Mecum Phoenix auction lots of 409's

63409425HP

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For those curious or maybe window shopping go to Mecums site look at the docket for Phoenix. There is about a dozen maybe more 61-64 409 cars. A Arbor green 61 caught my eye, no claim to numbers matching but it's a 409/409 4 speed car. I have to believe pretty rare if thats a real deal car.
 

yellow wagon

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Everything I’ve read shows that we should start to see more muscle cars for sale in the years ahead as owners want to “cash in.” However it doesn’t look promising for future generations to buy these cars up... kids today have little interest in carbureted vehicles since most have never seen a carb before!
 

dualquadpete

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Buying a Classic car state side now, is right out of site for us "Canuks" [me anyway] 33 % +on the dollar, + I've heard the US CBS is now collecting the tax for whatever state it was bought in if not paid prior?? Then the Canadian Border services converts what you paid for car into "Canuk Bucks" and happily charges us GST [ goods & service tax, or GOUGE & SCREW] at 13% sales tax!!! On avg. whatever we paid for it ,It's almost DOUBLE by the time you get it in your driveway!! Some "newer cars" need engineers papers to pass our Ontario Safety Inspection and some aren't allowed in at all!!! So far our inspections only get done when ownership [Title] gets transferred into your name.
 

63409425HP

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Jesus. Thank to half way socialist libs for all those taxes up there. Although New York, Washington, Oregon, California aren't far behind you. Always amazed at how democrats seem to know how to spend my money better then I do.
 

QB62

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I just bought my 62 Impala 409/409 in Rhode Island in December. I didn't pay any US taxes, but did pay the 13% of the Canadian Equivalent value of the USDollar purchase price. It you aren't "doing the math/making the conversions" as you go along, you could get a nasty surprise finishing up the purchase. I had considered the possibility of an auction purchase, but when you have all the current conversions, etc and then add on buyer's premium, travel to the auction, hotel, etc I didn't think it would be worth it.
 

James jones

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How can anybody afford a nice 409 4speed car at these auctions? I just saw in Hemings a 63 425hp for 125000. A 67 nova l-79 for 725000 dollars! A 78 trans am for 200000 dollars. How can a average person buy one? Especially to drive. Does anyone know an answer to these situations?
 
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CORVAIRWILD

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I just came from an auction in Saratoga Springs, Barrett Jackson, the fees are incredible, and a lot of the cars were rust free from California cars, but I spotted at 1970 Cutlass W30 convert 4speed, with clean floors and trunk mounts, even though someone had sprayed rubberized under coating, but the quarter panels were wrapped in tin. It was pretty evident, and I made a video of it. Prolly a $200,000 car
 

CORVAIRWILD

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There was a super sweet 64 biscayne, 6 cylinder 3 speed, now 340 horse 4 speed, amazing original red paint, 37K, a true museum quality survivor, ran great, and the bidding didn't go anywhere. And nobody was interested after the bidding ended. The big cars just don't sell that well. It was about 35k
 
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