This mod top may have had one of the the strangest auction bidding wars, it opened at 10k, and sold for 440,000... in bid increments that never were more than 15k. Back in 2006, it failed to sell on eBay Motors with a high bid of $19,500.

If I remember correctly, there were not many Mod Top cars, and fewer had the full flower interior, and fewer still had the flower floor mats. This Formula S Mod Top Barracuda must be very rare indeed.

that must have been a long slow bidding event. that's about 50 bids... depending on the variety in the amounts, most were 10k, the largest was 15k, but the story doesn't say of there were any smaller than 10k

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0519-371526/1969-plymouth-barracuda-mod-top/

I just learned how Steve Juliano found two of his Rapid Transit System Plymouths,

The '70 Hemi Road Runner had been found in Kalamazoo in '91, the story was that a pro athlete got it for a song, and was going to make a dedicated drag race car out of it, and sent it to a speed shop. But, he was cut from the team, and walked away from the Road Runner, and it's bill for upgrades.

The Green Duster was found abandoned in a Detroit parking garage.... with a machete and ammo in the trunk. 

some rare stuff in the Juliano Collection of showroom advertising for Plymouths

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/steven-juliano-collection-day-1-8/bidgallery/page_MzI

a Dodge Scat pack jacket is a rare item, and this is the first time I recall seeing one for sale

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/8/item/1968-dodge-scat-pack-racing-jacket-1036/

wow, get these for your restoration, you will likely never seen any other NOS Mopar floor mats

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/steven-juliano-collection-day-1-8/bidgallery/page_MjA

if you ever think you're going to want to win a 100 point restoration on Mopar muscle car, you're going to want to buy an original NOS/NIB factory oil filter

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/8/item/mopar-oil-filter-line-in-original-box-1892/

Currently only bid up to 15 dollars. I have only ever seen and posted one other, these are mighty damn rare

There are 2 in this auction, and though I don't know what engine they go to, I expect one is for big blocks, and one for small blocks.

Part # L-72 1851 658
Part # L-130 # 2536 186

Are the factory Mopar parts numbers for what that's worth... trivia at best I suppose

have you ever heard of a crazier non-sequitur than Chevrolet advertising on pot holders?

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/8/item/1969-chevrolet-pot-holders-1013/

more Mopar stuff from the upcoming Juliano collection of showroom advertising

real unused chin spoilers, T/A Challengers, AAR Barracudas, and E body Road Runners and GTXs had them I believe

 a 1970 showroom car topper

 

How about this, sending a styrofoam baseball out in the mail to let people know you've got cars to sell to them

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/steven-juliano-collection-day-1-8/bidgallery/page_Ng

more amazing rare Mopar stuff is coming to auction in a couple weeks, and now is the time to look through it all before it ends up in another private museum, never to be seen in public ever again

https://ontime.mecum.com/auction/steven-juliano-collection-day-1-8/bidgallery/page_NA