![]() | This 1940 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead is a factory original motorcycle and very likely the best in the world. In 2014 it brought $159k. | ![]() |
Thursday, December 11, 2025
1940 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead - $200k in 2020
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
1967 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Coupe
| The only known Rally Red on Red 1967 Corvette L88. 427/430 HP L88 V-8 engine. 4-barrel carburetor. 12.5:1 compression. High lift cam. Muncie M22 4-speed manual transmission. 1 of 20 L88 Corvettes produced for the 1967 model year. Bloomington Certified in 1994 under the ownership of Ray Norvell. Bloomington Certified in 2014 under the ownership of the Rare Wheels Collection. Exhibited in the Bloomington Gold Special Collection in 2001, 2008, 2017 and 2018. NCRS Regional Top Flight with a score of 98.2. NCRS National Top Flight with a score of 98.4. NCRS Regional Performance Verification award. | ![]() |
![]() | K66 transistor ignition. F41 suspension. G81 4.56:1 Positraction rear end. Dual exhaust. J56 heavy duty brakes. J50 power brakes. Rally wheels. |
| Behold the absolute pinacle of collectible corvette. This example last changed hands for $3.5m in 2025. It crosses the block again at Mecum. | ![]() |
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible #1 - $165k in 2021
Serial no. 001, the first Firebird produced.
The car made $165k at Mecum in Jan 2021.
![]() | Nut and bolt concours rotisserie restoration to as original condition by Gas Monkey Garage. Original 326 CI V-8 engine. Correct factory specs. | Column-shifted automatic transmission. Power steering and brakes. |
![]() | Regimental Red with Red bucket seat interior. 80,389 believed-original miles. The car is powered by its original L30 326 CI V-8 engine fitted with a 2-barrel Rochester carburetor, rated at 250 HP. | ![]() |
![]() | A column-shifted Powerglide 2-speed automatic transmission, cruise control, console-mounted clock, AM pushbutton radio, power drum brakes and power steering are included factory options.![]() |
1970 Ford Torino King Cobra - $192k
![]() | 1 of 3 Torino King Cobras produced. Prototype King Cobras were never homologated for NASCAR because of the production cost and change in Ford's corporate structure. This is the only example built with the 429 Boss motor and 4 speed. |
![]() | Instead of being destroyed like most prototypes, two of the King Cobras, including this one, were delivered to Bud Moore Engineering in 1971. Moore eventually sold this orange King Cobra, which was rediscovered many years later in a South Carolina field. |
![]() | An extensive restoration has brought the car back to its original prototype condition, including its one-of-a-kind convex glass rear window. Instead of the original 429 Cobra Jet, this King Cobra is now powered by a Boss 429, Ford’s NASCAR engine of the era. |
![]() | Per original, the black interior is purposefully spartan with a bench seat and Hurst shifter. The car made $192k. | ![]() |
Monday, December 8, 2025
1966 Shelby GT350 carryover
A 1966 Shelby GT350 carryover, one of 252 produced, with fewer than 16,500 original miles, sold for $291k in 2020.
Those 250 cars, plus the two 1966 prototypes, make a total of 252 cars that started life as 1965 Mustangs, but were converted into 1966 GT-350s.
![]() | As production of the 1965 Shelby GT-350s wound down, Shelby American began work on the 1966 version. In order for them to continue operations, Shelby American ordered 250 “K” Code 1965 Mustangs toward the end of the 1965 Mustang production run. The cars would be available to “carry-over” the Shelby American plant. | ![]() |
![]() | The white 2+2 fastbacks were fitted with the high performance 289 V8 rated at 271hp, then massaged with an aluminum high-rise intake manifold, Holley four-barrel carburetor, Tri-Y headers, and a glasspack dual exhaust system to produce 306hp and 329 ft-lb of torque. A Borg Warner four-speed put that power to the rear wheels, and the 2,800-pound car could sprint to 60 mph in about 6.5 seconds, with a top end of 126 mph. |
This ultra top end example made $440k in January 2020.![]() | ![]() |
![]() | In 2023 the number was $351,500 USD for a restored 1966 Shelby GT350 'Carryover' Here. |
Sunday, December 7, 2025
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A by Sindelfingen - €2.25m
![]() | The Mercedes-Benz 500K and its successor, the 540K, were arguably the most noteworthy production models offered by the Stuttgart firm during the 1930s. The 540K was developed from the 500K and shared its independently suspended chassis, while the 540K was bored up to 5.4 litres of supercharged straight-eight power. |
![]() | The car featured the company’s famous Roots-type supercharger system where pressing the gas pedal to the end of its travel would simultaneously engage the compressor and close off the alternative atmospheric intake to the carburetor. |
![]() | The system had been thoroughly proven on the preceding series of Dr Ferdinand Porsche S-Type cars, and the 540K was the last supercharged production Mercedes-Benz for decades. | ![]() |
![]() | The 540K was launched in October 1936 with an engine that developed 115 bhp un-supercharged or 180 bhp with the compressor engaged. | ![]() |
![]() | With a top speed approaching 110 mph (177 km/h) the supercharged Mercedes was one of the very few 100-mph road cars available in the 1930s. 32 were built with 18 surviving today. The car made €2.25m in 2019. |
Friday, December 5, 2025
1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports - £9.5m
![]() | A 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports set a new world auction record for a Bugatti in 2020, selling for £9,535,000 at the September 7 auction by Gooding. ![]() ![]() |
![]() | New records were also set for a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, which sold for £7,855,000, and a 1928 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix, which made £3,935,000. | ![]() |
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