Oldsmobile 4-4-2 Sports Coupe sells for $100,000 at Mecum St ...

Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions.

While Oldsmobile 4-4-2 convertibles regularly surpass the six-figure mark at auction, it takes a little something extra for a closed 4-4-2 to earn that kind of money, particularly a sport coupe. For the 1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 Sport Coupe that sold for $100,000 at last weekend?s Mecum auction in St. Charles, Illinois, that little something extra came in the form of complete documentation and a stunning restoration.

According to Mecum, Findlay Oldsmobile of Las Vegas originally sold the 4-4-2, one of 142 Sport Coupes to feature a four-speed manual transmission that year and one of 1,688 total 1970 4-4-2 Sport Coupes. Fitted with the W-30?s 370hp 455, the 4-4-2 also came with bucket seats, Hurst shifter, 3.42 Anti-Spin rear axle, and W-27 aluminum differential cover. Collector Mike Guarise eventually obtained the 4-4-2, still with its original drivetrain, original sheetmetal, original red inner fenders, and the factory build card, then handed it off to Muscle Car Designs of Joliet, Illinois, for a full body-off restoration, which wrapped up in 2009. Since then, Guarise won a couple of awards with the 4-4-2, but otherwise left it alone alongside two other red GM supercars in his collection, a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6 (which sold for $80,000) and a 455-powered 1970 Pontiac GTO (which sold for $65,000).

Aside from the 4-4-2 and the Chevelle, the top 10 sales from Mecum?s St. Charles auction include a 2000 Country Coach Prevost Motorhome, which sold for $160,000; a 1937 Chevrolet Street Rod, which sold for $125,000; a 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo S, which sold for $111,000; a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Fuelie, which sold for $100,000; a 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, which sold for $99,000; a 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider F1, which sold for $95,000; a 2005 Lamborgihni Gallardo Coupe, which sold for $90,000; and a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split Window Coupe, which sold for $81,500.

On the other end of the scale, a number of cars sold for less than $5,000 at the St. Charles auction, including a 1969 Chevrolet Caprice that sold for $2,250, a 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup that sold for $2,500, a 1985 Ford Mustang GT Convertible that sold for $2,500, a 1994 Pontiac Firebird that sold for $3,000, a 1966 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser that sold for $3,000, a 1969 Chevrolet Caprice that sold for $3,000, a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 that sold for $3,500, a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe that sold for $3,500, a 1984 London taxi that sold for $3,500, and a 1979 Lincoln Continental that sold for $3,500.

For full results from the Mecum St. Charles auction, visit Mecum.com.

Source: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/10/31/oldsmobile-4-4-2-sports-coupe-sells-for-100000-at-mecum-st-charles/

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