I've been looking at these for a while and the I don't believe the prices from the Mecum auctions are real sales. Just my opinion but there is far more going on at the high profile auctions than meets the eye. Dealers bid up the cars to hold the values or make new highs in hopes of hooking some sucker who hasn't been paying attention. I can't count how many dealer ads I've seen for these claim the auction results as gospel as to the cars value.

I think this car without matching numbers block all done up would be worth $60K, maybe a little more. One possible problem is that in my opinion, prices are still falling so that by the time you get it done, it may be worth less.