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CORVETTE TODAY #264 - The 38th Annual Dana Mecum Spring Classic Preview
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Jul 12, 2025
In this episode of CORVETTE TODAY, we preview the HUGE 38th Annual Dan Mecum Spring Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana. Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, is join by none other than Mecum TV host, Scott Hoke. Scott has been the long-time TV host of all the Mecum Auctions (along side John Kraman). Steve and Scott talk about many of the Corvettes that will be crossing the auction block as well as some of the other unique collections that you don't want to miss. Scott also reflects on the passing of John Kraman...he recollection of "The Professor" is incredibly touching. It's the preview of the 38th Annual Spring Classic in Indianapolis on this week's CORVETTE TODAY.
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TV host of the Mikum Auctions. He's here to preview the 38th annual Dana Mikum Spring Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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You know him as Scott Hul. Scott, welcome to Corvette today, my friend. Steo, good to be with you, buddy. It's
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great to get to talk about Mikim Indy. Great to talk about Corvettes and all kinds of car stuff with you today.
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That's awesome. Scott, before we get started talking about the Mikum Show, let's spend a few minutes talking about
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John Kraman. As everybody knows, John Kraman passed away in January of this year. You guys worked together for many,
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many years. Talk a little bit about John. Oh, Steve, we could spend the entire
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program talking about John. Yes, we could. You know him well. I worked with him for
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17 seasons, side by side in the booth for many, many hours per day, several
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days, each auction, and a dozen or so auctions every year on average. You
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know, I was thinking about it the other day. I spent more time with John on the air than I did with some family members,
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unfortunately. Yep. But John was just an incredible human being. so kind and generous and caring
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and genuine. He always wanted to talk about what was happening with you, not himself. I mean, he did update us on
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what was happening, but I think the people who watched our shows and knew John from the shows and heard him were
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able to take in his vast knowledge not just of Corvettes, but of any car. They
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heard and got the impression of this man, which was exactly what he was like
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off the air. Yeah. And it's remarkable that somebody in our business is like that. The funny thing
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is John had no broadcasting training. He didn't know anything about broadcasting.
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I remember when we first started, I schooled him, not schooled him. basically explained a couple of things
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to him about how things work and what we're doing when this happens or that happens and who's talking to us at a
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certain point during the show, but he had no broadcast training. But that wasn't the point. His life revolved
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around four things. Cars, guitars, motorcycles, and airplanes. Yeah, obviously outside of his own family. But
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John was that remarkable guy who could take a car and explain to you everything
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you really needed and wanted to know about that car in a very clear and concise manner. And he didn't take you
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too deep into the weeds. And he didn't talk over your head. And when he finished talking about it, you thought
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to yourself, "Wow, I learned something just now." Yeah. And that happened all the time.
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And you touched on something just a minute ago. He was so brilliant. He was a walking encyclopedia of cars.
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I often told people that John has forgotten more about muscle cars than
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anybody in the room has ever known. Yes. You know, and that's exactly right. He was. And people ask me all the time, do
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you guys have a script? Do you have notes? No. No script except for the very, very beginning of the program. And
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even then, sometimes it's just kind of off the seat of our pants. But we do have the consigners sheet on each
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individual car just kind of outlining the particulars of that car. But the automotive industry in general, no
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notes. Occasionally he would go to a blue book that he kept just to confirm a
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horsepower rating on a 56 Cadillac or something. Fill in the blank. Sure. But no notes. So much of that was just
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off the top of his head. I think he had a photographic memory. I really do. Almost absolutely right. And you know
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what? His love for Corvettes was paramount, too. Scott, talk about John's love affair with Corvette.
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Oh, he was first a Pontiac guy because his dad was in the business and he grew
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up around Pontiacs, but he was so much of a Corvette guy as well. He loved the
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Corvette. He kept up with all the rumors. He followed the stories of, you know, 10 years ago, the rumors of this
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mid-enine Corvette that's coming out, right? or whatever the case may be, or they're going to call it the Zora. He
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loved his 2010 Corvette that he kept out on the West Coast. He did a couple of little minor cosmetic things, but he
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really loved that car and really loved driving it. He was head over heels when that mid-enine Corvette was announced.
