European Hemi Cuda Convertible Flops on $4.8 Mil Mecum Bid
Owner holds tight as bids roar to record heights on unique European market Mopar.
Remember that European market Hemi Cuda Convertible we told you about last week. The one that was up for auction at a six-million dollar reserve? Well it achieved a $4.8-million bid. And failed to sell!
Expected to reset the Mopar rulebook, Mecum reckoned this super-rare ’71 Plymouth Hemi Cuda drop-top would make a record six million dollar sale when it came under the gavel at the Indianapolis Indiana State Fairgrounds over the weekend. And it indeed attracted a record bid. But it failed to sell!
Bidding Was Intense
Bidding was intense and there were smiles all round when the gavel fell at an all-time record of 4.8 million dollars for a Hemi Cuda Convertible versus Mecum’s previous $3.5-million mark. Well almost all round — only the seller wasn’t smiling, insisting that he wanted at least $5.75 million. Mecum had estimated that the car would fetch as much as to $6.5 million and the seller clearly has faith in that number. The car remains for sale at Mecum.
Among of the last of any real muscle cars ever to roll off the production line, this unique original Winchester gray 60,000-mile matching numbers machine was one of only twelve ’71 Hemi Cuda Convertibles ever built and one of just three stick-shift manuals ever made.
Super-Rare European Market Stick Shifter
A super-rare European car with a 240 km/h speedo rather than a mph one, it has a 431 hp 426 cube Hemi V8 and a pistol grip Hurst shifter 4-speed manual transmission and a 3.54:1 ratio Dana 60 Sure Grip differential. Find it on the Mecum website.
Photos: Mecum
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