Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
7/28/21 2:56 p.m.
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What does 1000 cars going up for auction over a four-day period look like? Something like the Mecum Auctions Orlando 2021 Summer Special.

Announced as a unique addition to Mecum's 2021 calendar, the auction is currently taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, with collector car auctions starting today, July 28, and continuing through Saturday, July …

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stylngle2003
stylngle2003 GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/29/21 7:52 a.m.

allllllll teh Camaro pace cars

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/29/21 12:53 p.m.

And bumping this since more photos--with captions--have been added.

And, yeah, allllll teh Pace Car Camaros. Not sure what happened there. It was like seeing a glitch in the sim. 

P3PPY
P3PPY GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/29/21 7:16 p.m.

Crazy thing the other day. My wife who hates older cars tells me she likes the gaudy overdone looks of GT fox bodies like the ones for sale here (my adjectives not hers). I show her the clean lines of an LX and she about gags with how boring it is. I got nuthin. 
That last T/A was surprisingly good looking. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/30/21 9:23 a.m.

Both the silver and red 5.0 Foxes looked good up close. Plus, you forget how small they are. 

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/30/21 9:34 a.m.

selling six of the camaro pace cars at the same auction seems like a terrible idea.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/30/21 10:40 a.m.

FWIW, I thought it was cool seeing all six laid out like that. Maybe they have more at home. 

It will be interesting to see how much they fetch. 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
7/30/21 11:40 a.m.

I thought all real Integra Type Rs were 5-lug...?

 

stylngle2003
stylngle2003 GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/30/21 7:58 p.m.
Duke said:

I thought all real Integra Type Rs were 5-lug...?

 

Pave The Planet - One World, One People, One Slab Of Asphalt

not in japan in '96 (we didn't get them here until '97).  pretty sure they're 4x114.3 too, not 4x100 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
7/31/21 6:58 a.m.

In reply to stylngle2003 :

Gotcha, thanks!

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/2/21 8:58 a.m.

Yup, a friend who lives in Asia and owns a wheel company confirmed the 4x114.3 as well for the earlier years. The Type R fetched like $27,500.

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