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Old 01-11-2010, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Van B View Post
Dana Mecum owned the Daytona coupe and used it to promote his company.
I saw in an interview with him(Dana) that when it came up for sale that he "put together" a group of investors to cash out the seller. That amount was never mentioned in that segment, but later during the sale he had a camera right behind him when he told the high bidder he could get it for 8 mil "all in". He also said there was a bidder registered for up to ten million but that person never bid on the car.

I think that car would bring more in a different venue. I am no expert by any means, just a guess.

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