This will be one to watch. https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0519-378732/1971-plymouth-cuda/?fbclid=IwAR0uXr8sgel0eQqVlVtzZt3BISjwbYSBys5c-yDb2aCY5vxydtQtl3qyfD8
This is the first time the car is going to public auction...Will it's horrid past still haunt the car....would anybody ever step up to buy such a rebodied, cobbled up piece of Frankenstein car ???? Now the world will see....To all you nay sayers out there.... :haha: :haha: :haha:
Any idea on what it will bid too ? What's a comparable car with original body panels worth these days ? Inquiring minds want to know... :thinking:
:wrenching: Brought back from the dead!!! Will be interesting to see how much it will fetch!!! :bigmoney:
I just learned that interestingly enough it has a brand new owner that just bought it about a month ago...Ken Zandee from Calgary Alberta Canada....hence the "Zandee Collection". Curious if he knows the history of the build :thinking:
@bpsmopar (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/bpsmopar_242) do you know of this guy ?
My guess would be $140,000.
The restoration work is going on twelve years old now :o Car was painted Oct 2007.
From what I understand it still has pretty low miles and was well taken care of....
If it sees $140K I'd be very happy and please, and border line shocked :veryexcited: :veryexcited:.... I would really tell the nay sayers "I told you so" if that happens.... :P
I restored a car that under no means should anybody have even attempted....and this was BEFORE the days of AMD sheet metal....I went very public with pictures of the restoration along the way, proving that a car, reguardless of how rusty could be rebuilt and the majority of idiots on Mofarts.com did nothing but run it down to the ground....I lost friendships over this car, people saying it should never have been fixed...I even had a registry arsehole wanting to list it on his web site as a black flag (rebodied in Canada) ...thankfully that never happened...
This car was restored using nothing but OE sheet metal donated from 21 different Cudas :brainiac:
It just proves that every car deserves to be restored, YES they may never compare in value to an original paneled car, but they still have true value...
I'll be on the edge of my seat for this one....I hope it at least gets into six figures.... :bigmoney:
I wonder if any perspective buyers will call me for more information ? I know Kevin Suydam called me on it once years ago... :soshelp: :thinking:
Seeing how the original body was rebuilt this is not a re bodied car. The original buyer clicked all the right options on this one making it a very desirable 1971 Cuda. I would love to own it! :bigthumb:
That is one beautiful car. The color is awesome and I wish I could own it. :inlove: It has the right look and I bet it brings good money.
Quote from: 750-h2 on April 11, 2019, 01:03:11 PM
Seeing how the original body was rebuilt this is not a re bodied car. The original buyer clicked all the right options on this one making it a very desirable 1971 Cuda. I would love to own it! :bigthumb:
:iagree: Rebody by definition is switching VIN tags from one car to another! and :iagree: who ever ordered it checked all the right box's, wall I am on the fence on the center console.
One auction to watch! :D
You guys have to know that most of the "cool" options were ADDED by a guy that owned it after me.
He ADDED
1) Billboards
2) Rubber Bumpers
3) 15" Rallies
Everything else is on the BCS. :alan2cents:
Alan you need to keep that situation in perspective...You were one of the first to publicly document the rebuilding{note I said rebuild not rebody} of an Ebody in that condition...It seems to be commonplace now...But the fact is you were up front with what you did and did the best you could...Which happened to be above and beyond what most could do at the time...Were others doing what you did ??? Sure they were, but they'd hide the original condition,sometimes improperly repair it and be evasive in answering just what was done to the finished vehicle...Some got away with it and some had it come back to haunt them with the way they represented it.... In the end it's still a desirable, quality resto and I'm sure it'll bring good money...You should be proud to say you saved that one...
No mention in the Mecum ad about its history. You did a great job on that car, I'd be proud to own and drive it.
Quote from: 750-h2 on April 11, 2019, 10:16:39 AM
My guess would be $140,000.
I would guess higher, maybe $165,000. The color really makes it impressive, and optioned well even before the added parts. :alan2cents:
Quote from: anlauto on April 11, 2019, 02:25:35 PM
You guys have to know that most of the "cool" options were ADDED by a guy that owned it after me.
He ADDED
1) Billboards
2) Rubber Bumpers
3) 15" Rallies
Everything else is on the BCS. :alan2cents:
Hopefully the next owner will bring it back to factory because it just looks like every other "restored" one. And just for the record I loved the fact you restored that car and watching the process on Moparts was cool!
