And You Thought Kits Were Expensive?!

[StevenGuthmiller]

Just saw a 1969 Dodge Daytona Hemi sell on Mecum for $3,000,000.00!! ?

 

 

Steve

[stavanzer]

3 Million?

Wow.

[StevenGuthmiller]

52 minutes ago, stavanzer said:

3 Million?

Wow.

Yup!

 

 

 

 

Steve

[maxwell48098]

Isn't that the equivalent of $2,000,000 in 2019 dollars?  Should have bought it back in 2019.  ?

[imarriedawitch]

Perfect storm, two people that really wanted it. The guy that lost out was "out" three or four times by the time it was over. I think that same car sold a couple of years ago for considerable less, like under two million.

Edit

1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona Destroys Auction Record With $3.3 Million Sale (msn.com)

Sold for $1.32 million in 2022.

Edited August 17, 2024 by imarriedawitch

[Ace-Garageguy]

Kinda funny how the doom-n-gloomers have been bleating about the bottom falling out of the classic car market.

Maybe for the 3rd or 4th string cars, but the top-end cars tend to hold value pretty well ...most of the time, sorta.  

[deuces wild]

That's ok.. There was also a '69 GT-40 that sold for over $7,000,000.00 which I believe was a record...

Kinda makes me sick really.....??

[Dave Van]

ONE of my other hobbies, Model railroading in O3r, has gone way out of hand. Back in the 1990's I could get a new loco $300. Now they are crossing the $2500 range. Yes...more stuff in them, more sounds etc......but I have given up buing anything new. Thx

One of my custom painted 'cheap' locos. Painting model cars pays off!!

 

[deuces wild]

23 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

ONE of my other hobbies, Model railroading in O3r, has gone way out of hand. Back in the 1990's I could get a new loco $300. Now they are crossing the $2500 range. Yes...more stuff in them, more sounds etc......but I have given up buing anything new. Thx

One of my custom painted 'cheap' locos. Painting model cars pays off!!

 

Your right.....

I have the Revell '69 Daytona Charger kit and I could build a replica of the one that sold for $3,000,000.00 for waaaaay less than the real one...??

Edited August 18, 2024 by deuces wild

[Gramps46]

12 hours ago, deuces wild said:

That's ok.. There was also a '69 GT-40 that sold for over $7,000,000.00 which I believe was a record...

Kinda makes me sick really.....??

I saw that too.  It was presented as a pristine original, but it was P1080 and had a rough life racing in Angola.  The nose in particular had been broken into pieces.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Sad thing is that the charger won't be driven because it's so valuable. It's an investment.

[Mike 1017]

Here is the article. As my wise father proclaimed, "it takes money to make money".

Mike

1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona Destroys Auction Record With $3.3 Million Sale (msn.com)