Cars pulling big dollars at auction

[Kwality]

The Bullitt Mustang pulled $US 3.4m at auction
the original screen-used 1968 Ford Mustang GT from the film Bullitt has a new owner. That person paid handsomely for the privilege, too, because it sold for a whopping $3.4 million. And yes, that’s the most money ever paid for a Ford Mustang at auction. Not bad for a car that was originally purchased for just $3,500.


Other Muzzies

These Are The 10 Most Expensive Mustang Auctions Of All Time

Ford Mustangs have a a very loyal Pony Car following with some being quite valuable, especially special edition cars from Shelby or rare Boss models.

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How does Aus stand:
Peter Brock’s HDT VH Commodore, which won back-to-back Bathurst 1000 races in 1982 and 1983, smashed auction records last weekend when it sold for $2.1 million, $500,000 above estimates.
The total cost, including a 7.5% buyer’s premium, is $2,257,500.

The price of Australia's most expensive Ford Falcon just doubled to $2 million

The rarest Ford Falcon ever made in Australia, a 1972 V8 GTHO Phase IV – just one of only four produced and only three survive – has smashed auction records on the weekend when it sold for $2 million ($2.15m inc. buyer’s premium). While there were suggestions the car could […]

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Good cars, rare cars, some race cars are a good investment if you've got a lazy $mil plus.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Didn't an early-80s Brock Bahturst winning Commodore go for $2+million?

 

[Kwality]

Didn't an early-80s Brock Bahturst winning Commodore go for $2+million?

$2.1 The total cost, including a 7.5% buyer’s premium, is $2,257,500.

Race cars can pull a premium, from 3 years back:
Ex Bob Jane - 1963 Australian GT Championship Winning
1963 JAGUAR E-TYPE LIGHTWEIGHT COMPETITION

Sold for US$ 7,370,000 (AU$ 10,719,758) inc. premium

Bonhams : Ex Bob Jane - 1963 Australian GT Championship Winning1963 JAGUAR E-TYPE LIGHTWEIGHT COMPETITIONChassis no. S850667Engine no. V682558P

3,781cc DOHC All-Alloy 6-Cylinder Engine Lucas 2MDC6/M Fuel Injection 293bhp at 5,750rpm 4-Speed Manual Close-Ratio Gearbox 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Disc Brakes – Inboard Rear *One of the absolute best and most original examples of the 12 Lightweight E-Types *Preserved by just 3...

www.bonhams.com

 

[Kwality]

Closing in a few days, A9X tribute (replica) with 355 ci & 6 speed, a HR Premier, a Mini & the normal Porsche, Merc etc.

What do you fancy

https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/AuctionLots.aspx?smode=0&aid=15709&_ga=2.63678575.130785987.1585275382-265493527.1584181237

 

[BomberFan355]

Yeah that race replica is nice, current price is still low. I wouldn’t mind a VK Brock replica but not keen on the turbo.

 

[BomberFan355]

Gas Monkey Garage built a replica of that mustang and did a remake of the chase scene, pretty sure it was with the original director etc.

 

[Kwality]

Gas Monkey Garage built a replica of that mustang and did a remake of the chase scene, pretty sure it was with the original director etc.

Bullitt car?

 

[Kwality]

Yeah that race replica is nice, current price is still low. I wouldn’t mind a VK Brock replica but not keen on the turbo.

Commodore with the Turbo Nissan motor? Not sure how many were built, but it'd be a model worth considering putting in the back shed for the future.

Not sure about the replicas/tributes long term, be great for blowing the cobwebs out.

 

[BomberFan355]

Bullitt car?

Yeah, copped a beating around those streets.

Commodore with the Turbo Nissan motor? Not sure how many were built, but it'd be a model worth considering putting in the back shed for the future.

Not sure about the replicas/tributes long term, be great for blowing the cobwebs out.

Nah, the blue VK with the turbo V8.

 

[Black_White]

Commodore with the Turbo Nissan motor? Not sure how many were built, but it'd be a model worth considering putting in the back shed for the future.

Not sure about the replicas/tributes long term, be great for blowing the cobwebs out.

Had one sans turbo.
Was a great, great car.

