If someone spent that much money without looking it over first, well jokes on them. I accept that.

MECUM IS RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE THEIR PEOPLE CHECK THE CAR OUT BEFORE IT GOES ON THEIR AUCTION BLOCK SO PEOPLE BUYING DON'T GET RIPPED OFF.

Good job. Not the first time Mecum has sold junk for an absurd amount.

At $150k plus, a buyer should be picky of whatever car they are contemplating purchasing. You are 100% spot-on.

Auctions are too often dumping grounds for cars that are poorly restored and flipped. Many buyers are not car people just people wanting cars that can’t do their own work.

Auctions are deliberately hyped to a feeding frenzy for a reason. A well informed cautious buyer, isn’t always a buyer. Fair and accurate video. Well done.

The insane price on these things ARE ruining the hobby.

Awesome video! I worked in the brake line industry for 22 year's and that compression fitting is just hideous! I feel sorry for the person who bought this car! They surely have money to burn, sadly they will probably pass this shoddy work on to another buyer in the future. But hopefully they will have all the bugs worked out by a good mechanic in the future if all this is brought to their attention, but there already in the hole on it in my opinion. It is great to see someone like yourself though that have learned these cars and are keeping the dream alive. Us old boomer's are getting too old to work on them now and I'm glad to see another generation carrying the torch!

For 170K, lug nuts should match.

Slap some R/T badging on your Charger and cash in, close the shop and move to where the weather is fair and the woman are bare!

From one Mopar guy to another... THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! It's so unbelievable that someone would spend that much money on a car like that when the pictures make it so obvious that whoever "restored" the car did a terrible job. You'd think if they were going to spend that much money they would at least hire somebody to look it over closely if they're not going to. By the way, I love your car collection! Great video, thanks for sharing!

I read a book by Carroll Smith, a famous racecar engineer. He believed that you

At the end of the day ,the auction gives you plenty of time to check the car out either yourself or hire somebody to do so , so if you buy a car and it's like this one , you honestly deserve to get what you get . All cars should be fully looked at before you raise your hand .

Back in 1983 when i was 17 years old i was moving from the cleveland area of ohio to roanoke va. I owned at the time a bright orange 69 charger with the 383 engine. I was forced to drive that charger 450 miles all by myself due to the fact that i had next to no money. At 150 miles into this trip a rotted out brake line burst and left the car with zero brakes(and i mean none!) I barely had enough money on me to buy fuel to get to virginia, let alone hire a tow truck. I didnt even have the ability or money to get to a parts store to buy a length of steel brake line, and had no tools to install it even if i could. So, i literally drove that 69 charger the additional 300 miles to virginia using only the barely working parking brake to slow down the car and sometimes even get it stopped. I was scared beyond crapless but somehow made it home alive with that car. 100 percent true story of a young and stupid broke 17 year old kid that i will never ever forget!

Just found this. As the restorer and owner of a 1966 Dodge Coronet; this is why I bought a shell and frame and used my grandfather's and dad's Automotive manufacturing experience with Chrysler/ Mopar to rebuilt it TO Factory, no cheapness or wierd and unsafe corner-cutting.

Wow! The title of the video made me look and this is totally not what I expected! I can’t believe all the issues with this car when it is on the $170k price range! I agree with you as to the question, if all these issues are so easy to find, what else is hiding that we can’t see. If you are lacks on stuff you can see, I would think hidden stuff would also be not well done. Thanks for you video! I don’t think you are wrong.

You're absolutely right about that car...and there were more issues than you even mentioned. For example, the crappy fit of the bumpers stood out to me. I've got a '68 Corvette that had been "restored" by some "professional" shop. They made so many mistakes and cut so many corners that I'm having to do a complete frame off rebuild just to be able to safely drive it. Even though they had already done a frame off rebuild, they neglected to replace the rotted body mounts and seat belt mounts. Only 4 of the 9 body mounts were holding anything....and two of checked this car out underneath with it on a lift. You couldn't see those issues with the car assembled. I drove the car that way for 3 months before discovering the problem....and MANY more. The paint looks amazing, but this is the worst and most expensive polished turd I've ever owned. I wouldn't have been able to pay someone to fix this car, but thankfully I can repair it properly myself.

"Unsafe at any speed" is the classic reference for the lack of sway bar. If you can afford to pay $170,000, you can afford a $250 inspection report. Too much alcohol involved in this purchase.

You jamie are an honest and fourthright man. I 100% agree with you and this video. The ugly fact is that there are thousands more "restorations" like this that need to be called out....and proly never will be.

This has been going on for a long time with auction cars and even cars sold out of fancy showrooms. I have seen so many high dollar cars "tarted up" to sell to wealthy people who know nothing about cars but like the idea of owning an appreciating asset/investment that they can try to drive on a Sunday morning. Most can't even figure out how to start a car with a carburettor so they don't get driven much before they are re auctioned in a few years to the next sucker .