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In fact, Steve, I'll share this with you. John texted me on July 31st of
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2019. We had not seen the C8 in person yet, neither of us. But he texted me and
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he said, "Hey, Scott, I just printed up all 36 pages of the 2020 Corvette
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factory order documents the dealers use. I'll bring it tomorrow. No prices though. August 15th release date." And
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he was so excited about that. And a couple of months later in Louisville, we got to see the C8 Corvette for the first
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time at a dealer event. I mean, he knew more than the guys at the shop. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. All the option codes, all
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the colors, everything you want to know about the Corvette. Don't ask the guy wearing the dealership shirt. Ask JK.
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Exactly. You know, it's ironic because John's collection of Corvettes and other cars are going to be sold at this Mikum
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Indianapolis auction, aren't they? Yes. They'll be coming across the block on Thursday of the auction. The 15th of
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May, I believe, is the date. His Corvettes, his Mustang, and a number of his motorcycles. Oh, and his GTO, by the
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way, his 64 GTO. Nice. and his motorcycles will all be selling as part of the JK collection
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before you even ask the question. Yes, that will be a very emotional moment for
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not just me but many many people in that building in Indie. I will be watching and I'll have a tear
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in my eye. I know that for a fact. Any closing thoughts about the professor JK
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John Craman? You know, he was a friend to everybody and so many people miss him. Every time
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I climb the three steps up into the booth, I expect him to be there. And I
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don't want to take anything away from Bill Stevens because Bill is fantastic. Bill's a Corvette guy, too.
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Yes. But he has an impossible job of replacing John Crayman. You can't
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replace John Craman. It cannot be done. But I will say that Bill does an
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absolutely extraordinary job. I love him. I've worked with Bill for 16 years,
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right? And he has fit right in. It's been absolutely seamless. But John is one of those guys that comes along literally
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once in a lifetime. That knowledge, that personality, his voice that's instantly
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recognizable. The kind and generous way that he treated us as part of the team
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and viewers is going to be missed forever. Yeah, I've got a little tear in my eye right now. As a matter of fact, Scott, I
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really do. Oh, man. Buddy, let's take our first break. When we come back, we'll get into the meat of the Mikum auction, the spring classic,
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I'm your host Steve Garrett. With me is my buddy Scott Hulk from Mikum Auctions. We are talking about the 38th annual
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Meekum the Spring Classic coming up in Indianapolis. First off, Scott, give me the dates and the location of the Mikum
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Spring Classic in Indianapolis. Sure thing. We're going to be at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It's a few
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miles northeast of downtown Indie. Very easy to get to. And the auction begins
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May 9th. It runs through Saturday, May 17th, when a lot of the big cars will be
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crossing the block. That's awesome. And you're expecting over 3,000 vehicles at the auction. That's what they tell us. We sometimes
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put out a target and I would fully expect that number to be somewhere between 3,000 and 34 3500 cars because
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there are a lot of cars that will end up showing up last minute. Walkups are okay. We'll take them.
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Absolutely. And you're on a different network this year, aren't you? Yes, indeed. We as of our Glendale event
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in March, we are streaming live on ESPN plus will be on the air from noon until
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6 PM each day the Wednesday of the auction. So that would be the 14th,
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15th, 16th, and 17th. And here's the other thing. If people don't have ESPN
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next Thursday after the event wraps up. That is good to know. As a matter of fact, if you have Disney Plus or Hulu,
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then you also have ESPN Plus. I didn't even know that myself. And we do have Disney Plus, so I will be watching it
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live. Right. Let's talk about some of the Corvettes that are going to be crossing the block. First, my buddy Dr. Mark Davis, who's
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been on Corvette today. He's got some cars that he's selling a collection at Indie, doesn't he?
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Yes, he does. If that name happens to ring a bell, we have had cars from Dr.
