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John Mahaffey's SF up for auction!

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...Dana Mecum's auction, May 15-18 in Indianapolis. Starts at $135K! He can't be serious... Unless, someone is buying it with €'s... :cry:

http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/J4-195 ... enameZWDVW

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Sorry, even for us € guys this is too much, we are already paying $10 a gallon now so we are all looking for a little Nash :lol:

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I sent an inquiry to John -- this just in:
From: john mahaffey
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:59 PM
To: Morton, Dan
Subject: Re: Your '59 SF for sale?!


Dan,
Yes I have a reserve on it. I am cutting back on my Plymouth's. I am in my mid sixties now and storage and driving them all is an issue. If it doesn't get close to the reserve I will bring it back home. The car only has 3000 miles on it since I finished the resto in May 2004, and most of that was the Hot Rod Power Tour. I am currently involved in a complete resto of my 62 Sport Fury Max Wedge Cross Ram car. It should be as nice as the 59 when completed, hopefully by July. I also will keep my 41 Plymouth Pick-up Rat-Street Rod with a built Flat Head six cyl and a 53 overdrive Trans. If I sell the 59 I will make sure the new owner knows of the web site.
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I checked the auction site on June 1. It says "Closed" on John's car, at NINETY K!
Does that mean it sold for 90K, or he took it back home?
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rogerh wrote:I checked the auction site on June 1. It says "Closed" on John's car, at NINETY K!
Does that mean it sold for 90K, or he took it back home?
I guess it's time for me to ask!

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so we are all looking for a little Nash
LOL
I got a phone call last week from a local yard, they just got a 49 or 50 600 Nash in for scrap. I went to look at it, its a low milage nearly rust free 3spd od car with a siezed motor, car has set in a garage since 1975 when the head gasket blew. With any luck it will be coming home this week or next.. As bad as I Hate BOW TIES, it would give me a use for this 350 that has set in the corner of the 1st garage for the past 15 years..

I must be getting old and or soft? for years I wouldn't have walked next door to look at one!
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times are always changing...GO for it! I dont think you will lose on your investment...just takes a bit longer to sell a Nash...
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I have a friend that has two of them, one is a 51 conv and I cant remember what the other one is I think it is a 49. He needs motor and tranns parts so the driveline wouldnt go to waste and I ran into a guy early last week who needs a clutch assy but can't afford a new set for a 50 wagon so maybe this one has a decent assy and he could use it to keep his going?
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Faulkner wrote:
rogerh wrote:I checked the auction site on June 1. It says "Closed" on John's car, at NINETY K!
Does that mean it sold for 90K, or he took it back home?
I guess it's time for me to ask!

Dan
Ask I did -- here's what I heard from John:
John Mahaffey wrote:Dan,

No not yet, it appraised for more than that. I wouldn't recommend the auction as a means for selling a car. They only gave me 93 seconds on the platform and didn't try very hard to sell it. Mecum only sold about 37% of the cars and I wasn't the only unhappy customer.

If you know anybody looking for a 56 Plymouth project I have my 56 Bellvedere convertible and a 56 Fury, complete car, for sale on The Forward site. I planned on doing a 56 Fury convertible restoration, but don't have another resto in me. My 62 Sport Fury is being done now.

Enjoy Carlisle next month. Due to work and other vacation commitments I can't make the Goldfin meeting.
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