'Just returned from two 5 or 6 hour days (early afternoon to mid evening) at the enormous 2015 Mecum Indianapolis Collector-Car Auction. What a show!
Unless I missed something, which is entirely possible with 2,000-odd vehicles having been there, I saw only one Studebaker , a sharp 1957 3/4-ton pickup with SBC power:
It was a nicely-done truck and bid to $15,000, but did not sell. The reserve was higher than that, but I don't know the reserve or the seller. It was For Sale in The Bid Goes On Department / tent after crossing the block and drawing the $15,000 offer late, I mean really late, Friday evening.
Another car reminded me of Studebaker's 1958 sedan effort to fit two headlights on fenders designed for one headlight; a custom Cadillac. Don't tell me George Barris never looked at a 1958 Studebaker sedan!
At least half the cars there were modified or resto-mods.
One that distinctly fell under the polite heading of, "Well, I probably wouldn't have done it that way," was this 1957 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery :
(No, I didn't Photoshop that; it is right out of my camera with no editing!)
My nominee for most Most Appealing Offering would be this cute rig:
A 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood wagon clone, nicely fitted with a period 348 / 4-speed as would have been available. It was towing a 1957 Milcraft wooden runabout with Mark 55 Kiekhaefer-Mercury outboard with brass propeller to top it off, all done up just as cute as you please. I watched the whole rig (car, boat, motor, trailer) sell for $42,000. Well-bought if you ask me.
Take that rig to any car show anywhere and if you happen to park next to a Hugger Orange 1969 Yenko Camaro, for which the owner may have paid twice the price of that wagon/boat rig, compare the smiles and crowd that '59 would draw while the Yenko owner fumes...
Overall, a great show. Dana Mecum does a nice job. BP
Unless I missed something, which is entirely possible with 2,000-odd vehicles having been there, I saw only one Studebaker , a sharp 1957 3/4-ton pickup with SBC power:
It was a nicely-done truck and bid to $15,000, but did not sell. The reserve was higher than that, but I don't know the reserve or the seller. It was For Sale in The Bid Goes On Department / tent after crossing the block and drawing the $15,000 offer late, I mean really late, Friday evening.
Another car reminded me of Studebaker's 1958 sedan effort to fit two headlights on fenders designed for one headlight; a custom Cadillac. Don't tell me George Barris never looked at a 1958 Studebaker sedan!
At least half the cars there were modified or resto-mods.
One that distinctly fell under the polite heading of, "Well, I probably wouldn't have done it that way," was this 1957 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery :
(No, I didn't Photoshop that; it is right out of my camera with no editing!)
My nominee for most Most Appealing Offering would be this cute rig:
A 1959 Chevrolet Brookwood wagon clone, nicely fitted with a period 348 / 4-speed as would have been available. It was towing a 1957 Milcraft wooden runabout with Mark 55 Kiekhaefer-Mercury outboard with brass propeller to top it off, all done up just as cute as you please. I watched the whole rig (car, boat, motor, trailer) sell for $42,000. Well-bought if you ask me.
Take that rig to any car show anywhere and if you happen to park next to a Hugger Orange 1969 Yenko Camaro, for which the owner may have paid twice the price of that wagon/boat rig, compare the smiles and crowd that '59 would draw while the Yenko owner fumes...
Overall, a great show. Dana Mecum does a nice job. BP
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