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Mark Davis before, and anytime you see a car from his collection, you need to pay
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four-speed, silver pearl, black interior. I mean, we could go on and on, but that I think is one of the
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highlights of his collection. Yeah, Mark Davis has been on Corvette Today a couple times. If you go back and
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search Mark Davis Corvette Today, you'll find both of his episodes. I also see that you've got Bob Petrella's
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collection, which is predominantly Corvettes as well. Yeah. And it's kind of interesting. There are a couple of ZR1s in that
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collection, including one of the 2019 version, the last year of the C7 and the
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one-year only ZR1. And those are bringing big time money. Oh, yeah. In fact, the one we're talking about
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specifically has only 344 miles, but he has several C1 Corvettes, including a 53
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and a couple of 55s. Those will be interesting. One of the Corvettes actually, Steve, in this Petrella
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collection that I think is interesting is a 2009 Z06 GT1 Championship Edition
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and it's kind of a commemorative edition for Corvette in the American Lemon series. And they only built 55 of these
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and it's got less than 2,000 miles. So that might be an interesting car for
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somebody to pick up that's a little bit off the beaten path, but still it's a Z06. You take that to a Corvette show,
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you'll probably be the only one that has anything like that. Absolutely. You've also got I saw a 53
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Corvette. It's VIN number 131. And you know, they only made 300 that very first year in 1953, right?
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That's coming across the block, too. Yeah, indeed. And those are always very special because they represent the
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beginning of the history of America's sports car. They're not particularly high-performing
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cars. We all know that. We all know that they're all just a little bit different because they were essentially handbuilt.
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But it's a part of Corvette history. And if you are really a serious serious
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collection at some point. Absolutely. You've got that opportunity. That's really cool. All in all, Scott, I
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see that there's already 51 Corvettes highlighted on the Mikum website. That's really good.
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And you know, that's an interesting thing that you bring up, Steve. We're still a month or so away, and I expect
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more than that to eventually show up in the lightup. And I'll give you a little tip. Generally speaking, the Corvettes
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occupy about 10% of the total entry list at a Mikum auction. So, for example, if
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there are 3,000 cars, you can get pretty close and say we're going to have about 300 or so Corvettes once all the dust
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settles at any given event. Yeah. And also, you know, with the C8 ZR1 coming out, I also saw that there's
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at least four ZR1s showcased from the C6 and C7 generations. Yes. Those are always fun to watch. the
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all of those very special option codes. They just draw the attention of the Corvette afficionados as well. They
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should. So, it'll be really a lot of fun to track what happens with those cars in Indie. They are very special cars indeed, my
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friend. Well, Scott, let's take our final break. When we come back, we'll talk more about the 38th annual Spring
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up in Indianapolis. In this third and final segment, we're going to talk about a few more Corvettes and some of the
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non-corvettes that I'm going to be watching out for. First, Scott, I know that their collection from Dennis and
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Deborah Payne has quite a few Corvettes in it. Let's talk about that collection real quick. Okay. Yeah, sure, Steve. It does. I
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can't count them off the top of my head, but there are plenty of Corvettes. There are a couple of C8s, couple of C7s.
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There are two that I think are really cool as a pair. They're both split
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window coups, all right, from 1963. But they could not be more different when you start to take a look at them in a
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high amount of detail. One of them is a pretty bone stock 300 horse 327 split
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window coupe in Riverside Red. And it looks fantastic. It's automatic, not a
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real big deal. But the very next car is also a 63 split window coupe in
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Riverside Red. But this dude has an LS3 5 and a/4 horse V8 with a 5-speed manual
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transmission, custom chassis, custom touches all the way around, side exhaust, black wheels, modern. It just
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looks fantastic. And so you've got this basic Corvette side by side with this
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red-hot high-end custom. I think that is super cool to see those two cars as a
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part of this collection. Yeah, that would be great. It'd be great to have both of those sitting side by side in the garage, wouldn't it?
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That's a fantastic idea. Let's get our heads together and see if we can't make that happen. I got a buck 25 in my pocket. What about
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you? I have a buck 25, but that won't even buy me a soda here. Yeah, exactly,
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Scott. Another unique collection coming to the Indie Spring Classic is the Yaky Streets of Yesteryear collection. This
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is not cars, but this is really cool memorabilia. Tell me a little bit more about this collection.
