SHORT SHIFTS DESERT DELIGHTS
It wasn’t all zillion-dollar sales in the desert; there were bargains to be found at nearly every price point. Here are the week’s best deals:
BARRETT-JACKSON Average sale: $70,064 Best buy: Lot 310.1, 1968 UltraVan, $1,375 The buzz: Tese Corvair-powered, monocoque wonders are ultra rare and ultra cool. Tough this one was unfit for a cross-country trek, there was plenty of money left to make it so.
BONHAMS Average sale: $135,920 Best buy: Lot 355, 1968 Shelby GT500 KR, $70,200 The buzz: Te steal of the week. “KR” does mean “King of the Road,” after all. Underpriced by about $40k—a sound investment for a savvy buyer.
GOODING & COMPANY Average sale: $343,396 Best buy: Lot 31, 1966 Pontiac GTO, $33,000 The buzz: Documented, all-original, un- restored, matching-numbers 335-hp 389- cid V-8. A clean early muscle machine that sold $18k under its low estimate.
RM AUCTIONS Average sale: $203,654 Best buy: Lot 106, 1950 Hudson Com- modore Super Six convertible, $44,000 The buzz: Freshly restored by a marque expert. Tese will always be sought-after cars. Light use should benefit both car and owner.
RUSSO AND STEELE Average sale: $46,356 Best buy: Lot TH336, 1954 Jaguar XK120 OTS, $49,500 The buzz: Older restoration in BRG with C-Type head. Not a concours car, but a solid, honest example of a lovely old cat that could have brought another $30k.
SILVER
Average sale: $16,840 Best buy: Lot 272, 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, $2,268 The buzz: No classic, but very clean and a cheap way to get about in style.
COURTESY RUSSO AND STEELE COURTESY RM AUCTIONS
EVENTS THE GREAT RACE
Tey don’t call it the “Merely OK Race,” largely because in the week from June 23 to July 1, 2012, it will take entrants on a timed, speed-controlled endurance competition through 19 cities, four states and two countries, all the way around the Great Lakes. Eligible vehicles include trucks, cars and motorcycles built be- fore 1969. Hagerty is proud to sponsor the Great Race, and
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ALL BRITISH FIELD MEET
town of Traverse City, Michigan, this year, it’s only fitting we field a team.
If vintage Brits are your thing, check out the All British Field Meet in Vancouver, B.C., on May 19, 2012. Te one-day show celebrates all things British. Tis year the event features Lotus cars and Norton motorcycles. Learn more at
westerndriver.com.
THEO CIVITELLO/BONHAMS
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