Unusual Mecum lot

Prefectca · Poncho Master!

Unusual Mecum lot

bjburnout · Uber Guru

Prefectca wrote:
I was looking at the Mecum Indy results and found this unusual lot. Not quite up to Mecum standards!
https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0520-430444/1965-chevrolet-malibu-ss-convertible/

Paul

Ya, I saw that too and thought Mecum must be stretching. Somebody liked it enough to pay US$2200.

Good start on a project....... smile

-- Edited by bjburnout on Saturday 18th of July 2020 12:20:33 PM

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Ouch!

crunched 65 Chevelle 327 4spd.jpg

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

That sure would have been a cool car, 300 horse 4 speed...

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

At least you know it is highly unlikely to be a fake.

Don't get me started about a car a friend bought from a Mecum auction, police were actually involved after the sale.

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

73SC wrote:
At least you know it is highly unlikely to be a fake.

And highly likely that the next incarnation will be...

NOS · Poncho Master!

rear antenna; what more do you need ? and Michigan snows !

Dale @ NOS

-- Edited by NOS on Saturday 18th of July 2020 01:39:06 PM

Prefectca · Poncho Master!

And Michigan rust! Probably the trim tag and vin will migrate to another car.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

If the frame is still straight, or even if it has a tweak, it is enough to work with if you have an experienced puller with a rack. There's a guy at Team Chevelle that bought a '65 Malibu SS with L79 that had been rear-ended badly. It all pulled back and the car is gorgeous today. I also heard of a '69 Chevelle SS396 3-speed, same thing, the restorer decided to pull out the crumpled quarter panel with a puller to rough it in for new metal. There was a low "pop" and the quarter sprang back into pretty decent shape. A little finesse with heat shrink hammer & dolly and it was reused! Of course it didn't have the tinworm like that Mecum convertible, but that car really isn't that bad. It might even be a better starting point than an eight-owner Beaumont with Bondo cracking & rust repair that goes so deep that it points to a proper burial.

What used to be considered throwaway decades ago...

reason for edit, it thought "8-" meant a wide-eye smiley.

-- Edited by CdnGMfan on Sunday 19th of July 2020 01:53:05 PM

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

MC wrote:
Ouch!

I saw a car that looked that bad abandoned on the side road the road in New Orleans, except the back bumper was dragging on the pavement. As I sat in wonder while waiting at the traffic light, low and behold, a guy walked up to it, got in and drove away!

They allowed open liquor in cars too. I remember my wife was driving over 80 mph on a causeway, and traffic was blowing past her at 100 mph. Oh, and it was pouring out