Mopar Muscle Association UK

Know we have all seen articles on these cars, but this is a great book! Very interesting text on the value of the cars and how they went from exotic showroom pieces that sold for a bit more than the standard cars, through several owners, getting more expensive each time, till they suddenly hit 7 figures!!!

Interesting bit on how Otis Chandlers hunt for the most exotic cars, using a finder he employed, for his collection (see book- American Muscle; Cars from the Otis Chandler Collection) actually inflated the prices and expectations of sellers in the 80s!......

Nice section on real world musclecars aswell, and all with top notch pics....highly recommended!!

Cheers Steve

Well the Aussy members will be able to view the pics !!!

Gary

Mmmmm, looked ok on the laptop

Not sure whats gone on there! Looks fine on the laptop.....



SIR.... PUT THE MOUSE DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!!

Have you laid that book down on an enormous "tissue" just in case you have a man moment looking at the pictures......

Got me justin!!! Couldn't get past the yellow 71 Hemicuda on the cover!

Well, just had to be sure I didnt get a soaking........

Nearly as bad as the good old days of porn (pre tinterweb)..... Bad timing and the Marlboro man gets the money shot! Doh

Steve wrote:Nearly as bad as the good old days of porn (pre tinterweb)..... Bad timing and the Marlboro man gets the money shot! Doh

HAHA!!!

The '70 Hemicuda convertible that's no doubt in there, lived just down the road from me when I was a kid, it was a daily driver in the mid '70's and lived out on the street.

Could you imagine leaving it out now Blue!! Have you got anymore details on it mate and I will have a look later.... Most of the cars seem to be based in the US but the stories run from purchase through several ever increasing in value transactions till they hit 7 figures.....

Suppose in the mid seventies they were just quirky imported cars rather than collectors dream cars, and not even classics!

Cheers Steve

Yes, it was In Violet, one of seven automatics and one of two export models I believe. Craig Jackson of Barrett Jackson auctions still owns it I think. About as rare and desirable as a musclecar gets.

Some info about it here...
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/histor ... d-70s-5475

Thats dream material!! Im working late but will have a look when I get home.... Im a sucker for a good book on American cars but Im guilty of buying them quicker than I read them!!

Cheers Steve

Had a look in the book Blue and this car doesnt feature unfortunately, and not in the Otis Chandler collection either...... But get this.... There is a section on the 70 and 71 Hemicuda Convertibles and the 7O Hemi R/T Challengers.... Briefly, on pricing...and bearing in mind the book says the dealers struggled to sell these cars...by late 70s, $10k for a good car, mid 80's $20k, late 80's, just into $100k territory, mid 90's, $250k, and in 1999, a 71 Hemicuda convertible, siezed in Washington State following a drugs siezure, sold at auction for $410k! That was enough to buy the Police Deot a new fleet if cars! By 2001/2, a few changed hands for between $500 and $750k. Then, in 2002, Milton Robson from Atlanta sold his car for $1m, to an 'infamous broker' who aledgedly quickly resold it for $1.3m. This deal cant be documented but it was last sold on in Jan 2007 for $2,420,000!!!

It gets better!.... The last Hemicuda built was 'recently' sold to Bill Weimann from Arizona, by Carlos Monteverde, from Kensington in London. Weimann has turned down an offer of $4.1m for the car!!!

Was going to say I will treat myself if I win the lottery but I think I will have to win it more than once!

Cheers , Steve