Richmond Auctions Savoy Results Break $12 Million
A $1.65 million Ford GT Liquid Carbon led Richmond Auctions‘ Inaugural Fall Spectacular at the Savoy Automobile Museum, where classic and collector automobiles generated $12,314,000 in hammer sales over October 16–17, 2026. The Cartersville, Georgia, auction’s automotive results combined scarce modern performance cars, preserved muscle and ambitious custom builds, with Dave Kindig’s Ridler-winning TwelveAir taking second place at $930,000.
The automobile-only tally covers 126 sold lots, including full-size collector trucks and specialty vehicles, for an average hammer price of $97,730.16.
The opening day on Friday, October 16, produced $4,040,500 from 57 automobile sales, an average of $70,885.96 per lot. Ford supplied its two dominant results: the 2021 GT Liquid Carbon at $1,650,000 and an unrestored 1969 Mustang Boss 429 at $595,000, together accounting for approximately 55.6% of the day’s automotive hammer total.
Beyond those headline cars, Friday’s results reflected the sale’s breadth: a 1955 Dodge La Femme brought $120,000, a 1959 Imperial convertible reached $90,000, and a 1961 DeSoto two-door hardtop and 1970 Mustang Boss 302 each sold for $80,000. Collector trucks also featured, including a 1979 Chevrolet K30 4×4 at $60,000.
Saturday, October 17, generated $8,273,500 from 69 automobile sales, producing an average of $119,905.80. TwelveAir led the session at $930,000, followed by Kindig-It Design’s retractable-hardtop Chevrolet C10 at $415,000 and a 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Extreme Aero at $330,000.
The next tier included a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 440 Six-Barrel convertible with a four-speed transmission at $272,500, a Kindig-It 1953 Volkswagen 23-window bus at $255,000, and a 1963 Corvette split-window coupe with LS3 power at $230,000. Those results placed restored muscle, modified classics and specialist-built customs alongside modern supercars in the day’s upper price brackets.
Two-Day Automotive Results
Adding Friday’s $4,040,500 to Saturday’s $8,273,500 gives $12,314,000 in classic and collector automobile sales, with a combined average price of $97,730.16.
Day | Cars sold | Total sales | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
Both days | 126 | $12,314,000 | $97,730.16 |
Friday, October 16 | 57 | $4,040,500 | $70,885.96 |
Saturday, October 17 | 69 | $8,273,500 | $119,905.80 |
Five Highest-Selling Automobiles
The five leading automobiles contributed $3,920,000, approximately 31.8% of the total collector car sales.
Ford GT Liquid Carbon
The auction’s most expensive automobile was a 2021 Ford GT Liquid Carbon, offered as one of 30 examples and showing just 51 miles according to Richmond’s catalog. Its equipment included exposed-carbon wheels, Shadow Black stripes, blue brake calipers and the optional Light Speed interior.
Introduced for the 2020 model year, Liquid Carbon replaced conventional body paint with clearcoat over exposed carbon fiber, emphasizing the GT’s construction rather than disguising it. The contemporary GT update also increased the twin-turbocharged 3.5L V6’s output to 660 horsepower, pairing the material-focused appearance with the later production car’s mechanical improvements.
Kindig-It TwelveAir
TwelveAir sold for $930,000, but its catalog description as a 1953 Corvette requires an important distinction: it is a scratch-built custom, not a restored production Corvette or a surviving GM Motorama show car. Kindig-It completed the project in 2024 after 54 months of work, fabricating an aluminum monocoque and fitting a naturally aspirated 9.2L Race Cast Engineering V12.
Its design draws on the Corvette-based Corvair fastback concept associated with the 1954 Motorama, rather than Chevrolet’s later rear-engined Corvair production range. TwelveAir won the 2024 Don Ridler Memorial Award at Detroit Autorama and subsequently earned Grand Champion honors at the 2025 Hot August Nights event. Its $930,000 result therefore bought a contemporary custom with an established show history, not factory-original 1953 Corvette provenance.
Mustang Boss 429
At $595,000, the Black Jade 1969 Mustang Boss 429, KK1877, was Friday’s second-highest seller and the auction’s third-highest overall. Richmond Auctions described it as an unrestored, largely original-paint car with 13,670 miles, retaining its numbers-matching engine, transmission and rear axle assembly.
The Boss 429’s significance reaches beyond Mustang performance: Ford used the road-car program to satisfy NASCAR homologation requirements for its competition engine, with Kar Kraft performing the specialized assembly work in Brighton, Michigan. On this example, the catalog’s account of surviving factory markings, original sheet metal and documented authentication made preservation central to its collector identity.
Chevrolet C10 "Max Headroom"
The $415,000 Kindig-It C10 brought a different interpretation of collectibility: extensive fabrication and a retractable hardtop rather than factory originality. Known as “Max Headroom” or “Game Changer,” the truck’s roof and rear glass retract into the bed beneath a lifting tonneau cover.
The 1967 model year introduced Chevrolet’s second-generation C10, part of the 1967–72 truck family that combined cleaner styling with a growing emphasis on passenger comfort. Kindig-It’s build reworked that platform with a Lingenfelter-built LS-based V8, a 6L90E automatic, a Roadster Shop chassis with independent front and rear suspension, and a red leather interior incorporating a 1959 Impala-style dashboard.
Dodge Viper ACR Extreme Aero
Rounding out the top five was the $330,000 2016 Dodge Viper SRT ACR Extreme Aero, cataloged with 4,774 miles in Viper White with contrasting red and black stripes. Its naturally aspirated 8.4L V10 was factory-rated at 645 horsepower and drove through a six-speed manual transmission.
The 2016 model revived the American Club Racer designation for the fifth-generation Viper, continuing an ACR lineage that began for the 1999 model year. Carbon-ceramic brakes, adjustable suspension and the optional Extreme Aero package distinguished this track-focused version; Dodge reported more than 1,700 pounds of downforce at 177 mph during development testing of the Extreme Aero configuration.