LAS VEGAS
A thousand collector cars roll into the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, and the biggest vehicle in the building is a bus. Mecum Las Vegas 2026 runs Thursday through Saturday, gates at 8 each morning, and the sale saves its best metal for last: every one of the auction's star-badged headliners crosses the block on Saturday, November 14.
Lot S90: the first Scenicruiser
The lead act is a 1954 GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser wearing Greyhound white and blue. This is not one of the 1,001 split-level coaches Greyhound ran — it is No. 001, the first production unit, the two-level design Raymond Loewy drew with ten seats downstairs and 33 up top. The bus runs a refitted Detroit Diesel 8V-71 and a 4-speed manual, and Mecum gave it the full treatment before the sale: an official film and a magazine feature calling it a landmark in American transportation. It crosses Saturday as Lot S90.
Lot S94: the Snoop DeVille
Right behind the bus in Saturday's order comes the opposite kind of provenance. The 1966 Cadillac Coupe DeVille crossing as Lot S94 used to belong to Snoop Dogg — it is the car from 50 Cent's “P.I.M.P. Remix” video, white over custom teal upholstery with interior chandeliers, platinum pinstripes, snakeskin-textured Asanti wheels and a “SNOOP 66” California plate. Mecum's listing notes the car took the top interior prize at the 2006 GM All-Car Showdown, and the paperwork includes a copy of the insurance card in Cordozar Broadus's name. Celebrity cars live or die on documentation. This one brings its own.
Lot S99: the movie custom
The Torino is a different animal again. Rad Rides by Troy built the 1968 Ford Torino Talladega GPT Special for George Poteet, showed it at the 2013 Detroit Autorama, and collected two SEMA wins and a Goodguys Street Machine of the Year on the way. Universal put it in Furious 7. Under the widened body sits a 429 making 750 horsepower through a 5-speed manual. It is the rarest kind of auction car — a custom with a film credit and a trophy shelf, crossing as Lot S99.
The muscle, and the one with no safety net
The 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda at Lot S119 is the blue-chip of the group: one of 652 Hemi Cudas built for 1970, one of 368 with the automatic, TorRed over its original sheet metal with the original fender and VIN tags still on the car. Cars like this are why the Top Flight Muscle Car Collection — one of four named collections in the sale, alongside the Gem State, Schroeder Family and Stevens collections — exists.
The bravest consignment of the weekend is Lot S110, a 2020 Shelby Super Snake Widebody Convertible — one of 300 built for the U.S. market, 825 horsepower, CSM number 20SS0012 — offered at no reserve. Whatever the room decides is what it sells for. Mecum's two Saturday Corvettes play it safer and prettier: Lot S122, a Nassau Blue 1966 roadster with a matching-numbers 427 and an NCRS Top Flight award at 94.5 points, and Lot S128, a Lynndale Blue 1967 — the last of the C2s — with the L79 327 and factory side pipes. Lot S209, a highly original 1968 Charger R/T with its matching-numbers 440, headlines Mecum's own 1966–84 Charger grouping, one of several themed runs (C10s, El Caminos, Novas, Challengers) stacked into Saturday.
About those missing estimates
One honest note, because readers will go looking: Mecum publishes no pre-auction estimate for any of these eight cars. The estimate field on each lot record is empty. Any dollar figure attached to the Scenicruiser or the Hemi Cuda in other coverage is a past sale, an old asking price, or a guess wearing a suit. The number that counts gets written Saturday, in the room, out loud.
Going, or watching
Doors open at 8 a.m. all three days; Road Art sells 9 to 10, collector cars from 10 until the last one crosses. Spectator tickets run $20 in advance or $30 at the gate, $75 for all three days. ESPN+ carries Friday and Saturday live, 2 to 7 p.m. Eastern, with Mecum in the Morning on YouTube before each broadcast, and Mecum's own Live Block Cam streams the room on YouTube each day — Thursday included. Previously's Mecum Las Vegas watch guide has the full viewing picture. The room itself is the better seat. The bus alone is forty feet of argument for showing up.
Sources · 4 sources
- Mecum Auctions — Las Vegas 2026 auction page (mecum.com): the November 12–14, 2026 dates at the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall, the 1,000-vehicle count, the daily schedule (gates 8 a.m., Road Art 9–10 a.m., collector cars from 10 a.m.), the four featured collections and the ESPN+ broadcast windows.
- Mecum Auctions — official lot records read November 10, 2026: Lot S90, 1954 GMC Scenicruiser (lot 1173059); Lot S94, 1966 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (1175718); Lot S99, 1968 Ford Torino Talladega GPT Special (1179957); Lot S110, 2020 Ford Shelby Super Snake Convertible (1178159); Lot S119, 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda (1182379); Lot S122, 1966 Chevrolet Corvette (1182384); Lot S128, 1967 Chevrolet Corvette (1182390); Lot S209, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T (1182182) — specifications, production figures, provenance and the no-reserve badge as Mecum states them; the estimate field is empty on every record. Lot details are consignor-supplied; Mecum states it does not verify or warrant them.
- Mecum Auctions — official film, “1954 GMC Scenicruiser Passenger Bus // Mecum Las Vegas 2026,” and the Mecum editorial feature on Scenicruiser No. 001 (mecum.com/articles/greyhound-scenicruiser-001/).
- Afton Tickets — Mecum's primary ticket seller: spectator prices $20 advance / $30 gate, $75 three-day.
