Been a while since we have had some action here. After the wheelstand contest I attended The Mecum Auto Auction at Pheasant Run Resort in St Charles. I love Vintage car auctions because of the cars you get to see and the constant action around the auction stage. It's alot like being around a lucky craps table in Vegas. The pictures are a few of the highlights of what I thought was cool. There was a car there that deserves a little explanation. The Q-45 Roadster was there. This car was built by I believe Boyd Coddington Back in the early 90's. This car created quite a stir when it was finished. This was the beginning of the modern style street rod. A style that today I despise. This car took an Infinity Q-45 drivetrain and blended it with a Track T Hot Rod. The result was something that was never seen before. The reason I bring this car up is I had never seen the car in person. After I gave it a once over This car is really a masterpiece and shows the talent that Boyd really had before the Reality T.V show American Hot Rod ruined his persona and made people who work in the Hot Rod industry look like a bunch of backwards idiots and made people believe you could build award winning cars in 2 weeks. Other stuff was there too. Race Cars, Classics, Muscle Cars, You name it you can see it here. The Car of the Auction was the 66 Vista Cruiser. The body on this car was really nice but the car needed a complete resto. The car was customized sometime in the 70's and wore some awful crushed velour interior. But most of the hard parts where there so it would be a great project. Don't know what it went for but judging by the trends of spending money at this auction. Someone got a deal.
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