Mecum Auctions will return to Oregon for Mecum Portland 2017 on June 16-17 at the Portland Expo Center with an estimated 600 American muscle cars, Corvettes, classics, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more to cross the auction block. Last year’s inaugural Mecum Portland collector-car auction, held over Father’s Day weekend, attracted vehicles from 17 states with total sales reaching more than $9.3 million.
Among this year’s main attractions is a pair of impressive Chevrolet Corvettes. The first is a well-documented, three-time NCRS Top Flight Award-winning 1965 Convertible (above, David Newhardt photo) featuring a 327/375 HP engine and four-speed transmission. Ordered with radio delete and one of only 316 equipped with drum brakes, this ’65 Corvette boasts only a single repaint, one newer door panel and new carpeting.
The second, a 1967 Coupe equipped with a Powerglide transmission, factory air conditioning and radio-delete option, is the only known matching-numbers 427/400 HP big-block example ever to leave the factory. After its second owner purchased it in 1973, the Rally Red car was repainted in lacquer and its chassis restored to show-quality in the late 1970s before it was parked for more than 35 years. It now shows a believed-correct 9,523 miles on its odometer, and still sports its original, mint-condition black interior.
Other featured consignments are a 1968 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro with an L72 427/425 HP engine, M21 four-speed transmission and a 12-bolt 3.73 Positraction rear end that is one of some 64 produced, with fewer than 20 believed still to exist, and a 1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro sold new at Camp Chevrolet in Spokane, Washington. The Camaro is the benefactor of a superior-quality restoration performed with correct components and highly detailed finishes throughout to showcase its L72 427/425 HP big-block engine, M21 four-speed transmission and 4.10 Positraction rear end.
Mecum Portland 2017 is open to buyers, sellers and spectators, with bidder registration available online in advance for $100, or $200 after auction start, and includes admission for two to each auction day. Doors open daily at 8 a.m. with the vehicle auction beginning at 10 a.m. The Road Art® portion of the sale begins at 9:30 a.m. NBC Sports Network will broadcast portions of live auction coverage, and a live stream of the entire auction, as well as further information, will be available at www.mecum.com