 

[Kwality]

A HT Monaro:

Rare Holden HT Monaro falls short of $1m, but sets a record

Bids for a piece of motor racing history closed at $715,000.

www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au

'a lovingly-restored piece of motor racing history still set a record at auction.
Bids for the 1969 Holden HT Monaro closed at $715,000.

It is believed to be the highest price for an Australian Holden classic that can still be registered for use on the roads.'

Begs the question what the ex Beechey HT is worth:

HT Monaro GTS 350: Is This Holden’s Greatest Muscle Racer? - Shannons Club

Norm Beechey immortalised the HT Monaro GTS 350 by winning the 1970 ATCC. His car's huge front air scoops for brake and engine cooling seemed to grow in dir...

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The Bob Jane HQ is reputed to have pulled $1.75mil plus

Australian Muscle Car Sales

Now for sale is Bob Jane's 1972 HQ GTS 350 Monaro Improved Production race car. The car was built in 1972 to CAMS Improved Production specs by legendary race car builders John Sheppard and Pat Purcell to replace Jane’s legendary Chevy ZL1 Camaro and to t

www.australianmusclecarsales.com.au

 

[NSWCROW]

Article today saying the govt had stepped in to block the purchase of above Monaro due to the car being a " cultural heritage icon " ( or similar ) and wanting it to remain in Australia.

 

[Kwality]

Article today saying the govt had stepped in to block the purchase of above Monaro due to the car being a " cultural heritage icon " ( or similar ) and wanting it to remain in Australia.

A bit out of my league

The HT pulled $715k:
One of the most collectible Holden race cars of all time was expected to fetch $1 million, but sold over the weekend for a still respectable $715,000 to an anonymous buyer.

Million-dollar Holden Monaro sells for $715,000

The 1969 Holden Monaro may be banned form leaving Aus

www.caradvice.com.au

An old Datto pulled a bit more in Japan, not the garden variety version 240z we had here in Aus :
A buyer in Japan has paid a record AUD$1.17 million for a rare 1970s Datsun.

Known as the Nissan Fairlady Z in Japan, and Datsun 240Z in other markets including Australia, the Z432R is the one that gets Japanese classic car enthusiasts hearts racing.
With only 30 to 50 estimated to have been produced, it makes it even rarer than the 420-run production of the Fairlady Z432.

At that same auction, the Z432R outsold a 2006 Porsche Carrera GT at over AUD$723,547, and a 1963 Ferrari 250GTE 2 + 2 Series 3 for AUD$593,300.

Old Datsun sells for $1.1 million, breaks auction records in Japan

Just when you thought Datsun 240Zs were getting expensive, a buyer in Japan has raised the bar to a whole new level.

www.caradvice.com.au

 

[Kwality]

$100k for a XA GT .....
Ford Falcon XA GT expected to fetch $100,000 at auction
The tyres are flat, it won’t start and it’s riddled with rust but this rare coupe is expected to fetch top dollar because it’s part of Aussie muscle car folklore.

Rusted old Falcon GT goes under the hammer

It’s full of rust, it won’t start and the interior is full of rat droppings and cobwebs but auctioneers still expect a rare Ford Falcon to sell for roughly six figures when it goes to auction this Friday.

www.news.com.au

 

[Kwality]

The Bullitt Muzzy at $US3.4m gazumped by the prototype Shelby 350GT:

1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype (Lot F140) at $3,850,000

Worlds Most Expensive Mustang Sells at 2020 Mecum Auctions

Mecum Auctions 33rd annual Indianapolis event, held over July 10th-18th, was the most successful in company history with just over $74 million in overall sales. The annual flagship event hosted over 1800 vehicles and more than 6000 Road art lots over the course of nine auction days. The...

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[Black_White]

How did the ‘64 Cobra not break a mill?
Best looking car of the lot, just beating the Ferrari.The rest are butt ugly bricks on wheels.

 

[Registered User]

The XA GT is already up to 300 grand

Grays Australia - Online Retail & Auctions

Grays is an Australian online retail and auction company, offering a huge range of consumer and industrial goods, direct from manufacturers and distributors.

www.graysonline.com

 

[Kwality]

The XA GT is already up to 300 grand

Grays Australia - Online Retail & Auctions

Grays is an Australian online retail and auction company, offering a huge range of consumer and industrial goods, direct from manufacturers and distributors.

www.graysonline.com

Barn-find Ford Falcon XA GT RPO 83 'Chicken Coupe' sells for record $300,909

The barely drivable Ford Falcon has been stored for 32 years

www.caradvice.com.au

$300909 .... good buy?

