MECUM SOLD $3.5 Million - 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible

This 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible crossed the #Mecum Auction block at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, WA in front of a packed house. After 8 minutes of dramatic bidding, this outstanding numbers matching 4-speed example achieved an astounding $3,500,000 selling price, solidifying itself as the world's most expensive #Mopar and the highest price ever paid for a '71 #Hemi #Cuda Convertible at public auction.

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[rickbailey]

Originally, this very same car probably sold for under $6, 000. The broadcast sheet and the original window sticker would prove it. Now it goes for 3.5 M? That is absolutely insane.

[reymind]

I could never own one of these, it would be terrifying. I'd be checking on it every 10 minutes.

[vinceedwards]

I saw about 8 months ago a guy driving one of these going over the Brooklyn Bridge. I was able to get next to him and said, I cannot believe you are driving this thing around!!! He told me, hey, what's the point of having it, if you can't show it off on occasion! Much respect to that guy, and that sentiment !

[tbone]

God, that's a beautiful car. If I only knew to buy a car like that back in the day and just store it for 50 years and I'd be all set in my retirement to live like a king.

[dbrj]

I'm happy for the guy that bought it, he is very lucky. This blows the doors off all the hotshots who think they're soooo cool
driving around in their Porches, Lambos, and BMW's

[rooster]

Incredible piece of American automotive history

[dmitriyshunyayev]

If I had 3.5 mil that cuda would be last thing on my list lol

[tyvekhomewrap]

I read an article in Hemmings Magazine about one of the previous owners of this very car. He sold it for $250k years ago thinking he'd made a fortune.

[Roadghost]

You're buying a memory here.  This is a car that belongs in a museum as an icon of a decadent era, where working men (most of the guys who bought these were just working dudes) went to the drag strip on the weekend, or tore up the main street of their home town in stoplight races.  These days the working man can't afford the new muscle cars, and they can't afford to lose their car, license and insurance for drag racing.  Truly a time gone forever, and that car is a little piece of the great memories of a carefree time.

BTW, as the 60s and 70s generation grows older and since the new muscle cars eclipse their ancestors, you can expect the value of these to actually drop over the next few decades.  Newer generations don't have the same fondness for them that the older generation does.

[alexcowan]

If I owned this car it would be sitting in my living room

[Nightshade_B]

I absolutely love the dedication of the guy who bought this for 3.5 mill. He is a true muscle car fan.

[waynewintermute]

When I was 19 I had a 71 barracuda! I loved that car. Who would have ever known what they would be worth today.

[hidros]

9:02 that's the face of a true Mopar guy, poor guy was devastated to sell his pride and joy even after 3.5 million dollars

[freedomfirst]

The '71 Cuda grille is absolutely awesome!

[nicks]

I would honestly live in it. That is a car that dreams are made in. Every young kid that gets to have a ride in it will fall in love with muscle cars. Even in 2022 the Hemi is still leading pack.

[abdulrehmanmian]

Imagine that driver denting the car on the way out of the auction room

[dtimm]

To think it cost around $5, 000 new - EDIT from replies should have said ~$4, 000

[DeadBunny]

There was something in the face of the man who sold the car that spoke of regret. For most of these guys it's owning that something special that somehow reclaims a part of their youth, makes them relevant again. They already have money so it becomes more about regaining something they feel is slipping away from them as they grow old. They're like big kids with the coolest bike in the neighborhood that all the other kids want. Part of him died inside when he sold it that the money could never possibly replace.

[silvermustanggt]

Man I remember this I was about thirteen and me and my dad were just joking with each when this bad boy pulled up and we were both stunned

[cluckinwing]

“What’s another couple hundred thousand when your already in it for 3, 000, 000” a shitload of money still lol