{"id":5239,"date":"2011-02-02T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T11:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:33:33","slug":"mecum-at-kissimmee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mecum-at-kissimmee\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecum at Kissimmee (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<h1><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">2011 Mecum Auction at Kissimmee<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">With it&#8217;s deep metal flake paint, Mecum sold this <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/cars\/5175.html\">1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> for $875,000 as a highlight of their Kissimmee, Florida auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With nearly 1500 cars on offer, the event was one of the largest automotive auctions in America with total sales of $39.9 million. Most lots at Kissimmee were muscle cars including several important drag-cars with race history.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the highlights can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/gallery\/119513\/2590\/1.html\">our feature gallery<\/a> by Alex Marks. He especially liked the Ford Thunderbird Phase I which was specifically built for top speed runs at the 1957 Daytona Speedweeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2011 Mecum Auction at Kissimmee With it&#8217;s deep metal flake paint, Mecum sold this 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake for $875,000 as a highlight of their Kissimmee, Florida auction. With nearly 1500 cars on offer, the event was one of the largest automotive auctions in America with total sales of $39.9 million. Most lots at Kissimmee were muscle cars including several important drag-cars with race history. Many of the highlights can be found in our feature gallery by Alex Marks. 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