Mecum Kissimmee: A Special Shelby

01/26/2013

The star cars keep rolling across the red carpet in Kissimmee and our cameras have been there catching it live. There’s been one special car everyone was waiting to see and it crossed the block earlier today. It’s one of those cars we just love – a garage find that had been hidden away for 28 years. We’re talking about the 1966 Ford Mustang SCCA Group 2 A/Sedan Racer. It’s number 12 of only 16 produced.

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In its early history it took first place at Pan American Trans-Am, Green Valley, Texas in 1966 and first at the Continental Divide SCCA National in 1966. It was even a cover model – appearing on the December 1966 cover of Sports Car Graphic.

How it ended up hidden away for 28 years we’re not sure, but now that it’s made its grand re-entrance into the car loving society do you care to guess how much it sold for? 

This special Shelby for $400,000.

Check back with us as we post the top ten sellers when Mecum Kissimmee wraps up. In the meantime, to see the lots for Sunday, click here.

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by Eileen Marable

The Top Sellers From Mecum Kansas City...Is Your Fave Here?

12/09/2012

The last Mecum Auction of the year delivered lots of action - we're pretty sure some of the amazing cars on offer are going to make some holiday dreams come true. The top ten sellers are a rainbow of awesome - from a 2012 COPO Camaro to a 1935 Cadillac. Of course as any Velocity fan knows, there were a plenty of muscle cars in the mix.

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

Chrysler Letter Cars and One Fast ’56 Bel Air

11/07/2012

This Friday at 9/8c,, Million Dollar Collections returns with Keith Martin from Sports Car Market Magazine on another adventure. This time he’s touring John Staluppi’s collection of 1950’s and 60’s American cars at Florida’s renowned “Cars of Dreams Museum” and shows us Staluppi’s complete collection of Chrysler 300 “letter cars” and a ’56 Bel Air with a Toyota NASCAR engine under the hood.

 Never heard of a Chrysler “letter car?” These were high-end, high performance cars built by Chrysler in the U.S. from 1955-1965. They used a new letter of the alphabet as a suffix (though skipping the “i”), reaching 300L by 1965, when the model would be dropped.

The 300 series really started out as racecars aimed at the start up NASCAR circuit with a 331 cu in FirePower “Hemi” V* under the hood. It was offered up to limited numbers of non-racing types who were looking for the power and luxury of these special cars. Because of their unique styling from Virgil Exner and the wicked engine under the hood many people consider them to be the ancestors of muscles cars as they evolved with each year.

Speaking of speed, of course you want to know about a 1956 Bel Air with a Toyota NASCAR engine. Well, the first Toyota race engines started with four engineers working on production engines; they released their first race engine in 1968 – a 3000cc V8, 2 valve. And the rest, as they say is history.

You’ll have to tune in Friday night at 10p e/p to find out just what kind of engine ends up in a ’56 Bel Air and what that means for performance from a vehicle that size.

What is Overhaulin’ Deconstructed? We Like To Tinker Too, So Tune-In Tonight!

10/30/2012

What’s the difference between a regular Overhaulin’ and an Overhaulin Deconstructed? The answer is simple guys, its YOU! 

You see, we absolutely love the comments you send to us via Facebook and Twitter so we decided to pick up some of our favorites and combine them with an episode of Overhaulin – you could call it a social reload of one of your favorites.