RM Auctions: Automobiles of Amelia Island
March 14, 2009
ADMISSION:
Admission to this sale requires the purchase of the offical auction catalog for $100. The catalog will admit two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.
AUCTION LOCATION
The Ritz-Carlton
4750 Amelia Island Parkway
Amelia Island, Florida
32034
SALE DATES:
March 14, 2009
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
(viewing starts at 9:00 AM)
PREVIEW DATES:
March 13, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 14, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Est. 350hp, 350 cu. in. Chevrolet V8 engine, three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 automatic transmission, independent front suspension and live rear axle with Air Ride system, and four-wheel hydraulic brakes. Wheelbase: 118"
Customized Mercury coupes were cruising America’s boulevards long before the term “low rider” was even coined. During the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, legions of customizers removed excess chrome, “frenched” headlights and taillights, and filled body seams. Bodies were sec