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Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:57 am
by ted heaton
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:49 am
by rwmann
No estimate on the Thursday car?
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:35 am
by Bwk2000
It’s in the registry. Looks like it was previously up for sale on eBay in 2014 & 2021. Anyone catch the asking price?
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:38 am
by rwmann
It had an epic send-up on BaT.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:51 am
by spl310
The 70 is owned by Bruce Lanni. He is on Facebook, but I am not sure about here. The discussion on BAT is interesting.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:01 am
by sfdaugherty
Are non-locking gas caps rare????
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:24 am
by spl310
To hear Bruce tell it, yes. I haven't tried to find one, so who knows. Not all of the 70s had them, so there are likely not a lot of them out there.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:51 am
by Bwk2000
I see what you mean. A very enlightening (and revealing) BaT discussion indeed.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:13 pm
by spl310
The BAT comments are usually entertaining.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:19 pm
by datsun1500
Bruce has blocked a few of us from his posts on the Roadster FB page because we ask questions when he does stuff wrong. He just argues that "it's the photos" and looks better in real life. From my experience online photos always look better than real life, so I have no idea how he thinks it would be opposite. It seems like a nice car, the main issue is his attitude about it being 100% perfect. The car is actually known as "Ol Lumpy" from a bunch of discussions.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:23 pm
by Bwk2000
Any idea who owns the second one (the 1500)?
Now that looks like a nicely restored roadster - Some serious coin went into that.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:19 pm
by Mattk
And yet the rear shackles for the leaf springs are wrong. Not hard to fix but shows it was done by a non roadster person!
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:21 pm
by datsun1500
Bwk2000 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:23 pm
Any idea who owns the second one (the 1500)?
Now that looks like a nicely restored roadster - Some serious coin went into that.
Most of the build was on the Roadster FB page, beautiful car, very well done.
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:04 pm
by ted heaton
64 1500 is Chris Bennett's.
Restoration by Ron Weldon.
A nice job with a few minor problems that a Mecum buyer will not know or care about.
I have seen it. It presents well except for the unstock forward rake that does not look right. (Front comp springs). Chris had take the auction pictures before we got after him.
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Note the incorrect opening wing windows.
From A 65 1500? Or 66-67.
Ted
Re: Roadsters at the Mecum Monterey Auctions. August 18-20
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:06 pm
by spl310
The opening wing windows would be a nice improvement in my mind.
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