Bidders beware. I'm from Illinois so I paided extra to have Chris from Mecuon over look lot S203 a 68 camaro convertible for me. Having faith and trust in Chris and Mecum I began to ask chris questions about the camaro he said it's a clean car with a new top new interior with no rust, dent's or scratches on it and that the camaro Is immaculate. Having faith in Chris I began bidding over the phone Chris said why don't you knock it out the park and start the bidding at 30K I said no way I'll start at 10k. I felt as I was overbidding myself I ended up winning the bid for 33k Once I got the Camaro it had 2 deep scratches rust on the hood the 2 front tires were flat. The Porter had a hard time getting it off because it wouldn't start Looking under it has oil leak in the front and the rear seal. Once I got it started I was unable to go over 15 mph. The top had 2 rips on it and is very hard and difficult to put down and back up the interior looked years old with mold on the bottom of it as if it was waterlogged. The motor has a knock the trunk is full of rust no wiring for head and tail lights no wiring for the wiper motor no radio back windows are off track and don't close it's hard to open the drivers door front suspension is really bad and unsafe power steering pump is leaking the rear air shocks are blown. Long story short the cost of the camaro was $41,480 after shipping taxes and is going to need another $12,000 to get it in a safe driving condition. The way Mecum and Chris described this camaro was a total lie and completely false advertisement. I'm going to post a KZfaq video of the 68 camaro. I'm also going to post on Facebook tictock and file a complaint with the Attorney General and better business burial.

I was at Wellborn's a few weeks ago at his 50th anniversary of the Daytona and saw all these cars plus 200 more! It was incredible!!!

I remember seeing a blue superbird in a used car lot for $1800.00. That was 1977. Wish I knew then what I know now.

Otis Chandler had great taste. I remember buying the American Muscle coffee table book featuring his collection including that record breaking Hemi Daytona, white 69 ZL1 Corvette and a few Baldwin Motions when I was 17 years old in the late 90's. Still have the book and is the most worn of my collection.

@ 32:20. When Pams baby comes into the Tent, she asks that the Charger be driven up, so she can hear it 1 more time...........and the rest is history. Dana whispers, "I'll sell it at no commission...", and than realizes he's "failed"........the look on that ladies face is magically. Good for Pam Wellborn! Absolute fun auction moment at Mecum!

I love all muscle cars. Different brands, models, makes etc. Hell...my fav is the 1970 Buick GSX Stage 2. But I'll be honest. You can't beat the Mopars. The sounds, the colors, the engines, the looks. The best.

In 1978 on my way to High School , I remember seeing three of these in the backyard of a house in Alexandria, Virginia. They never moved and the guy put up a fence and we used to laugh because sometimes there would be laundry hanging on the spoilers LMAO true story though and I was too busy playing with Mustangs and Cougar's.

That was a amazing collection of Hemi muscle cars, I just can't imagine keeping them in prestige condition, that has to be a full time job 😊

I LOVE WATCHING THESE AUCTIONS

When the Dodge daytona's and Plymouth super bird first came out the dealers had a hard time selling them.Some dealers even took the nose cone off hoping too entice buyers.FACT!

James Garner is said to have been one of the top 5 stunt drivers. They tried to find someone who could do the stunts during the Rockford files shows but none could do what Garner did. He picked the Pontiac for it's handling.

Old Mopar, what more can you say. Just the best

ALmost bought a 1969 429 cobra jet Mustang with slightly over $9000 bucks in 1989. All original. It had a little over 16,000 miles with the original red strip tires . I had just gotten laid off and was between jobs. Would have done way better than my 401k

And, of all these, the one I'd want the most by far.....is the Shelby COBRA truck !!

Am I the only one that gets misty eyed when some of these ultra rare and beautiful cars roll past?

The Daytona was bought from the Otis chandler collection for much less. He made a killing!

That is one beautiful Boss 429. Unfortunately at that price I'd be too scared to drive it.

The announcer saying the motorcycle at 7:24 was a 1,652 cubic inch bike reminded me of a Harley I saw in the late 60s. Illinois had just started licensing bikes over 150 cc as motorcycles and bikes under 150cc as motor driven cycles. When filling out his registration a guy put 74 in the engine size box because he didn't notice it was asking for cc not cubic inches. He had a 1200 cc Harley with a motor driven cycle license plate.

Oh hell the rockford files was a massive hit when I was a kid loved that show..........

I Remember when you could get one for $800.00 . I can't bear to watch !..

If any of you are ever in Alexander City, AL, stop by and see their museum. It’s pretty cool.

