Saturday on Bring a Trailer and the lineup reads like someone raided the world’s greatest barn, a concours paddock, and a hot rod shop all in the same afternoon. We’ve got prancing horses from Maranello, a King of the Road Shelby, a woodie convertible, a pagoda Mercedes, and a prewar custom that probably took more hours to build than most of us have been alive. Bidding is just warming up across the board — get your paddle ready.
9k-Mile 2009 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
Nine thousand miles on a 430 Scuderia is almost criminally low — this is Ferrari’s track-focused, stripped-out, F430-derived weapon with carbon fiber everywhere and a naturally aspirated flat-plane V8 that screams to redline like nothing else Maranello made in that era. Scuderias were bought to be driven hard, so finding one that’s been essentially preserved is a genuinely rare event. Expect the bidding to get serious fast once the keyboard warriors show up. Bid on the 9k-Mile 2009 Ferrari 430 Scuderia at Bring a Trailer.
TPI 350-Powered 1938 Lincoln Zephyr Custom Roadster Conversion
A prewar Lincoln Zephyr is already a head-turner with its art deco lines and avant-garde V12 legacy, but somebody went and swapped in a Tuned Port Injection 350 small-block, turning this into a custom roadster that’s equal parts history lesson and hot rod manifesto. Custom roadster conversions on 1930s platforms take an enormous amount of craft, and the TPI engine choice gives it real-world drivability without going full crate-motor generic. This one is going to polarize the comments section beautifully. Check out the TPI 350-Powered 1938 Lincoln Zephyr Custom Roadster on Bring a Trailer.
40-Years-Owned 1964 Porsche 356C Coupe
Forty years with one owner is the kind of provenance that makes serious 356 collectors put down their coffee cups and pay attention. The 356C was the last and most refined of the original Porsche lineage — disc brakes finally arrived, the flat-four was sorted, and the whole car felt like Porsche had figured it all out right before the 911 took over. Long single-family ownership usually means a known, documented history with no surprises hiding in the story. Follow the 40-Years-Owned 1964 Porsche 356C Coupe auction on Bring a Trailer.
This Week’s Weird and Wonderful — September 18, 2026
If you need a palate cleanser between all the blue-chip iron above, BaT’s weekly Weird and Wonderful roundup is the antidote — a curated collection of oddballs, sleepers, and head-scratchers that remind you the automotive world is a much stranger and more delightful place than any concours would have you believe. Consider it required reading. Read This Week’s Weird and Wonderful on Bring a Trailer.
21-Years-Owned 1947 Chrysler Town & Country Convertible at No Reserve
The Chrysler Town & Country is one of the most visually arresting American cars of the postwar era — all that structural white ash and mahogany framing on a genuine convertible body isn’t just trim, it’s load-bearing craftsmanship. Twenty-one years with one owner and a no-reserve hammer means this woodie is going to sell for whatever the market says it’s worth, full stop. Pre-war and early postwar woodies have a passionate following, and someone is going home happy. Bid on the No-Reserve 1947 Chrysler Town & Country Convertible at Bring a Trailer.
32-Years-Owned 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280SL 5-Speed
The W113 Pagoda SL is perennially one of the most elegant sports cars ever built, and a 280SL — the final and most powerful evolution of the Pagoda — with a five-speed manual gearbox is exactly the spec enthusiasts want. Thirty-two years of single ownership on a Pagoda almost always means it was somebody’s cherished weekend driver rather than a trailer queen or a neglected garage ornament. These continue to appreciate quietly and steadily while the flashier stuff gets all the headlines. Follow the 32-Years-Owned 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280SL 5-Speed auction on Bring a Trailer.
1968 Shelby Mustang GT500KR Convertible 4-Speed
KR stands for King of the Road, and in 1968 that was no idle boast — Carroll Shelby stuffed the Cobra Jet 428 under the hood of the GT500 and created what many consider the apex predator of the classic Mustang era. A convertible with a four-speed manual is the most desirable body-and-transmission combination you can find on a KR, and that combination commands serious money when it’s legitimate. If this one checks out, expect a heavyweight bidding war when the clock winds down. Bid on the 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500KR Convertible 4-Speed at Bring a Trailer.
20k-Mile 2003 Ferrari 575M Maranello
The 575M Maranello is the grand touring Ferrari that tends to fly under the radar while everyone chases the F40s and Enzos, but twenty thousand miles on a V12 front-engined Ferrari is exactly the kind of well-exercised, properly sorted example that makes long-term ownership joy. The 575M refined everything about the 550 Maranello — more power, revised suspension, better ergonomics — and it remains one of the most beautiful cars Ferrari ever penned. Low-mileage examples are starting to attract the attention they deserve. Follow the 20k-Mile 2003 Ferrari 575M Maranello auction on Bring a Trailer.
308-Powered 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback 5-Speed
A 1966 Mustang fastback is already one of the great silhouettes in American automotive design, but swapping in a 308-cubic-inch mill and mating it to a five-speed gives this one a restomod personality that should make it genuinely fun to drive rather than just pretty to look at. Modified first-gen fastbacks walk a fine line between polarizing the purists and winning over the drivers, and this one sounds like it leans firmly toward the latter camp. The fastback body on a ’66 never goes out of style regardless of what’s under the hood. Check out the 308-Powered 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback 5-Speed on Bring a Trailer.
That’s a genuinely stacked Saturday on BaT — a Ferrari Scuderia, a King of the Road Shelby, a prewar hot rod, two long-owned European classics, and enough Prancing Horse iron to keep the tifosi busy all weekend. Check back as the bids roll in, because several of these are going to get very interesting before the hammers fall.
