TOP SALES OF THE WEEK 33/2020

It was a very lazy sunny summer week without much action in the market. That effected also our second auction event, the last two cars were not so much visited and both ended only in  Aftersale (with one already SOLD!). This week was meant to just drive the cars, not to buy them 😊 So we decided to use this week’s top sales to our column Mille Miglia (MM) Cars on Budget and we picked 3 unexpensive MM eligible cars and evaluated them with our MM score.

1. TOP SALE OF THE WEEK – Ford Thunderbird E-code (1957)

It looks as the top sale no. 3 of the week before is now the top sale no. 1. But we had to pick this car, because we want to show, it is not the same car. This is the best possible specification of the first generation Thunderbird. The most powerful one and also equipped with manual transmission. Only about 150 cars have this top specification. This car is also original unrestored two-owners example. So the final result of just 44.000 USD including fees at Gooding on the 7th of August is even better price to value than for the car last week. The rarer specification gives this car slightly better chance for the MM and better performance, but it comes also at higher price. So the final score of 31,19 points keeps the E-code just outside our Top 40. (auction link)

2. TOP SALE OF THE WEEK – Studebaker Golden Hawk (1956)

Another US-produced MM eligible V8 with manual transmission car comes to the second place. This time the best possible Studebaker specification, making it quite a little Battle against the Thunderbird E-code. The final result was this time 25.462,50 USD including fees at Bring a Trailer on the 7th of August. We would go for the E-code as from the point of price to value. But from the MM score, the Studebaker placed a few points over the E-code with 35,24 points and comes to the 38. Place in our Top 40 chart. The reasons are a) the model is rarer, b) the car is less expensive. (auction link)