Black w/Red interior, 427/505hp, 6-speed manual transaxle.
When the sixth generation Corvette was introduced as an ’05 model, it was a huge hit with the public and press alike. Chevrolet got just about everything right with the car. And when the new ZO6 was introduced the following year, it didn’t take long to see that a major home run had been achieved. The ZO6 featured a 505hp small block 427 under its carbon fiber hood along with a 6-speed manual transaxle, aluminum Hydro-Formed frame, special brakes and suspension and tires. And it was a monster!
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We are just 4 weeks into 2018 and the collector car market is Red Hot!
Three weeks of auctions just finished up and over 4,300 cars, worth over $320.3m, have been sold! This number will go higher, as three auction houses have not reported their sales from last week’s auctions yet!
Here are some of the highlights:
- Mecum’s in Kissimmee, FL sold 2,208 cars worth $96.6m.
- 1967 427/435 sold for $583,000!
- Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, AZ sold 1,721 cars worth $113m.
- 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Cutaway Coupe Sold for $1,100,000!
- Gooding and Company in Scottsdale, AZ sold 131 cars worth $49m.
- 1963 Chevrolet Corvette 327/300 SWC Sold for $143,000.
- RM Sotheby in Scottsdale, AZ sold 129 cars worth $36.5m.
- 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra Sold for $2,947,500
- Bonhams in Scottsdale, AZ sold 111 cars worth $25.2m.
If you have a car to sell, we are here to buy it. Have a collection to sell? We have
#38 of 200 built! “The Last Convertible”. Cotillion White w/White interior with Firethorn piping, dash and carpeting, 8.2L V8, 3-spd. automatic transmission.
While much of the U.S. was preparing for the nation’s bicentennial festivities to commence on July 4, 1976, other notable dates were taking place in the months before the big 200th birthday celebration. Wednesday, April 21, 1976 was a sunny spring day in Detroit. A Cotillion White 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado was proceeding down the assembly line at Cadillac’s Clark Avenue plant, as many convertibles had done in the years before. But this one was different. All along the way, plant workers were posing to have their picture taken with the car. And as it came off the final line shortly after 10:00 AM, Cadillac Motor Car Division General Manager Edward C. Kennard sat behind
Bright Gold w/Black interior, 351/300hp, 4-spd manual transmission.
Most muscle car aficionados would agree that the peak of performance came between the years 1969 and 1970. It was almost comical how powerful the cars coming from the Big Three were in those days! But, as powerful as these beasts were, both on the street and strip, they were little match for the federal government and insurance companies of the era! By 1968, the writing was clearly on the wall that the end of the ultra-performance American muscle car was fast approaching! Knowing this, the men (and women) at Chevrolet, Ford and Chrysler wanted one more year to try and out-do each other. And with the 425 hp Hemi ‘Cuda’s, 450hp LS6 Chevelle’s, 500+hp L88 Corvettes that came off the line, they no doubt achieved that
We are delighted to announce that the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will feature Motor Cars of the Raj, Rollston Custom Coachwork, OSCA, Postwar Custom Citroën, Sporting Vintage Cars and Tucker. We also have another surprise (or two or three!) to unveil in the spring. To learn more about our features and our selection process, read our latest newsletter: http://bit.ly/2iq0e6V
