{"id":492266,"date":"2012-03-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=40525"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:35:04","slug":"mecum-original-spring-classic-auction-2012-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mecum-original-spring-classic-auction-2012-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction 2012 Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_750618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-750618\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-750618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2.-S165_1963-Z06-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-750618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1963 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6, ex-Mickey Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mecum Auctions will celebrate its Silver anniversary at Dana Mecum\u2019s 25th Original Spring Classic Auction, scheduled for May 15-20, 2012, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year&#8217;s sale will see more than 2,100 vehicles will cross the auction block in Indy.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Mecum commented, \u201cThis is what I envisioned my auction to be in the beginning, it took 25 years for everyone else to catch up!\u201dHeld over six days, the 2012 Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction will see collector cars, motorcycles and more displayed in nearly 1 million square feet of buildings and tents during the largest collector car auction in the world. Headline offering include a 1967 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro (Lot S134), one of less than 10 known to exist and the only Butternut Yellow example to have survived, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 (Lot S165) piloted by the legendary Mickey Thompson at Bonneville, a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Convertible (Lot S188) and the last L88 Corvette (Lot S233) to roll down the assembly line.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday May 19th, 2012, NHRA drag racing legends Don \u201cThe Snake\u201d Prudhomme and \u201cTV\u201d Tommy Ivo will watch their history making dragsters take center stage. Prudhomme will offer the record-breaking 1982 Pontiac Trans Am \u201cPepsi Challenger\u201d (Lot S182) from his private collection, and the 1974 Streamlined Top Fuel Dragster (Lot S200) piloted and more famously crashed by Tommy Ivo will go up for sale shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The 25th annual Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction will be open to the general public with tickets available at the gate for only $15, with gates open daily at 8am ET. For more information, visit <a title=\"Mecum Auctions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Mecum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mecum.com<\/a> or call 262.275.5050.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Mecum Auctions]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mecum Auctions will celebrate its Silver anniversary at Dana Mecum\u2019s 25th Original Spring Classic Auction, scheduled for May 15-20, 2012, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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Dana Mecum commented, \u201cThis is what I envisioned my auction to be in the beginning, it took 25 years for everyone else to catch up!\u201dHeld over six days, the 2012 Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":750618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,11577],"tags":[7366,10847],"class_list":["post-492266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-mecum-auctions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction 2012 - Headline Offerings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mecum Auctions will celebrate at the 25th Original Spring Classic Auction, scheduled for May 15-20, 2012, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mecum-original-spring-classic-auction-2012-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction 2012 - 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