Mecum Harrisburg 77 TA. $440,000!!

[Lynn]

Pretty good money for a car that won't keep up with a late model Honda Accord.

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by Lynn

Pretty good money for a car that won't keep up with a late model Honda Accord.

i have a lot of friends constantly making comments like this and cant seem to get it thru to them, it has nothing to do with being the fastest car. its all about reliving your youth and for most having the car they dreamed about. and they were the fastest production cars made back then.

[the427king]

Imagine what it would have brought if it wasnt restored.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

i have a lot of friends constantly making comments like this and cant seem to get it thru to them, it has nothing to do with being the fastest car. its all about reliving your youth and for most having the car they dreamed about. and they were the fastest production cars made back then.

I get that. My first car was a 54 Chevy. I wouldn't spend close to half a million on another one. My second car (one I wish I had kept) was a 57 Chevy. I wouldn't pay a huge premium for that one either.

I don't see this car ever selling for that money again. Reminds me of the Ray Allen Chevelle convertible that sold for $1.2 million. That buyer got somewhere around $200k, IIRC. Car brought $450k in 2015. Pretty damn expensive way to relive one's youth!!! At least that car had some historical significance. If you just want a "Smokey and the Bandit" T/A, there are plenty available without paying $440k.

The 75 - 80 American cars are just slugs, IMHO. I have considered getting a 77 Z/28; just because it was a signal from Chevrolet that they were ready to get back to performance. It just took a really long time. GM was pretty much MIA from the day Pontiac killed the SD 455 until Buick gave us the GNX. It was like the light came on and they figured out emissions and performance did not go hand in hand.

The 77 TA may have been the fastest US built car (top speed) with a back seat. Figures from old rags have the Corvette a couple of mph faster; but that is all academic, as neither could top 132. If you are claiming the 77 TA as the fastest production car from that year, you must be excluding European models.

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I get that. My first car was a 54 Chevy. I wouldn't spend close to half a million on another one. My second car (one I wish I had kept) was a 57 Chevy. I wouldn't pay a huge premium for that one either.

I don't see this car ever selling for that money again. Reminds me of the Ray Allen Chevelle convertible that sold for $1.2 million. That buyer got somewhere around $200k, IIRC. Car brought $450k in 2015. Pretty damn expensive way to relive one's youth!!! At least that car had some historical significance. If you just want a "Smokey and the Bandit" T/A, there are plenty available without paying $440k.

The 75 - 80 American cars are just slugs, IMHO. I have considered getting a 77 Z/28; just because it was a signal from Chevrolet that they were ready to get back to performance. It just took a really long time. GM was pretty much MIA from the day Pontiac killed the SD 455 until Buick gave us the GNX. It was like the light came on and they figured out emissions and performance did not go hand in hand.

The 77 TA may have been the fastest US built car (top speed) with a back seat. Figures from old rags have the Corvette a couple of mph faster; but that is all academic, as neither could top 132. If you are claiming the 77 TA as the fastest production car from that year, you must be excluding European models.

yes talking american cars. and for the record i cant imagine this one bringing that money considering it had been "redone refurbished or whatever" but it tickles me greatly given the fact that as i have been liquidating my collection over the last several years, the cars i have been keeping are my trans ams, especially the 76-79 se cars.