{"id":496026,"date":"2016-11-09T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=38127"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:45:27","slug":"mecum-anaheim-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mecum-anaheim-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecum Anaheim Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mecum Auctions will stage Mecum Anaheim 2016 next weekend, November 17-19, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, featuring some 750 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main attractions is a pair of 1968 Pontiac Firebirds featuring the rare Ram Air option. The first, a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=fb496ad3df&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1968 Pontiac Firebird Ram Air I<\/a> (above, photo courtesy of Mecum Auctions), is one of only 92 automatics built that year, and the second, a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=77f5b7cb5b&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1968 Ram Air II<\/a>, is one of 110 made. Other headliners include a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=dab4bf92c4&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1957 Ford Thunderbird E-Code<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=533d897cf3&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1969 Shelby GT500 Fastback<\/a> equipped with the 428 SCJ Drag Pack.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other consignments are: a custom-built, California-classic <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=bd84471f09&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1959 Cadillac Coupe Deville<\/a> with an LS3 V8 engine that underwent a complete frame-off restoration in 2011, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=0a4d9e7487&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1962 Chevrolet Bel Air Resto Mod<\/a> with an LS1 engine and fewer than 1,500 miles driven since its rotisserie restoration. Among the \u201cno reserve\u201d consignments is a red <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=7f6172aa22&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">2006 Ford GT<\/a> with a six-speed manual transmission and just 2,500 miles on its clock.<\/p>\n<p>The auction is open to sellers, buyers and spectators, with doors opening each day at 8 a.m. and the auction beginning with Road Art at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, and at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, November 18-19. The cars will begin crossing the auction block at 1 p.m. on Thursday, and at 10 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. For further information please visit www.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Mecum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mecum.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mecum Auctions will stage Mecum Anaheim 2016 next weekend, November 17-19, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, featuring some 750 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more. Among the main attractions is a pair of 1968 Pontiac Firebirds featuring the rare Ram Air option. The first, a 1968 Pontiac Firebird Ram Air I (above, photo courtesy of Mecum Auctions), is one of only 92 automatics built that year, and the second, a 1968 Ram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":577510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,1416,11577],"tags":[7366,65,17344,2166,17378,2006,10847],"class_list":["post-496026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-pontiac","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-ford","tag-ford-at-auction","tag-ford-thunderbird","tag-pontiac-at-auction","tag-pontiac-firebird","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 Anaheim Preview<\/title>\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-anaheim-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mecum Anaheim Preview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mecum Auctions will stage Mecum Anaheim 2016 next weekend, November 17-19, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, featuring some 750 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more. 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