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As of this writing, we have early results from Mecum‘s Kissimmee, Florida, sale from this past weekend. By Sunday morning (the last day of the auction), gross sales had surpassed $32 million; on Saturday alone, the company experienced a 74 percent sell-through rate. High sale of the auction at that point had been a $975,000 […]
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Tagged auctions, Cobra, Cobra DragonSnake, Hemmings Daily, Mecum, racing, Shelby Cobra
- Written by webmin
With news that the Bahamas Speed Week is being revived later this year, it’s just a little bit appropriate that we run David Brownell’s account on the first such Bahamas Speed Week revival, from SIA #86, April 1985. Hopefully the same cali…
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To put it bluntly, vintage race cars are cool. Sure, they may not be for everyone, but they still make up a segment of the collector-car hobby that doesn’t seem to have a ceiling right now (we’re talking growth and popularity, not an arbitrary figure hampered by the economy). Proof of this – to some […]
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Tagged Alfa Romeo Spyder, auctions, Bob Glidden, Bruce Larson, Bullet Bob Reed, Chevy, Cobra, Cobra DragonSnake, Corvette, Ed Skelton, factory lightweight, Fairlane, ford, Ford Galaxie, Grumpy's Toy Xi, Hemi 'Cuda, Hemmings Daily, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Mecum auctions, Mercury, Mercury Comet, Phil Bonner, Pinto, Plymouth, Plymouth Barracuda, racing, Sox & Martin, station wagons, vintage racing