Mecum Auction Featured in Second Season Premiere of HD Theater Series "Chasing Classic Cars"
Produced by Essex Television Group, Inc. for HD Theater - A Discovery Company, Chasing Classic Cars follows Ferrari expert and master car restorer, Wayne Carini, as he takes viewers on his personal mission to uncover the world’s most rare and exotic cars. Filmed entirely in high definition Chasing Classic Cars, gives its audience a true insider’s look at the elite club of car restorers and collectors as Wayne buys, restores and sells vintage rides, and the owners of the most exclusive and secret garages open up their doors only to Wayne.
Here is a list of episodes that feature Mecum auctions:
Episode 1: Cobras! - Slated to premiere October 6 @ 10:00PM ET/PT
Wayne is contacted by a collector looking to liquidate his collection of vintage racing Cobras worth upwards of 5.5 million dollars.
The Chase
The chase is on as Wayne’s heads to an undisclosed location on the East Coast to inspect the Cobra collection where he finds, a 1966 Shelby 427 S/C Cobra Roadster race car, one of only a handful ever built.
The Fix
Wayne and his team race to prep the 427 for the Mecum Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis – where it’ll be crossing the block along with an ultra rare, 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe. A FIA Championship Winner, driven by Bob Bondurant in 1965, the Shelby is expected to break American car auction records by selling for millions of dollars.
The Deal
Wayne heads to Indy – where he’s hoping the car will bring 1.5 million, but it’s anyone’s guess as to what happens next in this upside down market.
Episode 5: Chevy Impala - Slated to premiere October 27 @ 10:00PM ET/PT
Wayne gets a call from a widow looking to sell her husband’s 1960 Chevy Impala. Purchased from the second owner in 1981 https://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/birth-control/ – the car was delivered, put into a barn, built especially to house it and neverdriven again.
The Chase
Now, nearly thirty years later Wayne comes to inspect the car – what he finds is astounding. Nearly as pristine as the day it left the factory, the Impala is in amazing condition – right down to the original tires. The owner hires Wayne to get it into running condition and bring it to auction.
The Fix
Wayne and his team replace the gas tank and the exhaust system on the car in time for the owner to do something she has never done before – take a ride in the car that was her late husband’s pride and joy.
The Deal
Mecum Auctions is making its debut in Monterey, CA and Wayne knows it’s the place to sell the Chevy. Will the car find a new home or make the long return trip to CT?
Episode 10: Bora & Bentley - Slated to premiere December 1 @ 10:00PM ET/PT
Michael Kittredge, the founder of the Yankee Candle Company, may have made his fortune selling wax and wicks – but his true love is cars. With a collection of over fifty collector cars and exotics he’s a man who knows what he wants in the garage.
The Chase
Michael contacts Wayne to sell two cars from his collection – a 1978 Maserati Bora with only 2,000 miles and a 1961 Bentley S2 Continental Drop Head Coupe valued between $175,000 and $225,000.
The Fix
The team at F40 tunes up both cars in time to photograph them for the auction catalog.
The Deal
With two auctions in one day Wayne races between the sale of the Bora at Mecum Auctions and the Bentley at RM Auctions during the world famous Monterey Week.
