Mecum Auction Hemi Fest

[njsteve]

That is great that you were able to track down the paper trail history on the car. It was a really neat car and not that bad a shape either, other than the trunk floor and rear window channel. I wish I had to foresight to have bought it, since at the time I had an NOS 1970 dated 426 Hemi engine sitting in my garage not 50 feet from where the car was parked. We built and dyno tested that engine for a later article.

No doubt whatsoever that it's a real car but that auction-speak sure raises my hackles. It reminds of of Slick Willy Clinton and the old "It all depends on what your definition of is, is" speach. I hate having to decypher what a seller is saying nowadays. I long for the old days when matching numbers actually meant "original born with, stamped at point of assembly and installation into vehicle at said original assembly plant prior to delivery to original destination dealer in year of manufacture" without having to specifically spell that out in an ad.

Maybe I (like most people on this site) am just cursed by the fact that I know a lot about these cars and I can see that someone with far less knowledge (and far more money) may buy it thinking it is more than what it is described as. And then that person will get all lawyerly when they think the car was described in a way that was not up to their interpretation of what the terms meant. (The old meeting of the minds, in legal speak.) Then again it's a world of "Caveat Emptor" to quote Greg Brady in the infamous 57 Chevy ragtop episode.

I guess I am too nice, When I sell a car I put it all out there for the world to know. No carefully worded descriptions. Using my best Jack Webb Dragnet voice: "Just the facts m'aam..."