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It really is, Steve. It is a lot of what we call road art. And road art is so
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cool and so popular and really draws people to the auction block to see some
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of this authentic stuff from back in the day. For example, a motor oil salesman
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sample kit a guy would take around and show to the dealership and say, "Here's what we're
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selling. Electronic engine diagnosis machine from way back in the day. There are mannequins. There are outboard boat
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motors. And if you know anything about outboard boat motors, that is a whole kind of a closet industry all to itself.
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There are Coca-Cola memorabilia things, authentic old gas station signs and
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beverage signs and automotive related things, gas pumps and appliances and things like that that you can pick up.
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So, even an old national cash register from back in the day. There are so many
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cool things. And how many of us have gone to a collection and seen not only the great cars, but what's on the wall,
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what's hanging on the wall, how they decorate. I mean, a collection of cars sitting in a garage somewhere, it almost
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doesn't make sense if the walls are bare. You need something to put on those walls. And this collection that's coming
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to Indie from the Yaky streets from yesterdayester is fantastic. Check it out. You need to look at some of these
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pieces and say, "Hey, this would fit on my wall in my collection. It would be fantastic for you." Yeah, buddy. I love neon and I love some
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of those old car neon signs from yester year. I've got a small small collection that I've put together, but it's so much
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fun to highlight some of this because yes, there's the Corvettes, there's the cars, there's the exotics, but this road
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art and neon sign stuff is just absolutely fantastic. And I'm with you 100%. The cars look great, but they look
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even better if you got some neon on the wall. Absolutely. And you know what, Mikum had a big presence in the collector tractor
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market for a number of years. Yeah. the Gone Farm and auctions and maybe some of your listeners know about that and I'm
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just reviewing this collection. There are a lot of very cool John Deere pieces and I'm attracted to those because my
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dad is a huge John Deere fan. But one of the things that combines my love of John Deere tractors and golf, believe it or
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not, there is actually a John Deere golf bag that is part of this Yaky collection.
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Wow. I mean, it's nothing special, but it's a branded John Deere golf bag and the golf clubs that go with it. How cool
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is that? That's amazing. You know, I also I got excited about this. There's the Jerry Hurst pace car
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collection that looked fantastic, right? And you know what? If you've got a pace car collection and you want to
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sell it, it doesn't matter if it's Mustangs, Corvettes, Camaros, where is
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the place that you would take them to sell those? right here in Indianapolis. Jerry Hirs has 11, I think, pace cars.
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Most of them are Camaros. There's a pickup truck in there as well, but they
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are fantastic. And pace car collections do very well. And I'm not talking just
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about the Indie 500. There are a couple of Brickyard 400 pace cars in that grouping as well. So, those will
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definitely be a hit in Indianapolis. This will be so much fun. I look forward to the spring classic anyway, but this
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one's going to be really, really good. All right, buddy. If someone wants to sign up to be in the show or get into
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the show or even become a bidder, where can they do all that? Very easy to do, and I'm glad you asked.
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If you want to buy tickets to the auction, you can do that. You can sign up to register as a bidder. You can do
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it all at mikum.com. And I will tell you that you can save 25% on your admission if you go online
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and buy your tickets in advance. You can get a 1-day ticket, 30 bucks, uh 3-day
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pass for 75 bucks. And if you want to do a bidder badge, you can do that. You can
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check that out also at mikum.com. There are a couple of different levels there as well. So, beim.com is your
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headquarters for all things tickets and bidder badges and registering to sell a
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car. If you'd like to do that, you can also contact the main office, the corporate office up in Walworth,
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Wisconsin to inquire about that. Matter of fact, I had a guy yesterday text me and say, "Hey, I'm thinking about
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selling a couple of cars. How do I do that?" The best thing to do is contact the main office up in Walworth,
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Wisconsin. They are very, very helpful. I know that for sure, buddy. Thank you so much for taking the time to be on Corvette today.
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Looking forward to the 38th annual Spring Classic with Dana Mikum in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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