Photography courtesy Mecum
What do we expect to see at this week’s Mecum Florida Summer Special?
Cars. Lots and lots of cool cars, with something for nearly every taste and budget.
Here are 10 that we’ll be checking out once on the grounds.
Not just a lowered Porsche 964 but one of the rare, track-ready Carrera RS cars: lightweight body panels, thinner glass, fixed-back seats and a close-ratio gearbox. Call it a modern version of the famed Carrera RS 2.7. In top condition, this car’s worth more than half a million.
Chevrolet didn’t offer the Z06 package for 1964, but select options could get you pretty close. This 1964 Vette features the L84 injected engine, J56 special metallic brakes (one of 29 produced) and F40 “Z06-type” suspension (one of 82 produced). Original window sticker included.
1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
Why? David Walden, the founder of ECS Automotive Concepts, a restoration supply company, heard a story about a four-door Barracuda that never made it past the prototype stage. Before his passing, he decided to recreate this rumored car as authentically as possible, down to the column-shift automatic.
What makes this ’66 Shelby so special? How about the Paxton supercharger? This one has a bit of an auction history, too: sold at a 2007 RM Sotheby’s sale for $148,500; unsold at 2023’s Mecum Monterey at $175,000; unsold at Mecum’s 2024 summer Kissimmee sale at $200,000; and sold at Kissimmee in 2025 for $187,500. What’ll happen this time?
Unrestored and not quite 10,500 miles on the odometer. Recently serviced to the tune of more than $11,000. Hagerty says that No. 2 cars should bring about $60,000, with a 50% premium for the manual box. (This one, though, has the Turbo 400 automatic.)
One of 23 Shelbys painted Grabber Yellow that year and, as per the Marti Report, one of two built exactly this way. Options include a/c and automatic transmission. It’s unrestored, too.
Maybe we call this a slightly grown-up take on the traditional muscle car? Instead of starting with a midsize Tempest, this full-size Catalina received the good stuff: a 421-cubic-inch engine fitted with a tri-power setup and backed by a floor-shifted, four-speed box. More coolness: eight-lug aluminum wheels plus bucket seats.
1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 Hardtop
The muscle car didn’t totally die in 1973. This ’74 Buick Century Gran Sport has a 455, Posi rear and all-important hood tach. One of 478 built that year, too.
1974 Buick Century Gran Sport Stage 1
An Italian/American hybrid that’s a little different, with power here coming from a Ford 302. Hagerty says that top prices are approaching $200,000.
1971 Intermeccanica Italia Spyder
Not a replica but, according to the listing, the real deal with a real Manx chassis number.
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