 

[Registered User]

$300909 .... good buy?

It looks like the consensus on this Ford Forum is no. Also, speculation about the car possibly being sold has been going on on that forum since 2008!

https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11205423&highlight=chicken

 

[Kwality]

How did the ‘64 Cobra not break a mill?
Best looking car of the lot, just beating the Ferrari.The rest are butt ugly bricks on wheels.

The Cobra had an estimated price of $US1.25 -1.5m A steal for a 289.

1964 Shelby 289 Independent Competition Cobra at Indy 2020 as F143 - Mecum Auctions

1964 Shelby 289 Independent Competition Cobra crossing the auction block at Indy 2020 as F143.

www.mecum.com

 

[Registered User]

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Old Ford Falcon XA GT sells for insane amount, by Dom Tripolone
A piece of Aussie motoring history sold for a crazy price last night, and it’s even more insane when you find out how much they’ll need to spend to fix it.

A rust-filled rare Aussie muscle car has flown the coop for a huge sum. The 1973 Ford Falcon XA GT sold at auction for $300,909, more than three times original estimates. And a far cry from its 1973 purchase price of $7000. The car is known in enthusiast circles as the “Chicken Coupe” because it’s owner parked it in a barn and surrounded it in chicken wire because he couldn’t afford to insure it.

The price is even more shocking when you take into account many of the vehicle’s main components were in a poor condition according to the Grays Online, which ran the auction. The car was in a sorry state when discovered, covered in dust, scattered with rust, filled with rat droppings and surrounded by old cans. And there is no guarantee that it’ll start either, with the vendor saying the Falcon’s engine hasn’t been started since 1988.

It is estimated that another $100,000 would be required to restore the Falcon back to its former glory. But the vehicle is extremely rare and played a big part in Australian motoring history. Ford only built 120 Falcon XA GT hardtops, and this example is a one-of-a-kind specification, featuring parts from the stillborn GTHO Phase IV.

It is one of only two painted in MacPherson’s Old Gold paint. MacPherson’s is the Australian chocolate company known for making Freedo Frogs and Cherry Ripes. The Falcon XA GT was part of the infamous supercar scare of the early 1970s, and was born out of the Bathurst rivalry between Holden, Ford and Chrysler.

Grays classic car specialist Rian Gaffy says the car is “as Australian as it gets”. “From its accidental birth after the supercar ban to its decades in a shed surrounded by chicken wire to its colour scheme that honours a local chocolate company, it’s a uniquely Aussie story surrounded by rumours and legend.”
https://www.news.com.au/technology/...t/news-story/9cba8d189830df42adbcb139f1faab51

 

[Kwality]

WRX at auction in the UK pulled close on $250k

Friday 31st July Sale - 11am BST - Silverstone Auctions

silverstoneauctions.com

1998-subaru-impreza-22b-sti

Very rare bit of gear that: https://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=115016

There are a few in Aus.

 

[Klyntonius]

Anyone with a few spare coins laying around?

Peter Brock's championship-winning 1980 Holden VB Commodore to be auctioned

The iconic Commodore cemented its place in Australian folklore with Peter Brock behind the wheel, and it's coming up for sale.

www.caradvice.com.au

 

[Kwality]

Anyone with a few spare coins laying around?

Peter Brock's championship-winning 1980 Holden VB Commodore to be auctioned

The iconic Commodore cemented its place in Australian folklore with Peter Brock behind the wheel, and it's coming up for sale.

www.caradvice.com.au

Now that is collectable, first of the Commodores .... last time I knew of it was the 81 Bathurst & the prang that stopped the race, as I understood Clive Benson Brown owned it.
See the car on the back of a truck on the way returning to the pits. It was repaired & Clive raced in 1982.

Bit surprised to see suggestions Moff ever went near it, even Larry Perkins who ran with Peter Jansen in 80 & 81, not joining Brocky until 1982.

 

[Klyntonius]

$700k and counting.

Rare Aussie car could break auction record

Aussie motorsport fans are revved up for the latest classic race car to hit the auction block.

www.news.com.au