Showing posts with label auction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label auction. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

A Cobra R, with less than 85 miles on the clock and an interior still covered in factory plastic slip covers, is up for sale on Ebay


2000 Ford Mustang Cobra "R"
 This was #135 of 300 Red Cobra "R" Mustangs built in 2000. This car comes with original window sticker, decals and plastic from factory still in place on original seats and interior.

This car is outifitted with 6 Speed manual Transmission, Hi Performance Side Exit Exhaust, 18 x 9.5 Cast Aluminum Wheels, p265/40ZR-18 BF Goodrich Tires, HD Monotube Racing Front Struts, and Rear Struts, POwer Steering Cooler, 21 Gallon Fuel Cell, Recaro Seats with Manual Tracks, Air Condirtioning Delete, Audio System and Speakers Delete, Speed Control Delete.




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Mustang-Cobra-R-/302013530869?rmvSB=true&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true
Via http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/news/a30114/ford-mustang-cobra-r-ebay-brand-new/

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

One of 98 engines made for the Tucker Torpedo sold at auction this past weekend, thought to be the only Tucker engine in Europe not in a car. $35,000


The Tucker Type O-335 horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine was derived from a Franklin designed engine further modified to power air-cooled Bell 47 helicopters for use in World War II.

Preston Tucker acquired the engine manufacturer, Air-Cooled Motors of Chicago, and had them modify the engine for automotive use, including the industry's first fully sealed water-cooling system.

While only 51 original cars were completed, Tucker intended to build more cars and had a total of 98 engines produced. They cost more than he had been marketing the car for... 1500 for the engine, vs his early claims of a car for 1000 dollars.

The remaining new engines were sold at the factory bankruptcy auction and are generally displayed by collectors. The engine sold in Monaco is build number 335-78.

http://www.rmsothebys.com/mc16/monaco/lots/tucker-48-engine-no-33578/1079118
http://www.motortrend.com/news/brand-new-tucker-flat-six-engine-sells-nearly-35000-auction/

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

1974 VW Bug with only 56 miles is going to auction, still having the original oil and tires... wow. Time capsule. It was parked in 1978, and only used to drive to church


Armando Sgroi was an old man from Genoa, Italy, who bought a VW Beetle in 1974 to drive to services when the hills near his home got too tough for him to walk.

According to Silverstone Auctions, it was a very short trip that Sgroi finally gave up for good in 1978, when it was parked in a barn with less than 56 miles on the odometer.

It sat there in its original condition, still with the oil and tires supplied by the factory, until it was recently discovered. It’s since been cleaned up, but unmodified, and will soon be auctioned. The metallic blue coupe featuring a 1300 cc engine and the flat under the trunk floor spare tire of the Super Beetle, as it was known in the United States.

This one isn’t stateside. It’s in Denmark, where it will cross the auction block at the Classic Race Aarhus event on May 28th




http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/05/16/barely-driven-174-vw-beetle-barn-find-up-for-auction/