{"id":8356,"date":"2015-04-07T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:40:47","slug":"mecum-kansas-city-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mecum-kansas-city-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecum Kansas City Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mecum Auctions, the world&#8217;s largest collector car auction company, will return to the Kansas City Convention Center April 23-25 where it will auction off an expected lineup of 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, hot rods, Resto Mods and more.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main attractions consigned for the sale is a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=4fa9e00e50&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister Special<\/a> (Lot S90.1, shown). One of only 96 Twister Specials built in October 1969, this example experienced a photo-documented, complete restoration in 2014 at RJ Restorations in Minnesota, and has earned multiple awards since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=d025959d01&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">Also of note is the Ron Deffenbaugh Collection<\/a>, consisting of 40 cars and trucks, most being extremely low-mileage vehicles of which 18 are Corvettes. Other featured consignments include a matching-numbers 427\/390, frame-off restored <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=bfc87d65bd&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible<\/a> (Lot S67) and a <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=1babb64338&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">1967 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible<\/a> (Lot S86), one of just 1,800 produced.<\/p>\n<p>Mecum\u2019s website is updated daily with the latest consignments including detailed descriptions and photography of the vehicles. For complete information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/mecum.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=db3f33528e1496a2ba58ad3c9&amp;id=88d6f73874&amp;e=752c5c1fce\">www.mecum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mecum Auctions, the world&#8217;s largest collector car auction company, will return to the Kansas City Convention Center April 23-25 where it will auction off an expected lineup of 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, hot rods, Resto Mods and more. Among the main attractions consigned for the sale is a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Twister Special (Lot S90.1, shown). One of only 96 Twister Specials built in October 1969, this example experienced a photo-documented, complete restoration in 2014 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":709797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10112,11577],"tags":[7366,10847],"class_list":["post-8356","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 Kansas City Auction<\/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-auction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mecum Kansas City Auction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mecum Auctions, the world&#8217;s largest collector car auction company, will return to the Kansas City Convention Center April 23-25 where it will auction off an expected lineup of 700 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, hot rods, Resto Mods and more. 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