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Bruce Springsteen's '57 Chevy Expected to Sell for $400,000
- Posted on Mar 17th 2011 9:30AM by John D. Luerssen
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The notorious car, which was the first automobile Bruce bought after he signed to Columbia Records in 1972, also inspired 'Thunder Road,' the opening song on 'Born to Run.'
'Racing in the Street,' the arguable pinnacle of 1978's 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,' was also hatched by the singer while he was behind the wheel of the vehicle.
Springsteen sold the car in 1976 to a private buyer for $2,000, trading up to a vintage black Corvette after local fans on the Jersey Shore began to hassle him. The convertible's distinct paint job was hard to miss. The private buyer sold the Chevy for $10,000 to a Chevy collector in the 1980s, according to a report once written by 'Backstreets' scribe Charles R. Cross.
A Springsteen guitar is among the other items in the auction, which runs until March 25. A glove belonging to Michael Jackson and a collection of handwritten lyrics are also on the block.
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ron
Ok, Ok, Ok I was in Bruce's new home that he has been building for the last 8 years or so. It sits on 150 acres and is stunning.... right near Short Hills and not far from his home on the water.
Go ahead, top that!
ps I'm not really a big Bruce fan, just having fun!
Rockin
I got the heads up on the next CD
My S,,, Dont Stink , unlike you
Rockin
This just might be a good thing
he can get one of those new fangled old geezer prop base's n prop em up on stage heck get a new voice
and sheet paper to wipe a new song or somethin
Rockin
Tell ya what
Junk the car
Sell the boss
Brian Workman
Any way you look at it! He'll get more than what he paid for it in the end, anyway!?
March 17 2011 at 6:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
pinus1
I hope the seller realizes the 400,000 for the Chevy.
I seriously doubt that it will go for half that; however
a fool is born not every day any more but rather a million times a day.
JEB BUCKINGHAM
Damn! I was hoping it was the white T-Bird from the music video, "I'm On Fire".
March 17 2011 at 6:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Marshall
I was in Red Bank NJ recently and was looking at a Martin Goya acustic at a Antique/Flea Market store. The man there told me that Bruce Springsteen had been there two weeks earlier and had played that guitar. He then pulled out his phone and showed me the picture he took of Bruce playing that Martin Acustic. He sent the picture to my email and I bought the guitar. Great!!! Now I have a picture of Bruce playing MY old Martin Acustic!!!
March 17 2011 at 5:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
LisaS
Nothing mattered more to me in the story than the song... it took me back to when life was simple & sweet. No racing in the street for this girl, but Bruce was locked in with most good memories. THANKS YOU BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!!!
March 17 2011 at 5:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Bob D
Racing in the street is written about a 69 Chevy with a 396 fuely heads, and a hurst on the floor,
It's waiting tonite down in the parking lot outside the 7-11 store.
so the car above car did not inspire this song, I know that because I was working with an artist, and one of the crew had worked the Springsteen tour before and Bruce came by the Crytal Ballroom in New Jersey to visit him.
I am into muscle cars and you can imagine how I freaked out when I came off the bus and saw this baby blue 69 Chevy Chevelle ... it was gorgeous, Hurst on the floor, and everything stock!
I was drooling when I walked into the venue praising the car when my friend T.G. called me over and introduced me to his friend as Bruce ... just Bruce!
I realized about an hour after he had left that I had met the "Boss" and was standing next to a classic car tune and the legend(wait for it)dary author of my generation.
It's aha moments like those that make me grateul and sealed my fate that I would forever work in the music industry ... 35 years later, I am still in the Biz, waiting for my next Aha! moment.
Thanks Bruce and Tony
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