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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Sept 26, 2019 9:47:25 GMT -5
That last one is a cobbed together "lipstick on a pig", it's been making the rounds on the Forward Look Facebook pages. Is that one a Mopar Mel special? Rob |
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Post by 58hemifury on Sept 29, 2019 20:22:04 GMT -5
That last one is a cobbed together "lipstick on a pig", it's been making the rounds on the Forward Look Facebook pages. Is that one a Mopar Mel special? Rob They're pretty sure it is, it has a lot of Mel style features and a Mel interior, and Mel quality work |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Sept 29, 2019 20:41:07 GMT -5
Is that one a Mopar Mel special? Rob They're pretty sure it is, it has a lot of Mel style features and a Mel interior, and Mel quality work That's what I thought.  Rob |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 8, 2020 15:20:04 GMT -5
- At the same auction on the same night as the Bullitt Mustang, this Friday, January 10, 2020, will be this apparently screen-used beauty shot Christine. It was raffled off after the movie and has been in private collections. If you were at the Rochester Auto Show in 2018 and saw a Christine there, it's the same one. The estimate for this auction is "$400,000 to $500,000."  - www.mecum.com/lots/FL0120-397333/1958-plymouth-fury-christine/  |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Jan 8, 2020 15:31:14 GMT -5
That's one that was built for the movie promotion, but was never actually used on-screen (according to the Christine experts I run with, lol).
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 8, 2020 19:15:21 GMT -5
but was never actually used on-screen I was wondering about that, Ghostman. The story with the auction text makes it seem promotional for sure but at the same time they are really making it sound like it was used on-screen during filming ... Actually after reading that again I think they avoid saying it was used on-screen lol. That may have been written by a lawyer  . Will you still be bidding anyway, Ghostman ?   |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Jan 8, 2020 19:27:24 GMT -5
Steam...if I could sell my wife...and kids...and house...and a kidney... and then get you to go in halfsies with me, I just might be able to swing it! 😀😁
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 11, 2020 17:27:05 GMT -5
- Buyers seemed nervous, one mentioned he wasn't bidding any higher because he felt the car would kill him when they got home. High bid was $275,000 reserve not met. That's well short of their estimate but I guess that's the difference between a screen-used vehicle and a strictly promotional vehicle.  |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Jan 11, 2020 18:55:44 GMT -5
I'd read somewhere that they were looking to get 500k to 750k, but that's just not realistic for that car, imho.
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Post by 58hemifury on Jan 12, 2020 19:04:29 GMT -5
Steam...if I could sell my wife...and kids...and house...and a kidney... and then get you to go in halfsies with me, I just might be able to swing it! 😀😁 2 of my friends have had the opportunity to buy that car in the past and didn't because it was a slapped together POS, it has since been "restored" but $275,000 for a car that is basically less related to the movie than the HOB cars are to the Blues Brothers film, I sure hope the high bidder has dreams of a Bluesmobile as well, I have one to sell him. |
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Jan 12, 2020 19:23:14 GMT -5
That's what I heard, too... they tried to sell it a few years ago through Barrett Jackson, but it failed there, too. I read it was basically a Bondomobile, lol.
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Post by 58hemifury on Jan 12, 2020 20:01:09 GMT -5
The current owner paid $180,000 for the car I think last year at BJ, prior to that it sold for $147,000 at BJ before it was restored. This car was never on film, it was given away in a contest on USA tv
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Post by Steam McQueen on Feb 9, 2020 12:43:27 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Feb 19, 2021 15:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Feb 19, 2021 15:47:37 GMT -5
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. Will you still be bidding anyway, Ghostman ?
In the entire text of the ad the seller mentions that is was going to become Christine but ... plans changed I guess.
