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Demand at Aussie muscle car auction breaks the internet, to restart today

Unexpected demand for iconic Aussie cars has crashed an auction website, forcing a restart this afternoon.


Bidders have been left in a panic as strong demand for Aussie muscle cars crashed an auctioneer's website and clogged phone lines.

Slattery Auctions was holding the online event, comprising mostly Australian-built models – as well as one Japanese wildcard – when its systems began to fail with only three minutes before the auction was due to end at 18:00 last night.

A spokesperson for the auction house told CarAdvice it was unprecedented demand from registered bidders which unexpectedly brought down the site.

The auction will re-open at 16:00 AWST (19:00 AEDT) today, giving buyers a fair opportunity before bidding closes at 18:00 AWST (21:00 AEDT). To ensure a repeat of last night is avoided, the live auction will only be viewable to registered bidders.

Before the website went down, the auction attracted more than $2.6 million, with the minimum price of $150,000 being paid for a locally-built model.

A 1971 Ford XY Falcon GTHO is expected to take the headline result, with a bid of $976,000 recorded at last count.

It was more than double the amount bid for the next vehicle – a 1977 Holden LX Torana A9X, inviting $435,500.

A model that has been in the news recently, a 2017 HSV GTSR W1, was last at $365,500, followed by a 1972 Valiant VH Charger at $312,000, and a 2017 HSV GTSR Maloo at $212,500.

The two cheapest Aussie vehicles at the auction were a 1971 Holden HQ Monaro GTS at $160,000, and a 1972 Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 at $151,000.

Also at the auction was a 1975 Datsun 260Z, sitting with a bid of $101,000.

Buyers have been driving prices for locally-built muscle cars in recent months, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent on iconic V8-powered models.


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Ben Zachariah is an experienced writer and motoring journalist from Melbourne, having worked in the automotive industry for more than two decades. Ben began writing professionally more than 15 years ago and was previously an interstate truck driver. He completed his MBA in Finance in early 2021 and is considered an expert on classic car investment.

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