Auction at Anaheim Center gets car collectors revved up - OCRegister
Lorem ipsum dolor Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu sit amet quam egestas semper. That’s what the 73-year-old retired diesel truck mechanic dubbed his red-and-white, custom-built, ’72 Chevy pickup, which sports hand-built front-wheel tubs, suicide-style doors, a ’59 Impala dash and front-and-rear Camaro bumpers. I show it around, I present it to people and then I sell it,” said Hoover, from Lake Havasu City, Ariz. “Shameless” – we’ll get to the origin of that name soon – was one of more than 750 collector vehicles from 19 states at Mecum Auctions, one of the world’s largest car collector auctions. Among the most notable – and valuable – cars at the Anaheim auction was a ’65 Ferrari 275 GTB Short Nose, which was expected to go for more than $2 million, said Mecum Auctions CEO Dave Magers. “Vintage Ferraris have been red hot for the past four to five years,” Magers said. Magers noted that Californians tend to lean more toward hot rod and Volkswagen window bus purchases, going for, he said, “that beach scene. Car collecting is typically a passion or an investment, Magers said, though it can be both. “When you build it for yourself, you usually don’t make a lot of money because you’re making it to your liking and not for a client. Source: www.ocregister.com
