Hemmings Daily: Mopar muscle shines in Harrisburg

1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Customers of Mecum Auctions tend to favor muscle cars, and the top-10 list from any of the company's sales will reflect this. Last weekend's Harrisburg auction was no exception, though the anomaly was the Mopar-heavy mix in the sale's top-10, of which five were built by Dodge or Plymouth. The high seller of the weekend was a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird, showing just 17,000 miles and reportedly one of just 58 Hemi Superbirds built with [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Tuesday, August 8, 2017 [Mopar muscle shines in Harrisburg]( [Mopar muscle shines in Harrisburg]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Customers of Mecum Auctions tend to favor muscle cars, and the top-10 list from any of the company's sales will reflect this. Last weekend's Harrisburg auction was no exception, though the anomaly was the Mopar-heavy mix in the sale's top-10, of which five were built by Dodge or Plymouth. The high seller of the weekend was a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird, showing just 17,000 miles and reportedly one of just 58 Hemi Superbirds built with ... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1939 Ford Model 18]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1939 Ford Model 18]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - El Mirage-raced 1939 Ford Model 18 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: It was built right after the Second World War by Art Lellis and Jerry Moffatt. Lellis and Moffatt owned one of the first customizing or reworking shops in California. The cars customized by Art and Jerry's Custom Shop on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles would inspire many of the bigger names like Sam and George Barris and the Ayala brothers who would not become famous until a decade later. Lellis and Moffatt built two, virtu...[Read More]( [Challenger 2 returns to Bonneville for the first of two speed record attempts]( [Challenger 2 returns to Bonneville for the first of two speed record attempts]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Danny's view from behind the wheel. Photos courtesy Thompson LSR. On August 12, Danny Thompson will climb back into the Challenger 2 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, seeking a new speed record in the Southern California Timing Association's AA/FS class. If he runs at least 0.001 mph faster than last year's record-setting pace of 406.769 mph, he'll repeat the process the following day, and if all goes well the average of the down run and the return run will produce a new benchmark, setting the stage for an FIA ...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Open Diff: What to wear?]( [Open Diff: What to wear?]( Posted by Daniel Beaudry - Though my garb here is a little out of sync with the early-Fifties-era Hudson Hornet-powered rail my club ran at this year's Race of Gentlemen, it's period-plausible for my early Thirties Ford speedster and many of the other vehicles participating in the event. 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