And in 2020, or 2025? Deduct 20% or more from the value of the lowest priced of these, and 30% - 40% from the highest priced ones. These are the cars that excited us baby boomers (I know, I drove a 68 Charger, my high school friends had a Firebird 400, a Barracuda, a Challenger 440, GTX 440, a Road Runner, Duster, and too many 67-69 Mustangs Camaros Chevelles and Novas to list. But I'm 69 today, and like most baby boomers, I would be a fool to spend $200k on a car I could not drive that was losing value because its target demographic was aging out. This guy sold this collection at exactly the last moment at which he could recoup most of his expenses, and perhaps make a modest profit, depending on how cheap the cost of the restoration, storage, and upkeep. I'm pretty sure if he put that same money into other investments he could have made a lot more money, and just flown around the country admiring a wider selection of muscle cars than these. That parade of 71 Mopars actually turned me off - I only ever liked 68, 69, and a few 70 models. By 71 they were over-designed and too full of shiny bling. I didn't see a single 71 Mopar cross the stage except that purple one (I liked the color) that I would have paid ten grand for, and they were all selling for $185 - $200k or more. I hope these buyers can pawn them off on some Dubai sheiks pretty quick; they'll never miss a million here and there. Enough already, it's all water under the bridge now.

The guys putting their hands on the the tail light lenses as they push the Trans Am off the stage need to be given the job of scrubbing the toilets.

about the 78 Pontiac, even though it most likely it was not used in the movies, but now that he has passed away I'm sure the value of it has gone up quite a bit...

That Burt Reynolds Trans Am went fairly cheap imo. Great Investment.

I remember see used muscle cars on lots in the late 70s early 80s and they were everywhere for next to nothing man if people only knew how much they were going to bring one day

Man I love the 68 and 69 charger, but for some reason the 71 charger speaks to me more. I just love the look of it.

When these cars were new I thought they were big ol tuna boats and were only good for planning families in the back seat! In those days Mustangs, Camaros and Firebirds ruled the roads. But now I’m old and go for big cars like these for a more comfortable ride 😂 I will say these auctioned cars are in beautiful shape!

The CB antenna goes on the roof between the T-tops on the TA.

I'd love to have the money to get involved with this auction ...only in America ! just the best cars!!

wish i could meet the Wellborns seem like very nice people.

very nice car and video love old cars

Cool video, I gave you a thumbs up and have a Great Thanksgiving.

Spy my Billy passing in front of the Boss 429 9:13 10:06 😥miss you. Taken way too soon. This was the first time he took our son, Brad to the auction. It feels good to spy him in the crowd with his friends, Hank and Ed. Again at 47:24 beside the 66 Shelby Transporter Truck. These cars were his passion! Mustang, Boss, Shelby.

Oh my goodness freaking awesome 🤩😁🤩😇🤠

My brother had a Dodge RT 440 1969. He was proud. So we're we. I owned a right hand steering MGB. I drove it on the Autobahn when I was stationed in Germany. WFL-Atlas

I was driving home from work, a Firestone dealer had a thrashed superbird on the lot, the rear wing was cut off. Only stubs were left, this car was ran very hard

Cars are extremely beautiful

Interestingly, I ordered a 1977 Trans AM SPECIAL EDITION, in October of 1976, receiving in March of 1977: velour Interior, 6.6 L, auto, tinted Window Delete, rear Window De Fog, a/c, Hurst T Tops, ( which leaked continuously: one stolen , I see why GM SWITCHED TO GM TTOPS), Ziebart Rust Proofing ( not help much)....We used hard Family miles for some 13 years... Now sitting in Salvage yard WARSAW Indiana ( Gills)..... May have saved it knowing present Markets, the Movie , Burt Reynolds and Promotions ....think it was some eight 1977s used in movie ( Vinyl Interior, seems ,Ike some were TA6.6 Engines::SMOKey & Bandit Experts please help me her ?!,,,) as I did bump into a worker for car Company/Supplier to Movie : believable enough in the : at least seven cars used up in Movie use, etc,,( a lone time ago Approximately 1987?)......

Wow can you guys out there imagine sitting there just buying up all these beautys and not care? Then you get to go to one of your mansions and sit back and just wait for the next auction? It sounds like alot of fun but most of us will never get to do stuff like this!!

I love Mecum. But those cars don't excite me that much, cool 1 of 1 thou. For 900k I would've bought 20 cars and had my own private collection in 1 day.😀

Burt Reynolds was given a new Trans Am every year as a promotion for GM, one year the car didn't arrive so he phoned GM, they told him their would be no more free cars as the chairman had died and since it was the chairman's idea to offer the free car the offer died with him.

Man If I was a millionaire I would have a collection like this because these cars are great investments

I loved this so much!! Dream cars

I think it's almost comical how much people are willing to pay for a Dodge Daytona, it's not like it's any better a car than the day it came out of the factory, it's build quality is still just marginal, missing bolts, plastic interior, the car hasn't transformed into a Rolls Royce or a Bugatti. I guess if you've got the money it's a different story, but why pay a million large for a car that was $3500 new, it's the same $3500 car, only the perception has changed, it certainly doesn't give me chills, but if I could go back in time to 1969 I'd buy a few.

Beauty in the eye of the beholder definitely applies here..

Beautiful cars but I was never a fan of Chargers past 1970.

I have never saw so many 71 hemi chargers in my life this guy must of owned all of them but I love Mopars and this guy has them

Wow! What a beautiful car!!! Love MECUM Auctions!!!

43:31 before seeing the end of the auction i could feel regret in the air as the reserve was lifted off the yellow car at 295k

What’s crazy is most of these vehicles would probably go for nearly twice their sale price now. At least 50% more anyway.

