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Yeah. For those of you who aren't familiar with that,
we've talked about it here on the show.
They're wild.
Strayman was in Newport Beach and
he was an incredible craftsman who would take Ferraris.
He would take Mercedes.
He would take anything that you brought.
There's just two. Wasn't there a Porsche?
He does. Yes.
And he would convert them into convertibles.
But even the factory, even Ferrari factory said they they respected this guy
because he did everything to where it retracted.
And and you could not tell.
It didn't just look like a chopped off and my old business partner at Vision.
He had a 560 SEC that he took down there.
And that car you drove in it, it didn't squeak.
It didn't do it didn't move around or anything.
And it it was a full electric top.
You didn't have to get out and do stuff.
And and the Ferrari Testarosa's when the top is down, they are beautiful.
Yeah, they are.
The question is will making it a convertible hurt the price?
Because Testarosa's have finally got their
their pricing going up for so long, they were just stuck.
And now they're finally going back up.
I wonder if that will help or hurt it, you know, because not enough people
know about Strayman to be one of those like an AMG or a Brabus or.
Yeah, my prediction is it doesn't do as well.
Really? Yeah, I think it's going to go under.
It's going to go under the Testarosa market.
I'm hoping it does the same.
I'm hoping that with that said, I'm hoping it does the same.
Because they don't have these guys.
Brad, you get two people in the room that really know what it is.
And there's not that many and they know the quality of work.
And then all of a sudden, you know, it's eight million dollars.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Ford and then when we look at when we look at R.M.
in Scottsdale, you know, they've they've got some pretty incredible
cars there as they always do, you know.
And, you know, like, should I should I even bring it up?
This could this could rival the GTO sale at Meekam, but it's a 61 Renault Jolly.
And as a Renault or Fiat.
Now, it's a Renault.
This one, this particular one's a Renault.
You know, although I kid around, those jollies go for like.
Yeah, they go for 40, 50, 60.
Yeah, this one's a 90, you know.
And I mean, it's like, really?
But they do have some interesting cars like a 89 Lamborghini Kuntai.
Did you see what the Kuntai went down?
The Kuntai, Kuntai, whatever you want to call it, went for down at Monterey.
Matt, did you see that one?
No, I didn't.
It went for big money.
I'm not even going to guess because I was not.
I didn't write it down.
Didn't make a note.
Yeah, I don't remember.
But it went for way over the money.
Yeah.
And you wonder, RM looks at their, you know, when they made all of their estimate,
their pre-auction estimates like they do, you know, and you kind of go, hmm.
They have a 2016 Aston Martin Vulcan.
1.8 million.
What do you think it'll go for?
That in the money, or is it going to go for more?
They might be, they might be there.
So Aston Martin's been doing a better job at some of these very limited
production versions of the cars to bring up the value of the whole marquee, right?
Like bring up the value of the Aston Martin brand, because those of historically,
just like a British cars kind of in general, just have always, you know,
they're like, ah, we, they don't really get their money worth.
Right, they don't.
They're not a Ferrari at the end of the day.
But we've seen over the years now, you know, Jag has really started to go up in value,
some especially the rare stuff.
I think Aston Martin is kind of getting there.
What's the the 1.77 or something that was like the crazy supercar?
But I think those were getting pretty good money.
Yeah, we'll see.
I couldn't say for sure I haven't followed it, but it feels like it's a fair number.
Well, they have a 2015 Ferrari La Ferrari.
Their pre auction estimate on that car is four and a half to five million.
There and then they have right above it a another Ferrari, a 2012 Ferrari La Ferrari prototype.
And it has the funky wrap on it so that, you know, if a photographer takes picture,
it's hard to tell and estimate available upon request.
Some of those things like what do you think it'll go for?
Here's things like you have to be like the big collector, you know, like David Lee or something
because because like otherwise what are you doing?
You're paying a lot more money for the junkiest version of the La Ferrari that you can never drive.
And that's what it is.
Hey, look what I got.
Look what I got the prototype, man.
You know, I mean, yeah, but they do have it.
It's a cool story when you're walking through the Peterson Museum.
Yeah, like if you're walking through your personal garage and be like, here's the prototype,
you're like, all right, what do you do with it?
I know that panel is not finished, but in the production version.
Yeah, it's like I paid twice as much money for half as much car.
It's like, man, it's a whole different mindset when you already have $85 million
where the car's sitting in there and you're like, do I need another one?
No, I need that one.
I need that one right there.
It's now I do find this interesting.
They have a 2003 Ferrari Enzo and it says pre-option estimate $5 to $6 million.
Then it looks like somebody took a pencil and crossed it off and put $10 million.
Okay, they didn't.
Those Enzo's are gorgeous.
