Our Ultimate Destination
This is what we view as our end goal.
Once rebodied, to bring this truly unique one of a kind specimen to the high end market, where it will surely receive the attention it deserves.
Well, that was our "original" intention anyway.
If you're even the least bit interested in cars of any sort then there's no doubt you've heard the name Barrett Jackson passed around at one time or another.
Heck, even if you're not a Car Guy there's still a 99% chance you've heard of it. While it's not the only big name game in town auction wise, it's more than likely high up on the list of big name auctions. There are certainly a number of others, Mecum, Gooding Christie's, Worldwide, just to name a few of the many. While Hershey and Amelia Island are big time as well, since we're on the West coast we'll be wanting to stay closer to home, with So. Cal. being the "hub" of all things car related.
From early in the year and pretty much all throughout the year it seems there are big time auctions being held all across the Country at one time or another. And with many receiving hours of live TV coverage, it would be difficult to miss 'em.
But as time kept ticking away, something changed. And that change was in our perspective. In the way we viewed this radventure. In the way we viewed this fantabulous vehicle, combined with this once in a lifetime opportunity. One we've dreamed of happening for decades. And it was in that refreshed outlook that we discovered that selling the finished product was no longer an option.
Not because it wouldn't sell. We have no doubt that, once completed, if it were to ever hit the market it would without a doubt be a record breaker. And that is precisely why we have zero desire to sell it. There's simply no way to put a "number" on this "one of one" machine. Whatever the price ended up being we'd always wonder if there was more left on the table. Did we do our best. Was it the right audience, the right atmosphere, the right time. That unknown factor could end up haunting us forever.
That's when it became obvious that this Mercury Marmon-Herrington needs to be a family legacy car. A car that is passed down from generation to generation. Either that or it will end up in a museum for the next century. We've seen far too many "collections" sold off by disinterested family members after a loved one has passed to know that our Mercury won't suffer that same fate.