I watched this live, I'll bet alot of these cars came from Wheels & Spokes in Hays KS. I stopped by there in 1990 on my way home from Oregon. Think the guys name was Jerry?

Man,saw a few of these in Australia,became nothing seeing them,emotion is great at parting people from their money...

The only way to watch this is at 2X playback speed

Oh,that HEMI Daytona ❤️

The Charger Daytona is a rare bird indeed. Forget the numbers they claimed were produced but it was a flat out lie. They're not more than 500 of those cars according to a relative who worked in the assembly plant building them. Said the Nascar rep was there counting the cars rolling of the line(as they had to produce 500 1st before France would allow it to run on the track) and as they drove them by they just went around the plant and got back in line to be counted again.

1996 Viper GTS, blue with white stripes - most beautiful car ever made.

That auction is probably the highest concentration of beer bellies on the planet.

My favourite muscle car is Buddy Repperton's Camaro, best car ever.

Is that the same trans am that were featured in Danny koker's show Counts kustoms?

the 900 thousand dollar daytona was bought by david spade from joe dirt

Jim Rockford lived in the trailer on the beach, not his Dad , and if you disagree leave your name and number and l'll get back to you !

A Bandit Firebird! Owned by Bert Reynolds.

@11:50 is that the original color? What did they call that color? I've never seen such a gorgeous color scheme on a Mopar; but if I ever had the opportunity to build a resto-mod I'd match the stripes 2 the interior.

I transported these and did the advertisement Vipors

The first car sold for more than a lot of what people make in twenty years.

Should have bought this and put it in my 401k

Their portfolios must have been taking a beating so the accountants made them sell the cars

$900,000, my mother sold mine, in fair condition for $400.00 in a yard sale, while my left leg was in a cast

I believe that first car, the Daytona, was bought by David Spade.

that Burt Reynolds Trans am 6.6 is an Oldsmobile 403 Not a Pontiac engine .

I remember when I was a kid in Detroit. These were parked on Mound Road . With a 12 foot fence. I got to go in . My Late Auntie ran to department for commercial vehicles and race cars what a combination and I remember asking my auntie I didn't know that Dodge made airplanes and she laughed escos will Dodge actually made boats to

The triple black 70 LS6 went “cheap” at 135k

There's a local guy that has one of those 429 boss sitting in his weld shop thats covered with welding dust with the windows down interior covered with welding dust you wouldn't believe it if u seen it

I tried and tried to talk my dad into buying a blue one used for 3000 Canadian around 1974 . I told him it would be a good investment.

I always thought it would be cool if someone would build some identical replicas of these cars.

Tim and Pam bought the red T/A Challenger back.

Only a MOPAR, a Shelby Or a Race corvette gets that much $900k for a muscle car.

34:00 You know she said no to the sale because she wasn't happy with letting go of the previous car just before this one. For only 210 thousand. Which apparently was her baby. So there was no way she was going to sell a similar car for less. Just my opinion......

David Spades 900k Daytona. Car is absolutely beautiful. I would like to see it on jay leno

my first car was a 1969 roadrunner. it was 8 years old. hard to keep running. rebuilt motor in tobacco barn. went by moms at 124 mph in 3rd gear. had 4 spd. we lined them up at school daily and 2 was picked to go race instead of class. cost was 325.00 she sold it when i went to japan for military. sold for one hundred dollars. year 1980 it was 11 years old then. time is a thief my friends. i am still mashing on it. drag raced son at track on motorcycles. best day ever. 3rd race i almost did him in. almost. time is a thief.

Just never forget that the Federal Reserve Bank has "pressed print" so many times since the birth year of any of these vehicles. since the year 2000...

They built 8,912 or 8,921 factory Hemi cars I believe.

I'd really love to be able to buy one of those cars but I can't afford it I'm a high-school Dropout never made much of my life but those sure are some beautiful cars now

Four Two Nine Boss.........The Finest!

had 71 r unr 3 yrs of total fun. gas consumption was 13 miles per gallon though at 70mph reached . 150mph easy stock. no speed cameras way b ack then.

Most of my 423 car collection come from mecum

It's amazing that Mecum would allow their help to push on the spoilers of the cars. Totally idiotic.

400hp from that 8L viper, that's a terrible 50hp to the liter!!

What was the original window sticker price?

All these old guys buying these cars will they live long enough to enjoy them and that old guy asking the bidder why can’t he go another 25k pissed me off

Burt Reynolds TA keeps changing hands. I think people shouldnt buy for a quicky. Prefer real cars go to money that love them.

The announcers need to do a better job of fact checking before they speak. There were no 429 SCJ engines offered in the 69/70 Mustangs, that engine variant was available starting in 1971.

$900.000.00 plus State Farm insurance for this Monster 💰💰💰💰only in America 👍

Who is behind the voice of the commentator? Not Bill

Dad had around 3 of these one was a hemi

....just one...I'd love to have just one of these bad boys....only if .

Just wondering, if a reserve isn't met? Do the people that own the car get it back or what happens?

What makes it 1 of 1?

Muscle cars should be flexing their muscle.