Quote from: Solarguy on April 13, 2019, 05:07:38 AM
No mention in the Mecum ad about its history. You did a great job on that car, I'd be proud to own and drive it.
So in the last ten years it's only changed hands between three people, one of them being me and the other two knowing full well the history of the car. Now it's been bought be a CDN dealer/collector and for the first time being auctioned off at a public event with, as you say, no mention of the car's history.
So will the history be forgotten ? Will the new buyer even care ? At one point the general consensus was that is was worth nowhere near what a similar car with original body panels is worth....will that still hold true if the history is not presented ?
Ahhhh...so many questions :thinking:
Yeah: Hard to say. Personally I would not want the car however it is I think much better than a similar car sewn together with AMD parts. I think it will do okay at auction. I think Alan's up front and public build of the car will help it as there are no rumours to be started and the VIN is known to be with this car.
Quote from: anlauto on April 11, 2019, 02:25:35 PM
You guys have to know that most of the "cool" options were ADDED by a guy that owned it after me.
He ADDED
1) Billboards
2) Rubber Bumpers
3) 15" Rallies
Everything else is on the BCS. :alan2cents:
I remember trying to talk you into those additions when you had it. Really finishes up the car nicely and all are easily reversible.
I still remember seeing that car on line for the first time on the cuda1.com website run by Mopar Matt. When more details started coming out I couldn't believe it was a Canadian car. It really captured my attention for quite a few years.
I would find it hard to imagine if you were into Mopars at all over the last 20 years you would not have crossed paths with this car on the internet at some point.
Dave
Quote from: Beep Beep Dave on April 15, 2019, 08:18:36 AM
I still remember seeing that car on line for the first time on the cuda1.com website run by Mopar Matt. When more details started coming out I couldn't believe it was a Canadian car. It really captured my attention for quite a few years.
I would find it hard to imagine if you were into Mopars at all over the last 20 years you would not have crossed paths with this car on the internet at some point.
Dave
Exactly...around 1998/99 I was introduced to the internet by my brother...Never owning anything remotely close to a computer at the time I really didn't see a use for this new contraption...but just like you said....one of the first web sites my brother showed me was the original "Cars in Barns" in which this car was featured on page one....and that also brought me to Matt's web site...
Almost 10 years would pass until I had a guy on the phone describing the car to me...I knew immediately it had to be the same car....and of course then I met
@Desmond (https://forum.e-bodies.org/mlist/desmond_32) who I believe supplied the pictures in the first place....What a lifetime ago...
That same day my brother set me up with an email account (whatever the hell that was)...no idea why I would want one....but I just started dating a girl named Lynn so I said make it: A (for Alan) N (and) L (Lynn) AUTO (automotive) hence anlauto@hotmail.com
I'll be watching, but not bidding. The divorce would most certainly be more expensive.
Cant wait to see what this car will bring. One of my favorite ones
:pixiepop: :rubeyes:
After viewing some of the Mopar prices this weekend I have pretty high hopes for the ol' Barrelcuda....
I'm thinking $350K at least....
It's going across in a few hours, anybody else want to venture a guess ?
:wrenching: I'll guess $280K
$350K sounds like a good number considering what just went down in that last auction.
Sold 143k
Quote from: kdcarman on May 18, 2019, 12:50:49 PM
Sold 143k
I like to change my guess to $140K :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: guess I was way off... :yes: :yes:
Quote from: anlauto on May 18, 2019, 01:10:06 PM
Quote from: kdcarman on May 18, 2019, 12:50:49 PM
Sold 143k
I like to change my guess to $140K :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: guess I was way off... :yes: :yes:
Must have been a different crowd with shallower pockets today.
Quote from: 750-h2 on April 11, 2019, 10:16:39 AM
My guess would be $140,000.
What do I win?? :bigmoney:
You get to tell the new owner ...tell him what he bought Jonny ... :haha:
Really is a beautiful car!
https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0519-378732/1971-plymouth-cuda/?fbclid=IwAR0uXr8sgel0eQqVlVtzZt3BISjwbYSBys5c-yDb2aCY5vxydtQtl3qyfD8
I actually thought it was going to go for quite a bit more myself.
$130k + 10% = $143k.
Owner $117k then start subtracting other fees from that.
Dave