Mecum 2024

[flatbedfred]

Well the first Mecum auction of 2024 has just concluded and it ws a big one. I looked online beforehand and there were more than half a dozen 57 Fords. I am about half way through my recordings of the auction and I haven't seen one 57 Ford.

[RICH MUISE]

Let us know what you find. Thanks!

[lalessi1]

I looked online at the results, they don't list the sales price. I saw 6 cars.

Lot #                      Model                                           Result
F201.1           High-end Custom, 5.4L, 5spd Art Morrison Chassis         No sale
W101             Skyliner, original paint & interior                      sold
T49              Sunliner, 312, auto                                      sold
U175             Custom, Fireball Roberts race car                        No sale
L216             Fairlane 2dr hdtp, 428 4spd                              sold
L129             Custom, prop car "Mad Men" series                        sold

[mustang6984]

"U175             Custom, Fireball Roberts race car                        No sale"

Is this the one that used to sit in the basement display at Dick Clarke's show palace in Branson MO?

[lalessi1]

Here are the details of that car....


https://www.mecum.com/lots/1109210/1957-ford-fireball-roberts-race-car/?aa_id=532403-0

[mustang6984]

Yep...I do believe that is it. Been 15 years since I last saw it in Clarke's place, but sure looks like the one. Be nice to have the $$$ to buy it...but nope. Notice...shifter was still on the column too! True "stock car" as opposed to what there is today.
Thanks!

[59meteor]

I thought that all the 57 Fords raced in NASCAR used either the 2x4 barrel or supercharged 312s. That late 70s-early 80s Ford air cleaner certainly looks out of place.

[RICH MUISE]

I agree.......I believe, back in the day, only the supercharged 312s had 300 hp.......and that certainly isn't one of them. No title??? only a bill of sale. I can see why it didn't sell.

[mustang6984]

only a bill of sale. I can see why it didn't sell.

Vehicles supplied for racing by the factory didn't then, nor do they today come with titles. It is to keep them from being licensed and driven on the street.
A "body in white Mustang" for instance comes with the BoS but no title even today. Even if you are not racing for a factory team, you still get only the BoS.
As for the engine...cannot speak to that, guess one would have to ask the current seller for the provenance and an explanation of why the engine a[pp[ears different.