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Mecum Auctions will return to Oregon for Mecum Portland 2017 on June 16-17 at the Portland Expo Center with an estimated 600 American muscle cars, Corvettes, classics, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more to cross the auction block. Last year\u2019s inaugural Mecum Portland collector-car auction, held over Father\u2019s Day weekend, attracted vehicles from 17 states with total sales reaching more than $9.3 million.<\/p>\n

Among this year\u2019s main attractions is a pair of impressive Chevrolet Corvettes. The first is a well-documented, three-time NCRS Top Flight Award-winning 1965 Convertible<\/a> (above, David Newhardt photo) featuring a 327\/375 HP engine and four-speed transmission. Ordered with radio delete and one of only 316 equipped with drum brakes, this \u201965 Corvette boasts only a single repaint, one newer door panel and new carpeting.<\/p>\n

The second, a 1967 Coupe<\/a> equipped with a Powerglide transmission, factory air conditioning and radio-delete option, is the only known matching-numbers 427\/400 HP big-block example ever to leave the factory. After its second owner purchased it in 1973, the Rally Red car was repainted in lacquer and its chassis restored to show-quality in the late 1970s before it was parked for more than 35 years. It now shows a believed-correct 9,523 miles on its odometer, and still sports its original, mint-condition black interior.<\/p>\n

Other featured consignments are a 1968 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro<\/a> with an L72 427\/425 HP engine, M21 four-speed transmission and a 12-bolt 3.73 Positraction rear end that is one of some 64 produced, with fewer than 20 believed still to exist, and a 1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro<\/a> sold new at Camp Chevrolet in Spokane, Washington. The Camaro is the benefactor of a superior-quality restoration performed with correct components and highly detailed finishes throughout to showcase its L72 427\/425 HP big-block engine, M21 four-speed transmission and 4.10 Positraction rear end.<\/p>\n

Mecum Portland 2017 is open to buyers, sellers and spectators, with bidder registration<\/a> available online in advance for $100, or $200 after auction start, and includes admission for two to each auction day. Doors open daily at 8 a.m. with the vehicle auction beginning at 10 a.m. The Road Art\u00ae portion of the sale begins at 9:30 a.m. NBC Sports Network will broadcast portions of live auction coverage, and a live stream of the entire auction, as well as further information, will be available at www.mecum.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mecum Auctions will return to Oregon for Mecum Portland 2017 on June 16-17 at the Portland Expo Center with an estimated 600 American muscle cars, Corvettes, classics, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more to cross the auction block. Last year\u2019s inaugural Mecum Portland collector-car auction, held over Father\u2019s Day weekend, attracted vehicles from 17 states with total sales reaching more than $9.3 million. Among this year\u2019s main attractions is a pair of impressive Chevrolet Corvettes. 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