Collections Lead Barrett-Jackson 2022 Palm Beach Auction April 7–9
Three superlative vintage car collections head the docket during the 2022 Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Auction, April 7–9, at the South Florida Fairgrounds. The 18th event in Florida returns after a two-year hiatus as a result of the pandemic.
Following the 50th-anniversary Scottsdale Auction, the most successful event in company history, when 190-plus world auction records were established, the Palm Beach Auction will showcase selected classics from Mark Pieloch’s American Muscle Car Museum; John Staluppi’s Cars of Dreams Museum; the George Shinn Collection; and stand-out individual cars. All will be offered at No Reserve.
From the American Muscle Car Collection is a 1968 Chevrolet Yenko Super Camaro (Lot #705.1), listed in the Yenko registry; it has the 427/450-horse engine linked to a M21 4-speed manual.
Two other Chevys are a matching-numbers 1958 Impala (Lot #704.1) powered by the 348-ci/315-hp engine with tri-power carburetion, and a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette convertible (Lot #703), also with matching numbers, equipped with the 427-ci/400-hp engine and tri-power carburetors.
Other vehicles are a 1959 Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner (Lot #703.1) with a retractable hardtop, powered by a 352ci V-8; a 1966 Plymouth HEMI Satellite Coupe (Lot #702.1); a 1969 Mercury Cyclone 428 Cobra Jet Fastback (Lot #702); and three Custom Dale Earnhardt Edition vehicles, including a 1991 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup (Lot #701).
Car and superyacht collector John Staluppi will sell more than three dozen cars and as many articles of automobilia. “A return to Palm Beach for our first auction in South Florida since 2019 wouldn’t be complete without Jeanette and John Staluppi,” says Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Scottsdale-based Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions. “Their collection is known worldwide for having the finest examples of collector cars from all marques and eras.”
A fully restored 1957 DeSoto Adventurer convertible (Lot #732.1) is finished in factory gold with white accents; one of only 300 produced; it is powered by a 345-ci HEMI V-8 with dual 4-barrel carburetors. Fords include a 1967 Shelby GT500 (Lot #735.1), one of only 438 built in Brittany Blue Metallic, and a Race Red 2018 Ford GT (Lot #732).
Of the many Resto-mods are a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz (Lot #734), one of only 815 built that year, powered by a LQ9 2012 ESV engine with Holley Terminator electronic fuel injection, and a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette (Lot #733) powered by a 5.7-liter V-8 linked to a 6-speed manual. Also selling with No Reserve are automobilia, including a 1930s Bell Telephone wooden telephone booth and a 7.5-ft.-high Transformers Bumblebee statue made from more than 10,000 auto parts.
“Jeanette and John have taken great care of these vehicles, and we’re honored to have them cross the block at our highly anticipated return to Palm Beach in April,” says Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson.
And, businessman George Shinn will auction more than 30 vehicles, including a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette 283/250 convertible (Lot #684.1) with a 4-speed manual. Another restored classic from the 1950s is a 1957 Ford Fairlane Sunliner convertible (Lot #682.1) finished in two-tone pink and brown, propelled by a 321-ci Thunderbird Special, a version of the Y-block V-8, with a 4-barrel carburetor and dual exhaust.
Resto-Mods include a 1960 Corvette (Lot #682) powered by a GM LS7 454ci V-8 crate engine mated to a modern TKO 5-speed manual overdrive transmission equipped with an Edelbrock Victor aluminum intake manifold topped with a Holley 4-barrel carburetor. Another custom is a 1967 Corvette (Lot #681.1), which has a new Chevrolet LS3 aluminum V-8 producing 430 horsepower linked with a TREMEC 5-speed transmission.
The select offering from the George Shinn Collection will include recent vehicles such as a 2018 Mercedes-Benz AMG (Lot #683) with a V-8 outputting 515 horses and 494 ft/lbs of torque.
Individual cars not from the three collections include a 2020 Ford GT (Lot #725) with a mid-mounted 3.5-liter twin-turbo 660-hp EcoBoost V-6, mated to a 7-speed Getrag dual-clutch automatic transmission. Also from Ford is 1967 Ford Mustang Eleanor Tribute Edition (Lot #717), now powered with a 427-cid aluminum engine by Robert Pond Motorsports and a 5-speed TKO 600 manual transmission. And, a 1970 Chevrolet “Super Nova” (Lot #670) has an LS3 650-horse V-8 backed by a Stage 7 4L60 automatic transmission.
Tricked-out trucks will also be offered. Finished in a three-stage Lamborghini Arancio Atlas Pearl, a 1974 Ford Bronco (Lot #724) is powered by a 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 backed by a 6-speed 6R80 automatic. And a Dodge Ram 1500 TRX (Lot #728) is now “The Warlord II” with a supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8 that puts down 702 horsepower and 650 ft/lbs of torque.
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