MECUM SOLD $3.5 Million - 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible

Well, ladies and gentlemen, here in Seattle and watching across the country on NBCSN, it's time to feature one of the most attractive and valuable cars on the planet, a

1971

Hemi Cuda four-speed

convertible

, one of only 11 built, only two were

sold

here. in the US these are the only documented numbers matching 71 Hemi Cuda for

convertible

, Markel is known to exist, let's sell this car, this is one of the best in the auction and indeed Scott in the world of performance cars is one of the best sellers for the calendar year 2014. This is great news, the big question is how much will the Mopar Hemi Market recover from the adjustment we all knew about in 2008.

Everything is going to move forward right now in The next few minutes and it's already some history. at $2

million

guys I'm breathless and got goosebumps because this event is happening right before our eyes let's talk about what could draw so much interest towards this car, first of all the 1990's Hemi 1960. represents everything that was going on with the horsepower race atrocity between all the manufacturers and it's really considered that

1971

for the Mopar gang was the absolute end of the line for that and the Rarity, the performance, the presentation of this car and the fact that it still sports its original Power bu and if you go back to 1971 you wonder why Chestler only built 11 hemmed convertibles, well convertibles in general were heavier than fixed roof cars and if you really wanted a Hemi Cuda, you're I'm going to go out and probably you know, do some street racing.

Woodwood Avenue comes to mind or even taking it to the race track and the real high performance official AOS didn't want the extra weight of the convertible so that's another reason why so few of them built love the wheels Simple steel with hubcast. We had a good view inside the cabin. There's no console between the bucket seats, but that pistol-grip shifter imposes its own presence. No console needed on this one. $2.8

million

guys, let's not do it. Underestimate the impact of this car's Provence. It is extremely well documented from the original owner. There are very few gaps in Providence's documentation.

What year was John? 2002, when the first documented Muscle Car

sold

for over a million dollars 10 12 years ago something like that 2.95 now is okay because I could take it to 32 or something, I don't want to, I don't want to lose it, you know if the last 12 or 13 years have taught us something. There was hysteria back then where anything with a hem was overpriced and now it's a much more demanding market and these are the cars that people want. I have three. Kevin comes back if I take his reservation away, but I have three. Yes, but when I go to replace it I'll have to pay four for the next one.

Oh, it will be four or five years, although yeah, well, if I don't sell it, then I don't have to worry about it. You have three, you want to sell it, you have 350. I wonder what number that gentleman has in mind and he pulls the two, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, three, two, two, nonsense on the phone back there, with Wade and Frank Beacon. In the background, there's the battle in Seattle, tell your guys they're going to win 35s 35 is the magic number, yes it's at 33, but it's a high bidder, but it won't tell you what another two hundred thousand is when you're already at 3.3 million 3350 are going up, you know, this is the kind of thing Dana lives for, isn't it a piece of paper from JK and Frank?

Maybe we'll see a world record here and Dana is outside with a notebook crunching those Numbers you know, even though this car has been restored, I still consider it an original Survivor broadcast, just think about how many different things could have been done to this car to over the years, I wouldn't make it as original as it is, that's a great point, uh. Yes absolutely, we said before that the only one documented with the original engine still exists. I don't know if there are any more there. Kevin, we removed the reservation from the other game. I could bite 33, that's 80 grand from where you needed to be.

Jud 3450. 3450 deserves to go out at 35 still not there Franks in the back talking to his boy on the phone you don't have another chance Ross I know, gimme you know Frank makes a very good point JK, the reservation will be cancelled, that That's the only thing that's going to work, when is the next time you'll see this car on The Auction Block? I mean, you have the opportunity to buy it here and now and you may not have that opportunity for a while, what do you do? Think guys, I don't know, I know, here we go guys, right now, the ball is in, now is the decisive moment, here, come on, wow, history in the making, oh my God, what a day it will be, no one will forget Seattle 2014. world record debut in a muscle car Seattle, we love you, third and final Co, so $3.5 billion 1971 Plymouth Hem Cuda and hey, guess what, we still have an L88 coming out in the bullpen, you know what they say that whoever cares least wins and the guy stood his ground and said this is what we're going to get and Dana got to work and made it happen.

It was amazing to see $3.5 million men. I think that might be our number one car at the auction so far.