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Here Are the Cheapest Cars Sold at the 2018 Pebble Beach Auctions
Here Are the Cheapest Cars Sold at the 2018 Pebble Beach Auctions-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:09:48

This year’s car auctions have just wrapped up, which also saw the . That’s all fine and good, but it’s not what interests me. I’m curious about what I could have gone home with. I’m curious about the cheapest cars sold at auction.

To find out, I tapped , the car insurance agency which also tracks all of the Pebble Beach auctions. They sent over a list of the cheapest cars. Here are the 10 cars with the lowest hammer prices.

10. 1956 Volkswagen Beetle: $5,000

Unfortunately, didn’t provide a photo of said Beetle, but it had a yellow exterior and brown interior. It was a custom “woodie wagon,” which was designed and built by George Barris, famedesigner and builder of various Hollywood custom cars.

9. 1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle: $5,000

I like Coke and everything, but never have I wanted to advertise it on my car. To each their own, I guess. This Beetle as a homage to the Coca-Cola Company, a project that was started in 2017 and finished this past April. It has a 1600cc rebuilt dual port engine and a four-speed transmission with new whitewall tires (classy) and the original wheels.

8. 1965 Austin Princess Vanden Plas Saloon Limo: $5,000

This thing is pretty sweet. Not only is it only one of 200 ever made, but it used to live at London’s Heathrow Airport and belonged to Pan American World Airways. It was used to transport famous people like Princess Anne, The Beatles and Bob Dylan. This unrestored example has an automatic transmission and a six-cylinder engine with bench seats and two folding leather seats. I hope whoever bought it will waste no time in chauffeuring their friends around.

7. 1960 Ford F100: $4,500

Again, no photo or information available. Sad. But it probably had wonderfully bulbous fenders. According to , it was white with a black interior and had a matching numbers engine.

Look at this little guy! Rust free because it’s lived in California its whole life with a five-speed manual. The lucky new owner got power windows, leather seats and a recently rebuilt engine and transmission. The says that it’s “believed” to have 58,442 miles. I promise all of those supposed miles were filled with smiles and joy, though.

5. 1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SE: $4,000

Good God look at that champagne paint and the silver trim. This was a one-owner, California car, so no rust anywhere. believes it to have 62,000 miles. The interior is brown. My heart screams for it.

4. 1927 Ford Model T: $4,000

Wow. As soon as I clicked on the , I gave a shout of laughter. It’s a wooden car! Wood! With a four-cylinder Ford engine and a two-speed transmission. The inside has nothing more than a bench seat, pedals, a shifter and a steering wheel. And did I mention that it’s made of wood? Simply delightful.

I don’t want to hear anyone haranguing about “safety.” It’s a damn wooden Ford that’s almost 100 years old. We all know how unsafe that is. It’s too wonderful to care.

3. 1979 Triumph TR7 Convertible: $3,500

Gimme that . This is from the first year of the TR7's production, so you just know you’ve got a quality, reliable product right there. The interior is tan with a five-speed manual and the original wheels in the trunk. Clean shape, little wheels and a tail-high sort of stance. What’s not to love?

2. 1991 Ford Thunderbird: $3,000

Whoever buys this is contractually obligated to bring it to the next Radwood. It’s a red Thunderbird, for crying out loud. And not only that, but it was ordered new , who signed the glovebox door. It has a five-speed transmission, an Eaton M90 supercharger and Tokiko adjustable shocks. I’ll tell you, Gordon probably didn’t make any money when he sold this car, but the new owner definitely lucked out.

1. 1998 GMC Surburban SLT: $1,750

Hell yes. Check this thing out. It’s that great shade of blue-green that everyone seemed to have in the ’90s. (My grandmother’s Volvo 850 was the same color). It has a 5.7-liter V8 and an automatic transmission. It’s four-wheel drive with a leather interior. And just think of all the stuff and friends you can fit in here. And if they don’t fit inside, you can tow them.

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