See a car that sold for $4,445,000.00
09-07-04, 10:09 AM
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See a car that sold for $4,445,000.00
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Famous "Mormon Meteor" Duesenberg stars at this year's Pebble Beach Auction presented by Gooding & Company.
The 1935 "Mormon Meteor" Duesenberg SJ Speedster created quite a buzz prior to this year's Pebble Beach Auction, and proved that attention was warranted when it sold for US$4.455 million on Sunday evening. The famous Duesenberg was the top-selling car at the Pebble Beach Auction and set a world record as the highest price ever paid for an American automobile at auction. It was also the fourth highest price paid for a collector car at auction in the last decade.
The featured "Duesenberg Special" and its owner/driver Ab Jenkins set numerous speed and endurance records on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah in the 1930s. Jenkins renamed the car the "Mormon Meteor" in 1936, the winning name submitted to a contest in Salt Lake City's Deseret News newspaper.
Jenkins was a successful building contractor in Salt Lake City in the 1920s who first brought racing to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1925 when he challenged the Union Pacific Railroad to a race across Bonneville. In 1939 Jenkins was elected mayor of Salt Lake City.
Famous "Mormon Meteor" Duesenberg stars at this year's Pebble Beach Auction presented by Gooding & Company.
The 1935 "Mormon Meteor" Duesenberg SJ Speedster created quite a buzz prior to this year's Pebble Beach Auction, and proved that attention was warranted when it sold for US$4.455 million on Sunday evening. The famous Duesenberg was the top-selling car at the Pebble Beach Auction and set a world record as the highest price ever paid for an American automobile at auction. It was also the fourth highest price paid for a collector car at auction in the last decade.
The featured "Duesenberg Special" and its owner/driver Ab Jenkins set numerous speed and endurance records on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah in the 1930s. Jenkins renamed the car the "Mormon Meteor" in 1936, the winning name submitted to a contest in Salt Lake City's Deseret News newspaper.
Jenkins was a successful building contractor in Salt Lake City in the 1920s who first brought racing to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1925 when he challenged the Union Pacific Railroad to a race across Bonneville. In 1939 Jenkins was elected mayor of Salt Lake City.
09-07-04, 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by brendanlim
... Wonder what the new owner does for a living?!
... Wonder what the new owner does for a living?!
09-07-04, 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by brendanlim
... Wonder what the new owner does for a living?!
... Wonder what the new owner does for a living?!
Washing, waxing, polishing, Armor All, Scratch-Out, vaccuming, dusting, detailing, etc..... a WHOLE LOT of it.
09-07-04, 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by mmarshall
I can tell you what he's going to be doing NOW................
Washing, waxing, polishing, Armor All, Scratch-Out, vaccuming, dusting, detailing, etc..... a WHOLE LOT of it.
I can tell you what he's going to be doing NOW................
Washing, waxing, polishing, Armor All, Scratch-Out, vaccuming, dusting, detailing, etc..... a WHOLE LOT of it.
I don't know what I'd do if I found that someone dinged my 4.5 million dollar showcar. 
09-07-04, 11:14 AM
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Re: See a car that sold for $4,445,000.00
Honestly though - AMAZING car ... just teriffic.
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09-07-04, 11:14 AM
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Re: Re: See a car that sold for $4,445,000.00
Originally posted by whipimpin
GREAT-GATSBY MOBILE!
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GREAT-GATSBY MOBILE!
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09-07-04, 12:11 PM
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Originally posted by southernsc
i would buy one of thoes car bubbles for that .
i would buy one of thoes car bubbles for that .
09-07-04, 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by mmarshall
You mean like the ones that Mercedes ships new Maybachs in ?......they are big plexiglass cases that cover and protect the car during shipment.
You mean like the ones that Mercedes ships new Maybachs in ?......they are big plexiglass cases that cover and protect the car during shipment.
What are the other 3 cars that have sold for more then that one??
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09-07-04, 12:25 PM
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all i can say is WWOOOOWWW!!
i wonder what is the highest price paid for an piece of machine that has a motor and wheels attached to it.
damn does it even has an intercooler?
i wonder what is the highest price paid for an piece of machine that has a motor and wheels attached to it.
damn does it even has an intercooler?
09-07-04, 01:40 PM
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Originally posted by IVXX
What are the other 3 cars that have sold for more then that one??
What are the other 3 cars that have sold for more then that one??
1. Elvis Presley's 1959 pink Cadillac Convertible
2. The 1963 Lincoln Continental 4-door convertible that President Kennedy and the Governor of
Texas....John Connally were shot in.
3. Adolf Hitler's Long-Wheelbase 1933 Mercedes convertible...it is on display today in a Paris museum.
