Mecum Kansas City Auction

[GTO Man]

Mecum is having an auction in Kansas City next weekend March 11 and 12. Anyone going down to check things out?

Mecum Kansas City 2011

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[Amigo2k]

GTO Man wrote:

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Mecum is having an auction in Kansas City next weekend March 11 and 12. Anyone going down to check things out?

Mecum Kansas City 2011

I would be interested to see what this goes for. It is no reserve sale on it. My guess is about 12k. It is overly modified and has a love it or leave it paint job and non-stock modifications … like this scoop in the truck bed for the engine …

[GTO Man]

Mecum auction starts today, is being streamed on the internet now.

Has the bus gone through yet?

[Amigo2k]

nope, it will tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

I was able to watch only thirty minutes or so, late last night. It seems that many (?) vehicles were not meeting reserve, and were not being sold. Is this an accurate assessment, or did I just tune in at the wrong time? I realize it was a Friday night, but there were alot of empty bidder seats.

[Amigo2k]

I checked out there website. 68% of the cars sold last night and the VW single cab truck sold for $25,500; 2 single cab VWs (not modified) went for 17,000-19,000 at Barrett Jackson a couple of months ago ….

[GTO Man]

Here are some I thought were good buys.

1962 Mercury Monterey 4 speed $12,000

1964 Corvette $35,500

1966 Shelby Cobra Replica 427 $26,000

1968 Camaro $22,750

1968 Charger $17,250

[GTO Man]

And some more:

1970 GTO $30,000

1972 Olds Cutlass $10,250

1973 VW $5,000

2006 Ford $8,750

[moparkid25]

A nearby neighbor of mine has purchased two cars off the block at Mecum in the past. Great deals to be had, and lots of nice cars going for decent money. That’s how it should be!!!

[Amigo2k]

There was about a 58% sell rate at Mecum … down a bit from their auction last month …

[GTO Man]

Looked like some good deals going over the block yesterday. Corvettes made up most of the top 5 but their prices seemed down.

[Amigo2k]

Amigo2k wrote:

I checked out there website. 68% of the cars sold last night and the VW single cab truck sold for $25,500; 2 single cab VWs (not modified) went for 17,000-19,000 at Barrett Jackson a couple of months ago ….

here is that single cab on ebay (it sold at Mecum a couple of months ago for 25K
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Bus-Transporter-Custom-/120730384999?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c1c177a67

Here it is on the dealers website:

http://www.hartek.org/page/inventory/

buy it now for 36k …

[GTO Man]

That would be quite an appreciation over a couple of months.

[Garibaldi]

GTO Man wrote:

1966 Shelby Cobra Replica 427 $26,000

That looks like a great price and I’m not sure I care that its a clone when looks that good!

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