Mecum prices?

[bergy]

Easiest “tell” for me on Chinese boosters is that the “O” in DELCO is more round on the fakes. Original O is more oval shaped.

I thought that attendance was pretty strong yesterday. We had to get there early to claim our seats on the floor. Crowd is intentionally not shown much on TV. Too many people not wearing masks over their nose.

[dykstra]

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by dykstra

My chin is officially on the floor.

75 & 76 are like the worst cars of all time from GM.

I cannot believe a 75 Buick smogger, non performance model would bring $60,500.

Guessing copious amounts of alcohol were involved.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Lynn

My chin is officially on the floor.

75 & 76 are like the worst cars of all time from GM.

I cannot believe a 75 Buick smogger, non performance model would bring $60,500.

Guessing copious amounts of alcohol were involved.

I've been wondering where all the money for crazy prices like this came from in a, supposedly, depressed economy. Is it foreign buyers having Americans bid fro them to hide their identity ? Did they give these people free rein to bid to win, so they just kept bidding ? Many of the prices are insane to me too. Hard to comprehend.

It will be very interesting to see if this frenzy carries over to Rick's auction. I'm betting he is very excited to see this come to him.

[JRSully]

I saw that 72 Z50 from Hendricks Collection go for $6600, big money for a Z50, and it had a bunch of incorrect stuff on it. I have 4 72's in the garage and love working on those little rods

[bkmont]

Originally Posted by JRSully

I saw that 72 Z50 from Hendricks Collection go for $6600, big money for a Z50, and it had a bunch of incorrect stuff on it. I have 4 72's in the garage and love working on those little rods

Wow! As a kid, watched our red/white Honda Z50 catch fire and burn. The gas tank developed a hole in it and began to leak. And that was that.

My brother and I shared it. I would imagine myself as a Trial rider in the woods. See how long I could crawl over things without putting my foot on the ground.

After the Z50 burned, we acquired a couple of used Trail 70s. A gold and blue one. Traded the Hondas off when we stepped up to some Yamaha MX bikes.

[JP Emerson]

I attended Mecum and I saw early on that there were a greater percentage of cars that would bring big money. Early days were as expected as the crowds were fair but certainly not overwhelming. The arena of course was open only to verified bidders. More so this year than in years past, those bidders were on hand for the lots that they were interested in purchasing versus just sitting there watching lots roll by. Obviously as the week plus moved along and the gems were closer to going across the block the bidders increased dramatically.
I would say that this years offerings had a very noticeable "very well done driver quality" to many cars. Don't get me wrong, there were some great cars, but if you were in the market with a reasonable budget, you could find a quality car here.

Crowds were steady but not the typical crush of people. The last weekend of course was a bit different. I would expect that future events will be similar in nature.

JP

[TimG]

The Aqua/parchment 1970 W30 convertible was a mess in person. It was noted earlier the car sat too high, but the alignment of the fenders and doors was off and the interior was put together very poorly.

[GMC_Typhoon]

I was watching it online and junk was going for 15 like a '89 Toyota.

[Lynn]

Here:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-44...m-convertible/