How many people are flying from Meekum in Florida to Scottsdale right now on their
private jets going, dammit, I didn't get to buy what I wanted.
I'm buying that one there.
I gotta go to Arizona now.
That's right.
That's exactly what's going on.
And they're all going there to buy that 64 Shelby 289 that Aaron wants from his dad.
This one's 64 Shelby 289.
It's in British Racing Green, $1,050,000.
Yeah, yeah, that's about right.
Yeah, well, the green 427 just went for $3.3 million.
Yeah, but the 289s, they should be $1,000,000 cars.
You know what we didn't talk about?
Matt, did you happen to see what the two singers,
singer Porsches they had in Meekum went for?
I never even looked at them.
So much talk about the Ferraris and the muscle cars.
I never looked at what those two singers went for.
I didn't look, but singers have been trading for about a million bucks.
Right.
And that's why I was wondering if it's all the craziness.
I'm going to look it up here real quick.
Go ahead.
Brad, why don't you look it up real quick?
I'm going to look it up here.
OK.
Real quick, Brad.
I did real quick.
The 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe Turbo Study by Singer, which means it was their prototype.
It was twin turbocharged 3.8 with a flat six and a six-speed turbo study, 1.76.
Yeah.
Wow.
Then they had a 1990 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe classic study by Singer.
So another proto, 1.375.
OK.
Then we had right next to-
I think it's a little high.
I think they're around 1.1.
Well, if you go back to this right here, they have one coming up at RM.
And that is coming up.
And it is a 1990 Singer Navato.
And it is estimated at 950 to 1.2, which is about what they've been going for.
Yeah.
OK.
Right next to that is the, excuse me.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster 1.8 to 2.2, which just pains me because at Vision,
we bought one and it was a lightweight car and we paid $85,000 for it and it got sold.
So wouldn't that be nice to still have?
And that's the actual one.
It's selling for 1.8 million.
No, it's not the same.
It's not even a lightweight car.
The lightweight cars go for like three or four now.
It still has the gum that Brad stuck under the dash.
Yeah.
Well, no, I put a vision sticker up under the dash.
Yeah.
All right.
Man, we have really gone through a lot of money here on this show today.
And you know what?
I am on a mission to buy one of those Dreamcars.
An F40, a 930 Turbo, a 427 AC Cobra, something like that.
So why don't you guys go to bondspeedstreetwear.com and lay some bread down, man?
We just redid the website to make it easier to navigate.
Now you can navigate by racing, hot rod, muscle car, trucks.
It's much easier than going through 12 pages of a mixed mash of stuff.
So go check it out at bondspeedstreetwear.com.
And while you're doing that, what should they be lifting up and drinking, Matt?
Well, we've got some Bravago hard seltzer available for sale, drinkbravago.com.
That's right.
And Aaron, if they were happening to want some tattoos, where would they go?
What are you doing that as a side gig now?
You said find yourself a real artist.
Don't go to the one in the mall.
I have nothing to offer currently.
Nothing to offer.
No, nothing to offer.
Now, come on.
That's an understatement.
No, no, nothing to offer.
A short conversation.
You just said you're selling your minis.
So they buy your minis.
No, no way.
I mean, not your minis.
You're just in the Morgan hit me up.
The Morgan.
The Morgan.
Absolutely.
55K, 12 years.
Which was featured in the I can't drive 55 video.
It just got cut out.
It was on the chopping room floor.
And Aaron has iPhone footage of it being used in the video.
So I think the company was in transition.
See, man, you got to be creative in your marketing.
Go, yeah, my dad decided not to use it.
But here's the footage and it's just you driving it down the street.
You know, just Brad, I'm having trouble using
AI for anything.
I just feel everything's dishonest right now.
I've hit pause.
Poor dog.
But thank you.
You're hitting pause.
All right, we're just getting goofy now.
So we're going to call it a day.
I'm going to head off to Barrett Jackson.
I'll let you guys know what's going on over there.
Have fun.
Next week, we'll have a lot to talk about.
I'm going to try and sneak over to RM on Friday.
But I'm not guaranteed I'm going to make it because it's a short trip for me.
So anyways, all right, everybody.
Hey, thanks for listening to Shift in Steer.
And we'll be back again next week.
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About this episode
Record-breaking sales at the Mecum auction have car enthusiasts buzzing, with total sales reaching an astonishing $441 million. The episode dives into the standout cars, including a 1969 Yanko Nova that fetched $852,000 and a 1971 Hemi Kuda convertible that sold for $3.3 million. The hosts discuss the implications of such high prices and the potential influence of economic factors on buyer behavior. They also touch on a controversial AI-generated car listing on Bring a Trailer, highlighting the challenges of authenticity in the digital age. Insights into upcoming auctions and market trends make this episode a must for anyone tracking the collector car landscape.