Mecum Auction is selling the ex-Alan Mann 1966 Ford GT40 Mk I - AMGT40/2 - next weekend at their Spring Auction in Indianapolis.
Does anyone care to guess what it could bring?
Does anyone care to guess what it could bring?
Alan Mann AMGT40/2 to be sold at auction
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JimmyMac
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Jim Rosenthal
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Depends on whether there is a reserve. Also the fact that the FIRST Cobra Daytona coupe is being offered in the same auction is a big deal; might pump up the excitement a bit. My guess is that even in these economically challenged times the car will bring better than 2 million dollars. 1043 was a no-sale at 1.6 or something like that, and 1043 doesn't have the competition history by a famous GT40 driver that this car has.
By the way.....is the old aluminum bodywork on this car the aluminum bodywork that Chris Melia now owns and is fitting onto a steel monocoque? This story rings a bit familiar.
By the way.....is the old aluminum bodywork on this car the aluminum bodywork that Chris Melia now owns and is fitting onto a steel monocoque? This story rings a bit familiar.
Jim Rosenthal
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There is a LOT of cool stuff in this auction...lots of vintage Ford stuff and all the usual nuts and bolts. Worth looking at their web site.
No guesses here other than one thing I've observed from every Mecum auction I've observed;
Dana Mecum will continue to make himself out to be a complete and nauseating buffoon as he badgers consignors to drop their reserve so he can make the sale... :veryangry:
The man has absolutely not a thread of class in his body...
:thumbsdown:
I think I'm right in saying the one filler was a Lemans spec requirement that year.
This is one beautiful car! Love the blue color...
Jim Rosenthal
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Eric is right. The one filler WAS a LeMans spec, I'd read that. I can't recall why, though- might have had something to do with safety rules?
Dana Mecum is in good company. Barrett is a horse's ass, too. My apologies to respectable equines the world over for that statement. There are some auction directors who aren't, if you read SCM. I just can't think of any right now.....
Interesting sidelight on auctions and related matters: I subscribe to Hagerty's Cars That Matter. They publish a book every four months of collector car values. Seems like GT40s used to be in it, but not any more. Or they've hidden them where I can't find them....anyone else subscribe to this and know where they hid the GT40 numbers? I had looked to try to figure out what the AM car might bring. I'm still looking.
Maybe GT40s don't matter..........
Dana Mecum is in good company. Barrett is a horse's ass, too. My apologies to respectable equines the world over for that statement. There are some auction directors who aren't, if you read SCM. I just can't think of any right now.....
Interesting sidelight on auctions and related matters: I subscribe to Hagerty's Cars That Matter. They publish a book every four months of collector car values. Seems like GT40s used to be in it, but not any more. Or they've hidden them where I can't find them....anyone else subscribe to this and know where they hid the GT40 numbers? I had looked to try to figure out what the AM car might bring. I'm still looking.
Maybe GT40s don't matter..........
Jim Rosenthal
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You're right, and I was wrong. It is 2601- one of the cars whose bodies were built in Italy. It is not the first one. I think Miles Collier or Fred Simione has that one. My mistake. It IS one of the six (or seven?) real Daytona coupes. So it will bring a lot of money. At least that's what everyone thinks....
sorry for my ignorance, but why this car has the tail with the edges over rear wheels so in evidence?
Seems different from all the other cars I saw till today.
Just curious..
Seems different from all the other cars I saw till today.
Just curious..
Jim Rosenthal
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The rear bodywork on these cars got wider and wider as the power went up and the tires got bigger and bigger. They definitely got pretty broad in the beam towards the end there.
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