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UNSOLD Chevys & MoPars

Miss your chance to buy a new Monte Carlo back in 1972? Or a new Shelby Daytona Turbo in ’89? Well, you have one...more....chance to not repeat your mistake.

This July, VanDerBrink Auctions is selling two collections from dealers who held back special cars when those cars were new. Some of these unsold new cars have a dozen miles. One car has none. Since these unsold cars are being auctioned from the original dealers, they are on MSO and the high bidder will effectively become the original owner.

Gesswein Collection: MoPars July 18

Jim Gesswein has been buying, selling and collecting cars for almost 60 years. He owns Gesswein Motors, a Ram-Dodge-Jeep dealership in Milbank, S.D., and said that he was a collector “whenever a pretty car” came around.

Some of those pretty cars came off the truck as new and never left Gesswein’s hands. They include a loaded 1987 Dodge Shelby Charger 2.2-liter turbo with just 10 miles; a 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby Turbo with a five-speed,

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