"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/12/2017 at 19:15 • Filed to: Mecum Auction, Photo Dump, muscle car
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/12/2017 at 19:15 • Filed to: Mecum Auction, Photo Dump, muscle car | 6
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Quiz- which of the cars below has a completely custom body style - which was not offered by the factory that year?
1962 Ford Galaxie - G code 406 tri-power. This car had a sweet lope at idle.
1962 Catalina bubble top - aluminum block dual quad motor. Much louder than the Galaxie above.
1958 Impala
1957 Eldorado Biarritz. Running a more recent 472, and nearly silent (especially compared to the Pontiac and Ford up above)
1959 Olds 98; 1964 Catalina; and I believe a ‘49 Chevy.
Yes, there are 2 - 1961 Ford Sunliners in this picture. And a 4 door convertible Continental.
Elephant.
TURBO!! 1963 Corvair, with a factory turbo flat 6 and a 4 speed.
1966 Charger - factory Hemi
1964 Galaxie, 427 4 speed. Sorry, some of the pictures are out of focus.
1953 Buick Skylark - took them 10 minutes to get this car running. RNM at $125k.
One of several Trans Ams
Terrible picture of a ‘69 Camaro SS
I love this look and color- ‘66 Malibu SS 396
63 Impala SS
66/67 Nova
1974 GTO and 1969 Hurst/Olds. One of these cars is much cooler than the other...
1961 Impala. Sorry.
‘57 Chevy ‘vert.
Buick GS and I think a ‘63 Galaxie convertible
The Standard of the World
‘66 GTO
‘67 Malibu SS 396
ZL1
66 Chevelle
Another 455 T/A
1963 Catalina. Was wearing 421 badges, but says it was a 389. Column shifted automatic, so I’m sure it’s not a 421.
61 Vette
389 from the ‘63 above
67 442 and 64 GTO
GTO
Hudson Hornet (1954?)
Camero
My dad would love this truck
SD455
70 Chevelle SS - LS5
65 Nova
I spent little time watching the actual auction - with 1,000 cars to see, who has time?
1976 2002. IIRC this sold for $3k. Automatic (sad trombone)
Charger with a 440 (73?). Went for $18k. Looks gorgeous within 10 feet but there’s as much filler as metal down low...
427 Vette
The 66 Hemi Charger
‘61 Vette interior
Overall, 10/10 would recommend - tons of cool people around looking and talking about great cars. Parking sucked, but for $20+a few beers, it was a great day.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 19:21 |
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Woof!
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WilliamsSW
> CaptDale - is secretly British
10/12/2017 at 19:25 |
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At one point, we were standing in between two 427 Vettes that were being started up, to go across the block. That was a lot of sweet, sweet, big block noise!
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 19:38 |
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I could die and go to heaven after that
briannutter1
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 20:52 |
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Those Poncho’s are excellent. If I bought a new car in 1973, it would be a 455Sd.
My bird IS the word
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 20:53 |
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Thanks for all the trans ams!
fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 21:05 |
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Like the Sunliners and the 62 Galaxie
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> WilliamsSW
10/12/2017 at 21:15 |
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1. Regarding this:
Quiz- which of the cars below has a completely custom body style - which was not offered by the factory that year?
I don’t really care. Maybe the Buick or the Catalina.
2. Some of your pictures are kind of fuzzy. You need to work on your focus.
3. Regardless of the shortcomings in 1 and 2 above, your taste in cars is perfect. You are indeed a fine connoisseur of cars. Please take more photos and post them; in or out of focus.
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WilliamsSW
> briannutter1
10/12/2017 at 22:20 |
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Those are pretty rare cars. I was surprised to see so many 455 TAs there. Cool cars.
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WilliamsSW
> My bird IS the word
10/12/2017 at 22:21 |
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You’re welcome! There were a lot there!
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/12/2017 at 22:23 |
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Yeah the 62 was one of my favorites. It sounded fantastic too.
And the Sunliners are just cool.
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WilliamsSW
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
10/12/2017 at 22:28 |
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Lol the pictures were all taken with a potato, and a majority were taken while I held a beer in one hand. That said, I was obviously disappointed with some of the results, but in a few cases I posted the pictures anyways because the car was so cool.
Very few people will care about the car that was hacked together Frankenstein style, but I found it interesting.
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WilliamsSW
> CaptDale - is secretly British
10/12/2017 at 22:37 |
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I’d want to drive it first. Then I’d already be in heaven
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> WilliamsSW
10/13/2017 at 11:23 |
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You mean drive one and race against the other
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WilliamsSW
> CaptDale - is secretly British
10/13/2017 at 12:09 |
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Let’s each get one and race each other!
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> WilliamsSW
10/13/2017 at 12:19 |
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Will you loan me.. I am guessing $60-80k
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WilliamsSW
> CaptDale - is secretly British
10/13/2017 at 13:16 |
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Yeah, that’s about right - if anything, toward the top of that range for a 427, unfortunately.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
10/22/2017 at 12:59 |
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I’ll take the blue Galaxy that you opened with, but I’d prefer four doors.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
10/22/2017 at 13:01 |
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You need to work on your focus...
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WilliamsSW
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
10/22/2017 at 13:08 |
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Yah, I kinda thought the same on your other comment, but I think it was meant in a positive spirit. Considering that I was walking around with a beer in one hand and a potato phone in the other, it’s surprising the photos weren’t worse.
I was torn between the Galaxie and the Pontiac as my favorites. Those two went across the block consecutively, and I spent some time following them through the conga line leading into the building just to hear both of them idle. The Galaxie had a wonderful big block lope at idle, and the Pontiac had cutouts and sounded great, but was much louder. The 406 lope is why it’s the first picture and not the 2nd.
BTW, no one but me cares, but the quiz answer is the Pontiac. The GM bubble top cars *almost* ceased to exist after ‘61. The only one that carried over was the Chevy Bel Air (not the Impala). The rest had formal rooflines. Someone took a ‘62 Grand Prix and did a hell of a lot of metal work to convert it into a bubble top.