Thanks for the great pictures!

 

Beautiful little hemi motor...

 

If Mr. Leno is there, I hope he does some filming on it.

SOLD  $230K or $253K with buyer's premium

Hang on to your Zed, guys.

Edited March 14, 201510 yr by TomoHawk

All I can say is WOW!

WOW!!!!! I just scared my wife with my exclamation...

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Here is the last few seconds of the final bidding of this car.   Jim was in charge of doing the video of this 432 bidding and the memory in his phone filled up before the bidding ended.  I was up front taking pictures of the car so I had to jump in with my phone to capture the final price when the gavel fell.

 

There was a Toyota 2000 GT that sold before the Farilady 432 for $800,000 and the catalog estimate called for the car to sell for $900,000 to $1,10,000.  So the ZED sold for $230,000(catalog estimate $150K to $200) and the million dollar Toyota sold below estimate!

 

Fairlady 432 Final Sale Video.MOV

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by mgmoreau

The crowd sounded rather sedate. Did they get excited over any other cars up for bid?

It really depended on the car.  There were a few high end Ferrarri's that went for $2 M to $3 M that caused quite a stir.  It is a long day.  The first car went on the block at 11:00 AM and the last car crossed the block around 4:30 PM.

Still impressive. Crowd was quiet but could you imagine what would have happened if there was a bigger "Datsun" crowd? Might have sold higher? 

I don't know the history of this car and I didn't read all the posts, so forgive me if this has been covered.  Is this car unrestored?  I notice what looks like rust under the hood seal at the cowl and the seal itself is rather cracked.  Awesome car, but it's surprising to see flaws like that on a car that sold for $253,000.  Also, what's with the blue marks around the unused holes on the inner fender?  I can't quite figure that out.

Here is the beggining of the bidding before Jim's phone ran out of memory.

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by mgmoreau

Having a problem getting the second bidding video to upload

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by mgmoreau