Mecum Auction yesterday...

robhaerr · 2013-09-07 08:16

This car has been across the auction block twice at a Mecum Auction. Man, it looked great on HD TeeVee on the Velocity Channel yesterday and the announcers had pretty good things to say about it...

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=DA0913-167465&entryRow=329

It did not sell, however...highest bid was $75,000.

Didn't this guy want well over $100,000?

It REALLY looked great!

Rob

Ahh, found our discussion earlier this year about this car...high bid then was $82,000...
http://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=4124.msg27461#msg27461

GaryI72 · 2013-09-07 17:14

How many 57 Fords have actually sold for over 100k?

CableguyJJS3 · 2013-09-08 12:18

I may well be in the minority here, but in my opinion that mustang dash ruins that car. I like the seats and the console to some degree, but those mustang dashes came in soooooo many different cars, or at least were all very similar they are flat worn out to me. I'd have preffered to see the builder incorporate the cluster into the factory dash and let it roll that way. But then again a 57 dash is one of the very first memories I have of working on a car, so there is some sentiment for me in there. Nice car though, they certainly did some nice work, not sure he will get 100k for it, but best of luck to them.

briney · 2013-09-08 15:52

There were lots of nice cars at the auction Saturday. I was there with my wife... We saw about 6 1957 Fords - 2 great Ranchero's brought to the auction by Jerry Miller of Jerry's classics in MO.
One was a turbocharged that was Dresden Blue and White, the other was a plain jane 292 Red and White great vehicles... both of them.

Patrick Dallas TX

RICH MUISE · 2013-09-08 19:33

Cableguy....I don't care for the Mustang dash either, in fact I /.;'''''''''''''(<LOL one of my cats was typing)like the seats, but not the upholstery colors. The dash just doesn't seem to belong, but to each his own I guess..probably not to many that like my dash and seats either. One of the big hazards of doing a customized anything..you don't know for sure what it'll look like till your done. And how many guys can lay out the cash or time to keep redoing...I sure can't.That said, I sure like that car. The carbuffs link I had for the build thread on that car isn't working anymore...my guess is Mecham had them delete it.

Frankenstein57 · 2013-09-08 19:46

I'm not a fan of the dash or the interior color, usually if I don't have something positive to say, I move on. But that is one fine car. Mark

hiball3985 · 2013-09-08 20:06

I'm not crazy about the dash either, and the color just doesn't seem right with the red exterior color. I'm not crazy about the new style steering wheels, they are just ugly, but thats only my opinion, too each his own. As long as the owner is happy that's all that matters, you can't please everyone.. I'll give him credit for doing a nice job.

BWhitmore · 2013-09-08 20:48

Jim- sorry to have missed you and your son morning. I went out for a short time to run our dog. Were you able to pick up anything at the swap meet? Bill Whitmore

hiball3985 · 2013-09-08 21:03

Quote from: BWhitmore on 2013-09-08 20:48
Jim- sorry to have missed you and your son morning. I went out for a short time to run our dog. Were you able to pick up anything at the swap meet? Bill Whitmore

Hi Bill, We came home empty handed except for a package of cut off wheels. Sorry we missed you but thank you so much for the jack. My son drove us back and was the first time he had driven the ranchero any distance or on the freeway. I saw one other tan one in the corral.

CableguyJJS3 · 2013-09-08 21:47

Oh don't get me wrong, the whole thing as a package is beautiful, the dash just makes it look like a bazillion other cars on the road sadly, and in my eyes, detracts from the outstanding work the builder did. I don't even mind the colors, hard to go wrong with red on tan. That said, they did nice work for sure, but in my opinion, should have let the interior a bit more stock. It would have given it more of a hot rod feel in my eyes, now it's bordering on the street rod category, of which I am not a fan of at all. Regardless nice work and credit to the builder, need more kick ass 57's in this world in my opinion.

RICH MUISE · 2013-09-08 23:14

well said, except I'm confused I guess on what a street rod is. Up until recently I thought a street rod was just a car that had been primarilybuilt for driving, as opposed to a show car or oem correct restoration, or racing. I'm guessing my definition is wrong because of all the negativity I read directed at "street rods" from different sources.

CableguyJJS3 · 2013-09-08 23:50

By street rod I'm talking about the cars you build from catalogs. The duece coupe Fords with the catalog bought chassis and body, with the crate motor trans and rear end then a 15k paint job and 1000 pounds of billet aluminum. Slap it on a trailer and call it a street rod yet it never gets driven on the street, doesn't jive to me There's virtually nothing unique, original or hot rod about them in my opinion. Body and frame, 350 and a 700r4, some brakes, a 9" and a interior put together from the magazines, there's no hot rodding left in a build like that, might as well be a production car, i.e. Prowler. If that had been my build, the seats would be fine for adapting, but the dash would have stayed 57 and the instruments reconfigured to fit the 57 dash. The console would also be a stretch, looking in the window of a 50's hot rod you expect to see the 3' tall shifter handle poking out of the floor. But it's all a matter of personal preference and ultimately up to the builder. I don't knock anyone for building a car they want to, I got soured on the cookie cutter cars long ago. I went to a Good Guys street rod show and every other ar was a deuce coupe with a 350 and a 700r4, it got really old after the first 100 cars or so.

Dave_S · 2013-09-09 01:59

I'm new here, been reading posting for a couple of months now. It has always been my understanding that there were categories like unrestored, original, restored, resto-rod, resto-mod and so forth. Me, I want to build what I would call my version of a 1957 Ford SUV so I haul my stuff around. A Ford 1957 2 door ranch wagon (Del Rio) with an updated drive train, 4 link 9" rear end or maybe graft in a late model T-Bird IRS, Mustang II front suspension or maybe a newer Mustang Cobra front suspension, a computer controlled 4.6 or a 5.0 with an AOD trans. Install a nice comfortable yet functional interior with some useful updated features and then drive the crap out of it and wear it out! Put a couple hundred thousand miles on it and then start all over again! To me that would be the ultimate in fun! I love driving cars, not just staring at them.

Got my eye on a couple of ranch wagons for sale right now.... been doing my research.

RICH MUISE · 2013-09-09 08:05

Forgot to mention...I think Bob's '57 AGIN has the perfect interior..great blend of the old and the updated. Professional completion of a tasteful design...perfect compliment to the exterior.

hiball3985 · 2013-09-09 09:26

We all have our likes and dislikes but it's better then all of them looking cookie cutter. Variety is the spice of life..

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