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That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert ... ? #2863671
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2018? Mecum auction ... what’s it worth today ??

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert ... ? [Re: dIc dOc Deity !] #2863811
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Cant help on the value today...didn't it end up in the Brother's Collection?....it was in fact a 1971 Hemicuda convertible

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: mccannix] #2863820
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I went and saw that car at the auction preview in Kenmore Washington (I lived 4 miles away) a few days before it sold for $405,000. Car had the black dash pad at the time and people said it was a factory error, sometime since it got a blue pad.
I remember sanding scratches telegraphing through the paint above the passenger rear quarter.
The $405k shocked everyone. Made the local news.

Drug seizure car, and the seized a whole lot more than that.
And yeah....it’s a 71.

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Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2863843
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It was 2014

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: biggE] #2863978
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I got clue what it's "worth"...but I couldn't resist:

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Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: 56_Royal_Lancer] #2864041
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Is that the one that was built up from an upper cowl ?

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: topside] #2864088
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Originally Posted by topside
Is that the one that was built up from an upper cowl ?

No

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2864168
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I had a chance to buy that blue 71 convertible back in early 80's out of georgia for $25k it had a wrecked front fender with a NOS one to go with the car to fix it!! whiney

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: blewbyu] #2864175
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Originally Posted by blewbyu
I had a chance to buy that blue 71 convertible back in early 80's out of georgia for $25k it had a wrecked front fender with a NOS one to go with the car to fix it!! whiney

You sure about that? This car seems to have a pretty well documented history as starting out and spending the years in the Pacific Northwest.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2864181
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Originally Posted by Pacnorthcuda
Originally Posted by blewbyu
I had a chance to buy that blue 71 convertible back in early 80's out of georgia for $25k it had a wrecked front fender with a NOS one to go with the car to fix it!! whiney

You sure about that? This car seems to have a pretty well documented history as starting out and spending the years in the Pacific Northwest.


Yes it went up there from Ga. I am sure. It got caught up in with the Feds up there and most people know about that part of the cars History and after. I had the original add at one time where it was for sale. I really need to take a serious look for it.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: blewbyu] #2864183
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The car sold around 2000 at a James Murphy auction in Kenmore, WA. It was sold along with a FK5 1970 Hemi Charger. The guy who bought it at that auction sold it at Mecum a few years ago for 3.5 million.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: hergfest] #2864223
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Dad owned a 70 hemi cuda convertible around 1980. We were at Mopar at Englishtown in the 90's when we saw it. Dad walked up and told me he used to own the car. The owner, who I think was wheelchair bound, scoffed at the comment.Then dad gave all the details. The guy was shocked as he had the history of it 2 owners after dad, but not before. A guy in these parts called dad who purchased it for 3500 bucks, 2 weeks later dad sold it for 5500. The car was spread around this guys house. He gathered everything and assembled it so it was a complete piece. Next guy did nothing to it and sold it for 13, then it escalated from there. Was cool to give the guy the history on his car.

Like Dad said, 1980, 2k was a LOT of money, at a time when money was at a premium.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: McCandlessboy] #2864225
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Originally Posted by McCandlessboy
Dad owned a 70 hemi cuda convertible around 1980. We were at Mopar at Englishtown in the 90's when we saw it. Dad walked up and told me he used to own the car. The owner, who I think was wheelchair bound, scoffed at the comment.Then dad gave all the details. The guy was shocked as he had the history of it 2 owners after dad, but not before. A guy in these parts called dad who purchased it for 3500 bucks, 2 weeks later dad sold it for 5500. The car was spread around this guys house. He gathered everything and assembled it so it was a complete piece. Next guy did nothing to it and sold it for 13, then it escalated from there. Was cool to give the guy the history on his car.

Like Dad said, 1980, 2k was a LOT of money, at a time when money was at a premium.

What color combo was it..red on red ?

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Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: BH27G1B] #2864290
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Sold new in Oregon, apparently to the Cartoonist Russell Meyers, who lived in Oregon.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cu...or-35-million-most-expensive-mopar-ever/

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #2864340
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Originally Posted by Pacnorthcuda
Sold new in Oregon, apparently to the Cartoonist Russell Meyers, who lived in Oregon.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cu...or-35-million-most-expensive-mopar-ever/


Russell Meyers owned it before the drug dealer (when it was a $250,000 car) - car was once restored in CO then again in CA, but appears to have been an east coast car originally - the "original owner" registered here on Moparts as a "DuPont" once upon a time .....

NOT in the Brothers' Collection

Re: That 3.5M$ 1971 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: 6bblgt] #2864350
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from the 2014 Mecum Seattle auction ad:

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Documented as the only matching numbers 4-speed convertible in existence, its factory broadcast sheet confirms that it was equipped at the Hamtramck, Michigan assembly plant with the New Process 4-speed, Dana 60 rear end with 4.10 Super Track Pak, 26-inch radiator and power brakes. Previously owned by Russ Meyer, a famous cartoonist from the Southwest, who later sold it to a buyer in Oregon for $250,000, it was eventually seized by authorities there in a drug investigation and sold at auction for $405,000, both prices were unprecedented at the time.

The buyer subsequently commissioned a restoration by highly regarded Mopar restorer Julius Steuer of Los Angeles, California, who completed the work in approximately 2000. A few years later it was then traded for a number of vintage Corvettes from the current owner’s prestigious collection.
For any diehard Mopar enthusiast, the process of decoding the Cuda’s fender tag can best be compared to sitting at a slot machine as it spins out a jackpot; everything is there to add up to the grand prize of Hemi Cuda convertibles. In addition to being exceptionally rare, the car is a visual feast, its code B5 Bright Blue combining with a Black power top and matching Blue high-back bucket seat interior.
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Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: BH27G1B] #2864486
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Originally Posted by BH27G1B
Originally Posted by McCandlessboy
Dad owned a 70 hemi cuda convertible around 1980. We were at Mopar at Englishtown in the 90's when we saw it. Dad walked up and told me he used to own the car. The owner, who I think was wheelchair bound, scoffed at the comment.Then dad gave all the details. The guy was shocked as he had the history of it 2 owners after dad, but not before. A guy in these parts called dad who purchased it for 3500 bucks, 2 weeks later dad sold it for 5500. The car was spread around this guys house. He gathered everything and assembled it so it was a complete piece. Next guy did nothing to it and sold it for 13, then it escalated from there. Was cool to give the guy the history on his car.

Like Dad said, 1980, 2k was a LOT of money, at a time when money was at a premium.

What color combo was it..red on red ?


I will have to ask dad, but that sounds right.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: McCandlessboy] #2864510
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The 71 Hemicuda convert was owned by Jay Soneff in Denver at one time.
The wheelchair bound guy with the red/red 70 Hemicuda convert was likely Tom Guzmich who along with his brother Bob owned it at one time..
....it also belonged to Wayne Hartye later for years

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: McCandlessboy] #2864511
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It was red on red. Said it was the first one built (that's what he was told). Said it was first one sold for a million dollars, he thinks.

Re: That 3.5M$ 1970 Hemi Cuda vert .. [Re: McCandlessboy] #2864514
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Originally Posted by McCandlessboy
It was red on red. Said it was the first one built (that's what he was told). Said it was first one sold for a million dollars, he thinks.


Yes, Wayne Hartye from NJ. owned it years ago. I bought a '70 6pk 4 speed Cuda convertible from him.

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