Alot of mopars at Jan.2024 Mecum!!

Wish we had the bucks.Cars from the Wellborne collection, wingcars ,hemi charger R/T and more.Also The Kevin Sergent Mopar and Wingcar Collection.

There's a 71 hemi lime green R/T it says Steve Juliano owned it and had it in his collection.I don't remember it.And don't have in any of my mopar magazines.I know he had a purple one but never saw a lime green one.

Do you mean 2024?

Whoops thanks and I wasnt even drinking yet!

Well there's the problem 🤣
Actually I quit 6+ years ago along with the smokes. Easy Peasy after 4.5 weeks of Fentanyl and Propofol

As I always say..Better living through pharmaceuticals!

i remember a tv commercial way back that said the same thing !

I got from a episode of Rosanne years ago when a pharcist had a medication lollipop while he was talking and said that to her.Maybe it was everyone loves Raymond and originally Dupont had a slogan in 1937 Better living through chemistry..

Now I've never seen any Du Pont made cars at Mecum.

only took about 12-14 months for my brain to completely unscramble. Why people choose to play with that stuff is beyond my comprehension

if i may say, there were some nice...very nice pharmaceuticals in the late 60's/early 70's....

Jan 2024 Mecum is on Motortrend tomorrow at 12 pm. Now where's our cookie jar filled with cash?Lol!

Here are links to some.

https://www.mecum.com/auctions/kissimmee-2024/collections/the-deering-muscle-car-collection

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1109209/1969-dodge-daytona-nascar

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1110098/the-1970-e-body-pilot-car-offering

https://www.mecum.com/auctions/kiss...the-wellborn-musclecar-museum-collection

https://www.mecum.com/auctions/kiss...-kevin-sergent-mopar-wing-car-collection

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1107358/1968-plymouth-road-runner-custom

What he said.

Purple one? Yes, with crank windows.

Green with electric windows? ...not in the 2010 version of his collection.

Mopar Action linky

Attached are a couple of photos from 2010.

Very cool pic in Steve's museum with the Hemi Charger R/T.I was able to dig out a old mcg issue of this chargeri in it.The article says and shows all factory orig hemi and parts,tires,trunk mat,and a note giving dealer instructions hanging to the left of orig spare.Thanks for the MA article very cool! I think it'll go up for auction tomorrow.

i guess u never ate a quaalude....

Ohhhh my captain...

Today on the docket has just a few mopars..new chargers,a duster,57 saratoga,and a really nicely done 73 Richard Petty Charger with a 440 .And signed by Richard Petty.

Cool mopars today A12 orange roadrunner and yellow duster twister and..Geoff Stunkard from mopar action is supposed to be on today also!

Orange A12 went 70k

Black 383 rr went 50k.

Both no reserve.

That Curious Yellow Duster 340 is/was owned by Steve70, right? Restored by Mike Mancini.

Not totally sure..But a nice car!Geoff was just on talking about and showing a 71 orange hemi cuda with a orange interior.

Just looked on Mecum's site: no prices...

You have to log in,to see the prices.i know,I know...nice Coronet R/T 1967 bronze color..went to 32,000 I was ready to break our piggy bank!But it went to bid goes on ohhh crap

Aha - got it, thanks.
IIRC, the curious yellow Duster 340 once belonged to Scott Smith ?
That car is as good as it gets.

I like this one. And IMO sold about right

Sold at $78,100

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1108653/1966-plymouth-hemi-belvedere-ii/?aa_id=527327-0

At that price for the money, and it's a nice hemi car we'd be in.

That''s certainly a likable car.
AACA National 1st Prize with the radiator support blackout missing ? And without its (crappy) Inland shifter ? And '68 wheels & hubcaps ? Guess they need judging info.
Nevertheless, nice car, and @ $78K, seems a good deal.

Cool car gotcha!Another car I really liked was a 67 bronze colored coronet R/T yesterday I really liked too!

AACA isnt all about the finer details .

Its more of a beauty contest

IMO only


IMO the Belv was a decent buy for a turnkey hop in a go hemi 4 spd car

Tim Wellborne and his hemi cars on now.

71 hemi cuda $360,000...79 magnum gt 360..$36,000

" A lot of mopars at Jan.2024 Mecum!!"

I don't follow the auctions regularly.

Does "a lot" mean an increase in Mopars going up for auction?

Is that a good thing or not, and for who?

Hey JCC it means alot more mopars so we don't have to just stare at corvettes and impalas.lolAnd for alot people that can see mopars we've never seen and talk about cars we might want to get,what's cool etc..And if my wife and I if we ever have the means we'll try and buy a car in the future.Ive delt with mecum in the past with Steve Julianos memorabilia and they were decent people and a pleasure to deal with.

I’ve been surprised to look up and see so many mopars this year with it on in the background.

good time to sell.... or a good time to buy.... not sure...

To me it's a great variety of cool mopars which is great!So you have alot of choices..some of the prices weren't bad,but it seems Ike lately quite a few collectors are selling there cars. A 70 yellow convert hemi cuda
up for sale today I'm thinking 2.5 million.

