can you share which two sold? Pretty sure all five were for sale in MCG for a year or two by what seemed by a third party seller.

The grey GTX prototype sold for 80k,and the purple 71 Charger R/T prototype sold for 82k. He sold the 71 GTX convertible last year,so three of the six cars have been sold.

 

[Ron_M]

Thank you

 

[chargervert]

No problem