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For more than a quarter of a century, Mecum Auctions has staged a collector-car auction in Kansas City, Missouri, and that tradition continues this March 24-25 when the world\u2019s largest collector-car auction company returns to the Kansas City Convention Center with some 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more.<\/p>\n

Highlighting the consignments are a 1970 Shelby GT500 Fastback<\/a>, one of just 789 Shelbys produced that model year, and a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500<\/a> (above, \u00a0Andrew Thompson photo courtesy of Mecum Auctions) believed to have 13,500 original miles, mostly original code-J Rangoon Red Paint and an original black bench-seat interior. Other consignments include a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda<\/a>, a 1977 Porsche 911S Wide Body<\/a> and a 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS Convertible<\/a> fresh from a two-year frame-off restoration.<\/p>\n

The Convention Center\u2019s doors open daily at 8 a.m., with the auction kicking off with Road Art\u00ae<\/sup> at 9:30 a.m. and collector cars coming on at 10. For complete information please visit www.Mecum.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For more than a quarter of a century, Mecum Auctions has staged a collector-car auction in Kansas City, Missouri, and that tradition continues this March 24-25 when the world\u2019s largest collector-car auction company returns to the Kansas City Convention Center with some 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more. Highlighting the consignments are a 1970 Shelby GT500 Fastback, one of just 789 Shelbys produced that model year, and a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 (above, \u00a0Andrew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":595311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,64,1982,11577],"tags":[7366,65,17344,5414,1998,17353,1307,17390,10847],"class_list":["post-496379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auctions","category-ford","category-plymouth","category-auction-action","tag-auctions","tag-ford","tag-ford-at-auction","tag-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500","tag-plymouth","tag-plymouth-at-auction","tag-shelby","tag-shelby-at-auction","tag-mecum-auctions"],"yoast_head":"\nMecum Kansas City 2017<\/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-kansas-city-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mecum Kansas City 2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For more than a quarter of a century, Mecum Auctions has staged a collector-car auction in Kansas City, Missouri, and that tradition continues this March 24-25 when the world\u2019s largest collector-car auction company returns to the Kansas City Convention Center with some 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more. 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