1971 cuda 383 convertable a/c car $107,500....a couple newer red demons together are up to 370,000 and the bid is still going on...

A few 70 cuda drop tops went around 200.

70 v code rr in blue just hammered 82k.

Red 70 hemicuda went 185

A12 rr in red with white gut four speed sold for 125.

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Lots of great mopars on now!Red 1970 charger,superbirds,cudas etc..

And a 69 Dart GTS 340 auto had a bogus tag and still sold for big bucks. Got to hang out with some cool people, do you know who they are?

1970 Hemi Cuda vert, sold, $2.145,000

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1108304/1970-plymouth-hemi-cuda-convertible/?aa_id=531928-0

1971 Hemi Charger SOLD $467,500

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1098808/1971-dodge-hemi-charger-r-t/?aa_id=489848-0

The 70 hemi drop top cost that guy a lot of money due to inflation and auction rerun costs. I think it hammered for 1.95 and the big number is the house money added. Five years inflation is 20% going by the gubmint lie numbers, worse in reality. I know it’s a hobby and he isn’t hurting for cash, but yikes.


Values have had their ups and downs, and this Lemon Twist car sold at Mecum Indy in 2019 for $1.98M before heading to Kissimmee in 2022, where it remained unsold at a $2.1M high bid. Even so, Mecum has a higher $2.5M–$3.0M estimate this time around.

Pretty cool Jim! You know what I paid for my 69 GTS... And I am gonna keep it! Those "A" body cars kinda grow on ya!

House car...

Hey Rhinodart,I really liked the gts 340 green dart that's a shame about the tag.Looks like you guys had fun!I really liked the Seargent mopar collection!

What did the '71 Duster go for today (Lot #S50)

Yeah Baby!

Nice car but clearly some bidding and prices are outta control.

I wonder what or if you can get a 71 Duster insured for $150k or more ???

Best one in the world, arguably, so it should bring amazing money. A buck-fitty-nine is very stout, but not insane, IMO.
As for insuring it, I'd think Hagerty would. May have to document the car, but they had no problem or questions with $50K value on each of my RRs.

But 50k on Roadrunner is fairly commonplace

150k on a duster....not so much

SOLD $264k

I guess we can say the market for Mopar Muscles is not soft yet

Carsten

That price is outrageous !

Explain.

Maybe those who think they see the future are just reducing their exposure is the reason for more mopars on the block?

Explain.

Maybe those who think they see the future are just reducing their exposure is the reason for more mopars on the block? [/quote

what I mean is: The Mopar Muscle cars that went over the block at the auction (and sold) got for the most part strong prices.
I am talking Mopar muscle cars only I haven't checked anything else.

I can't see oany softening with prices coming down compared to last year.
Nobody knows what the future will bring but right now the market has shown strong sales.

Carsten

I agree, but my surprise was why are more cars notably on the block?

I watched most of the auction. Lots of cars had to lift reserves, many missed estimates. A slew of the exotics yesterday didn’t sell. The Ferraris were way under estimates and previous sales. This was a huge auction with more impressive stuff than I’ve seen at one place. Felt very much like people have seen the downturn over past year and were unloading before things get worse.

To me, the fact that folks will pay up for excellent cars says the market for the top examples remains strong.
Second, bear in mind that a lot of auction cars aren't as nice as they look on TV.
Third, there are many reasons to sell, from asset reallocation to moving up-market (or down) to dis-satisfaction.

i wish my crystal ball was working....

Agreed

But when a rebody pulls deep into 6 figures tells me quality Still reigns big.
Regardless of its past.

We would love to just get 1 mopar like they were showing.We really liked the lime green 71 Charger R/T!

You can't price the top end of the market. The top 1-2% of any collectible will always be an outlier to the other 98%

^^^ True - look at the Duster sales.

If these collectors with EXQUISITE collections, have decided to sell off the collection, or a big portion thereof . . . what do they know that we don't ??? Are they getting out while the getting is good ??? Still able to get HIGH $$$$ for the cars . . . . what is coming that they see ?? . . . Also, the buyers of these HIGH $$$ cars - will they ever drive them ?? Or are they destined to be garage/trailer queens ?? . . . I haven't looked at my cars as "investment" (although, staring retirement in the face (soon??), the increased value wouldn't hurt if looking to sell some to aid retirement), have always had more fun driving them !! Especially to far away car shows . . . and even better has been the friendships made over the years . . . just ramblings from my frozen brain . . . .

Mark

Your reply IMO is asking the best questions so far as why to this auction had a notable amount of Mopars the OP has stated.
And stating the obvious, only time will tell.

now I was curious if it is really true.

So I searched for Dodge/Plymouth cars buillt between 1966-1974 in the mecum Kissiemee results 2023 and 2024
This year the total amount of auctioned Mopars from the musclecar area was 160 cars.
In 2023 at the same auction a 173 cars were auctioned off.

So this year had LESS Mopar Muscle cars available than last year.

Carsten

what about prices????

A bigger sample of years would be more informative here, and you are smart to verify the OP's title claims, but "A lot" is rather subjective anyway.
Maybe they just got more on air time?
And now I or someone has to verify your 2023 claims.