Mecum’s November auction in Anaheim included a decent amount of cars from the 1980s. As always, I’ll concentrate on the cars and trucks that actually sold (remember that this is not a no reserve auction—a white 1988 Porsche 911 Cabriolet with a factory slant nose, a black interior, and 48,000 miles was a no sale bid up to $110,000) and add some of my opinions. Where I have covered the specific year and model of a car in this blog, I link to it.
Thursday:
- 1984 brown Chevrolet El Camino mild custom pickup truck with a brown interior—$7,250 hammer price
- 1986 red/tan two-tone Chevrolet Suburban SUV with a tan interior, a 454 cubic inch motor, and (oog) a salvage title—$6,750
- 1989 blue/white two-tone Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado SUV with a blue interior—$9,000
- 1982 brown/tan two-tone Chevrolet Suburban SUV with a tan interior, a 454 cubic inch motor, and 82,000 miles—$6,000. Who was selling all these eighties Chevy SUVs?
- 1984 blue Chevrolet Monte Carlo coupe with a blue interior—$5,500. It’s unusual to see a non-SS Monte Carlo at auction.
- 1987 white Jaguar XJ6 sedan with a tan interior and 8,000 miles—$11,000
- 1983 white Porsche 911SC coupe with a brown interior—$23,000
- 1984 brown/gold two-tone Chevrolet El Camino pickup truck with a gold interior and 90,000 miles—$5,000
- 1986 silver Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Aerocoupe with a gray interior and 18,000 miles—$14,250 is decent money for one of these NASCAR specials.
- 1988 gray Zimmer Golden Spirit with a gray interior—$13,000 for this Mercury Cougar-based neo-classic.
- 1986 silver Chevrolet Corvette very custom coupe with a gray interior, a Callaway body kit, and a 383 stroker motor—$26,000
- 1985 black Porsche 928S coupe with a black interior—$8,000
Friday:
- 1980 white Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Turbo Pace Car coupe with a white interior and 40,000 miles—$10,000
- 1987 black Jeep CJ-7 very custom SUV with a gray interior—$19,500
- 1988 black Rolls-Royce Silver Spur sedan with a red interior and 60,000 miles—$25,000
- 1988 maroon Lincoln Town Car limousine with a maroon interior—$7,000
- 1985 black Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole custom coupe with a black interior and 67,000 miles—$22,000 would be #3 money if this Ferrari where stock.
- 1982 white Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet with a black interior—$45,000
Saturday:
- 1980 black Chevrolet Camaro Z28 coupe with a tan interior and 36,000 miles—$15,000 means that this was the only vehicle in this auction to meet my criteria for serious 1980s collectability of original cars or trucks: selling for equal to or above its original base list price. I’ll mark these vehicles in bold green.
- 1987 white Porsche 911 Turbo coupe with a black interior and 40,000 miles—at $100,000, by far the highest eighties vehicle sale of the auction, though only about #4 money according to Hagerty’s valuation tools.
Prices were generally low for most cars, though some of the nicest ones brought decent money. What do you think of this auction’s results?
Eighties Cars 