JIM HAILEY’S CLASSIC CAR COLLECTION

1959 Eldorado Biarritz

1 of 1,320 produced and one of approximately 280 remaining worldwide.  Recently awarded best in class and best paint at the 62nd annual Dallas Autorama by International Car Show Association judges (ICSA).

1967 Mercedes 250SE

Rare sunroof, automatic transmission, European model that was delivered new in Nuremburg.  Bare metal repaint in original color, all chrome, wood, and leather redone as well.  Thank you to Mercedes Benz Classic Center for your help.

1978 Fleetwood Brougham  

Very well preserved in Colonial yellow paint, with a light yellow padded elk grain top, and a yellow Florentine cloth interior.  ONLY 46k MILES.  Very rare brushed stainless accent moldings with a trunk only saddle stripe.

1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Coupe

34k miles.  6.0 Liter V8 gasoline engine.  Early build with the Fleetwood script on front fenders which were cancelled later in 1980.  Desert sand firemist paint with a light beige metallic elk grain padded vinyl top.  Doe skin D’Elegance leather.

1981 Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance, 6 Litre V8 gasoline, Low Miles and All Original Paint and fillers.  Victoria plum firemist with a dark claret padded vinyl top.  Dark claret delegance interior. 

1981 Corvette with 9,136 original miles.  All original paint and have original wheels and tires.  Only one of 1,092 mahogany Vette’s painted that year.  NCRS top flight awarded with all original paperwork and window sticker.

1982 Buick Electra Park Avenue with 36k miles and all original paint.  Obviously one of the best survivors in existence.  Working opera and dash electroluminescent lights.

1983 Fleetwood Coupe with Factory Astroroof, extremely rare Heavy Duty Suspension, and only 27,458 original miles.  Nice factory two tone pin stripe and memory seats.

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1984 Eldorado Biarritz convertible with only 31k original miles.  All original paint and Dallas Texas car since new.  Roger Meier dealer car, where I worked at when in college.  Fresh out of long term storage.

1986 F150 Lariat with 44,201 miles, all original paint, and factory trailer tow package with the venerable 302 V8. Yes that is actually the original paint in the bed.

1987 Corvette, 5k original miles.  Known history of only 2 owners.   Orig. Gatorback tires.  Rated at Quarter mile 14.4 @97 mph

1988 Camaro IROC Z, 38,442 original miles, 5.0 Liter 5 speed manual shift with engine oil cooler, rear disc brakes, and 3.45 rear diff.    Don’t confuse this with the exact same looking tuned port 5.0 Liter that wouldn’t perform as this is the rare LB9 motor.

1988 Cadillac Seville with 47k miles, rare two tone paint and flat rare to see one left in very good condition.

1989 Cadillac (Fleetwood) Brougham Delegance.  Astroroof, leather, factory wire wheels. A very heavily optioned ideally preserved 5.0 Liter.

1990 Jimmy with only 52k miles, great original with mostly original paint.  Was all original paint when I got it but I couldn’t live with some scratches. Pictures tell the well preserved story.

1990 Fleetwood triple black with astroroof, cd player, heated windshield, memory seats, leather, and auto dimming mirror.  64k miles, recorded history with paperwork.

1992 Mustang GT Convertible with extremely low miles.  Wild Strawberry red metallic.  White leather, and purchased from original owner.  One of 266 GT convertibles made in 1992 in this color.

1995 S600 Coupe with only 34,145 miles.  Dallas Texas car since new.  One of only 539 imported into the USA in 1995.  Only 8,573 of these were made for worldwide consumption during its 8 year body style run.  Around 14.2 in the quarter mile at 100 mph.  Weight is 4,930 lbs!

The C140 coupés were really the product of a 1980s arms race between BMW and Mercedes. Work on the design began in the mid-’80s, with a supposed release date of 1987.  This generation of S-Class is alleged to have cost $1billion in development; the production delays are said to have cost DBAG’s chief engineer his job. Some 45lbs lighter and 3.8 inches shorter than the four-door S-Class, the C140 coupés made their debut at the Detroit Auto Show in 1992. The choice of an American show to launch the C140 reflects that nation’s appetite for big, luxurious two-door cars (look how big our cars and trucks are now).  The 600, with its proud ‘V12’ C pillar badges, was significant in that it was Mercedes’ first production 12-cylinder model in DBAG’s history.   It was also the fastest four-seater production car in the world at the time; with its 48-valve, four-camshaft (with adjustable inlet technology) engine.  Originally rated at 408 hp it was detuned to 394 to pass emissions.  It was the first Benz with side air bags.  

1996 PORSCHE 911 C2 CAB WITH 28k MILES 6 spd.
Porsche paint code L25D and it is called Turquoise Metallic.  Wonderful rare color last years air cooled variant 911.

The absolute first built 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII Collector Series with only 13k original miles.

Orders for the Collector’s Edition were taken starting in April of 1998. All the cars were built in the weeks from June 8 to June 27, 1998. Each car received a metallic gold sticker with a serial number on the driver’s door jamb. These serial numbers are not consecutive with production, as they were randomly applied to the cars, after they were all assembled. Serial numbers are known to go up to 1280, with this last car going to the Dearborn museum. Ford’s records indicate that 1386 Collector’s Editons were built. The additional cars may have been made for Canada and other countries.  Link to confirmation page just below.

http://www.markviii.org/LOD2/collectors_edition.htm

2001 F250 with only 26k miles.  100% original paint and was a Sema display vehicle when new.

2001 SL600 with AMG sport package, rare all option R129.
Panorama top, solid hardtop, and 32,792 original miles.  Factory 2 piece mono block wheels.  Rated at Quarter mile in 14.1 at 103 mph.  Weighs approx. 4,425 lbs