Starting Tomorrow Anaheim Could be Called Hot Rod Heaven!

11/14/2012

Don’t forget guys! Mecum Anaheim 2012 starts live on Velocity tomorrow at 6/5c so make sure you can see the TV from the dinner table! I’m pretty excited about this auction because it has got some gorgeous hot rods rolling across the block and some of them are extra special.

Here are a few of my favorites:

1953 Ford F100 Pickup/ Hot Rod Magazine’s 1st Color Picture Vehicle

Colorado teenager Otto Rhodes had barely graduated from high school when he began customizing this 1953 Ford F100 pickup that would become a multiple show winner and the first vehicle to appear in color in the pages of Hot Rod magazine. Known as the Mountain Pearl, it scooped up five trophies in its first show and a passel of hardware after that. Get more history on this gorgeous Pearl at Mecum.com.

1956 Chevrolet 210 Designed by Chip Foose /Hot Rod Cover Car and Centerfold Feature

The third of three Tri-Five project cars built by Hot Rod Magazine to explore low-emission performance, this 1956 Chevrolet 210 2-door sedan designed by Overhaulin’s Chip Foose was featured on both the magazine’s cover and in a centerfold feature. Flowing flames over deep Black paint are the work of painter extraordinaire Dennis Ricklef. Get the specs at Mecum.com.

1932 Ford McMullen Roadster The World's Most Iconic Hot Rod

There is a lot to say about this famous car. But I’m only going to say three key things:  This car was build by the legendary Tom McMullen, who purchased it in 1958 and continued to tune it. The original iconic flame design comes courtesy of none other than Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.  It’s considered to be the world’s most iconic hot rod as it’s starred not only on the cover of many magazines but album covers too! Learn more at Mecum.com.

While you are waiting for Mecum Anaheim 2012 to starts live on Velocity tomorrow at 6/5c check out some classic Mecum Footage down below!

 

 

by Eileen Marable

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[Tommy J]

Why is it whenever the camera zooms down the passenger side and films inside,the dude never shuts the door completley?

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Otto Rhodes is a prodigy. I am sure you will have a bright future in the industry.

[freddy andres sarmiento perez]

felicitaciones a todos por su trabajo

[freddy andres sarmiento perez]

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[Sohbet]

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[Bill Stephens]

Sorry, Eugene, but you're splitting hairs here and are vastly outnumbered as to how the V12 Jaguar is identified. This would be the equivalent of someone calling a 1977 Corvette a "Stingray" since that name was dropped in 1976 and has been resurrected for the 2014 model. People have, for years, called Shelby Cobras "AC Cobras" much to the disapproval of Carroll Shelby until the day he died. You may make a case for the pinpoint accuracy of calling the 1973 V12 Jaguar an E-Type, but to the world at large, the car will always be referred to as an XKE. If that doesn't make my point, a source no less estimable as Keith Martin's
"Sports Car Market" magazine ran a feature you can see at this URL:
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/car-reviews/classic-and-collector-cars/english/1817-1973-jaguar-xke-siii-coupe Thanks for watching our telecasts and adding your comments!

[laura simmons]

hi, how can i contact the producers of Graveyard Carz? thanks. my phonenumber is 1 949 351-2191, i have a good friend who had a 7 by-pass surgery on his heart. in high school he had a 1950 two door fastback Chevrolet and it was in hot rod magazine back in the 1960's and again it was featured last year in a special edition showing it in full color. It has been lost through time, but i bought a car of the same make and model and it is in Wisconsin at a pasture in some what rough condition.. i would like to have it made over like the original one and have a show where my friend talks about his past love of that car and when the show is over, then he would receive that made over car. he has photos galore of his Chevrolet, and has a real cool diner in his "Man Cave" where some dozen paintings of his old car are all over the room. he also has T-shirts with that car on it and has the car etched on glass on the door to his "Diner". there is even a painting on the door of his refrigerator in full candy apple red glory. if you can make this replica of the actual car, it would make him recover faster and he is one cool guy. thanks. my name is William Simmons, and i used my wifes e-mail address. thanks again.

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It’s considered to be the world’s most iconic hot rod as it’s starred not only on the cover of many magazines but album covers too! Learn more at Mecum.com.

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[Reginald]

Fith gear. What a SNOBISH program. Bad mouthing the Corvette and other American cars. WOW. Wrong Country wrong time.

Mecum. I love it. The camera man on the auction block has been lazy for the last 5 or 6 auction; progressively worst. That person should understand how important it is to the veiwer that he do his job well. I think the standard should be,
1. zoom in at the front to include engine compartment
2. travel down drivers side
3. zoom in at the rear
4. travel up passenger side zoom in on the inside of car
5. go back to the front

Programing. What's up with the Discovery type programing? stick with auto related programing.

Thanks

[Erwin Calverley]

I salute Otto Rhodes for making the 1953 Ford F100 pickup to look like that. The fact that he barely graduated from high school and still had enough resources to make this car look as good as new is very impressive. I, myself, was shocked when I first saw this in Hot Rod Magazine!

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I’m pretty excited about this auction because it has got some gorgeous hot rods rolling across the block and some of them are extra special.

[Eugene Whitt]

This is for Bill Stephens and party that are the announcers for the Mecum auction in Anaheim that Friday night at 9:33PM on the sale of a 1973 Jaguar they misspoke. That car is not and never will be an XKE. The rear of the car says it all for it is a E-type V-12. The XK in XKE denotes a 6 cylinder engine and thus a V-12 engine is not an XK engine. I have owned a 1966 series 1 XKE 4.2 Liter engine since 1975. Thanks.