Getting a vehicle that you’ve had your eye on always feels great. You can share that feeling of joy with your family and friends every time you go somewhere with them in it. If you place the winning bidding on any of the six vehicles below at the Barrett-Jackson 2025 Palm Beach Auction taking place April 24-26, you’ll put a smile on the faces of people in need around the country.
1.) 1994 DODGE VIPER RT/10 CONVERTIBLE – LOT #3000
There’s no such thing as a new Dodge Viper these days, but this ’94 RT/10 is impressively close. Bob Pforte, a dealer in Marianna, Florida, originally purchased this Viper Black RT/10 roadster for his private collection, where it remained until he recently decided to auction it off. Despite the allure of its 8.0-liter V10’s 400 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque, Pforte refrained from sliding into the Quartz gray leather interior and racking up miles in this car, which only shows 222 on the odometer. He also made sure to keep this Viper’s original window sticker and its removable soft top, removable rear window, zip-up vinyl side windows, and tonneau cover, which come with purchase. Whatever that price ends up being, the entire amount will go to the Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council, which provides financial and other forms of assistance to the families of troopers who have lost their lives or suffered life-threatening injuries in the line of duty. Your chance to win this Viper and help out a worthy cause will come on Thursday, April 24.
2.) CHAMPIONS EDITION 2017 FORD F-250 SUPER DUTY – LOT #3001
Three-time NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist, and Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee Dwyane Wade collaborated with RealTruck to create this rig. It has a lot of the upgrades you’d expect to see on a custom pickup, such as a six-inch lift, underbody lighting, fender flares, and 37-inch tires. This is the “Champions Edition,” so the gold accents on the grille and mirrors caps, and the gold wheels should come as no surprise. The same goes for all of the visual connections to Wade, which range from a list of his major accomplishments on the sides of the bed, the center caps commemorating the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the headrests embroidered with his autograph, and his signature displayed in the Rolls-Royce Starlight Headliner-style ceiling lighting. Wade’s influence doesn’t stop there: The money generated after this truck is opened up to bidding on Friday, April 25, will benefit Social Change Fund United, which promotes “equity in entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation for under resourced communities.”
3.) 1965 SUPERFORMANCE MKIII CUSTOM ROADSTER – LOT #3001.1
It’ll be hard for people to take their eyes off this Superformance MKIII when it’s bidding time on Friday, April 25. Just look at that musculature and those curves. They look great covered in Monza Red, which is all the more noticeable thanks to the the contrasting dark silver stripes, black accents, and black wheels. Those sides pipes? They’re connected to a Ford Performance 5.0-liter Dark Horse Coyote V8, which is hooked up to a TREMEC TKX five-speed manual gearbox. The staff of Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and the people they help will probably being watching even more closely; the entire hammer price for this raucous roadster will help Breakthrough T1D strive “to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications.”
4.) 2025 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 3LZ CONVERTIBLE, VIN 001 – LOT #3002
Super Bowl XL champion and 2001 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Jerome “the Bus” Bettis got his hands on the first production 2025 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, a 3LZ convertible. What a catch (pun intended)! The black-over-black C8 Corvette’s angles and curves conceal a 5.5-liter DOHC V8 with a flat-plane crankshaft that helps the LT6 pump out 670 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. The Z07 Performance Package makes this Vette even more athletic with Brembo carbon ceramic brakes, the Z07 suspension with Magnetic Selective Ride Control, and Michelin Pilot Super Sport Cup tires, which are wrapped around lightweight carbon fiber wheels. All the proceeds from the sale of this incredible Corvette on Friday, April 25, will go to the Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation. Founded in 1997, the organization aims to offer opportunities and resources to inner-city youth so they can become healthy, confident, and productive members of society.
5.) 2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1 3ZR – LOT #3003
If you missed your chance to get a 2009 Corvette ZR1 when it came out, mark your calendar for Saturday, April 26. That’s when you can outbid everyone else and win this 3,800-mile C6 super-Vette powered by the LS9 supercharged 6.2-liter V8, which delivers 638 horsepower and 604 lb-ft of torque. You won’t be the only one who wins, though. Hannah’s Home of South Florida will receive all of the hammer price, which will fund the center’s mission to help “homeless, single, pregnant women and their babies overcome adversity, find hope, and learn to live victoriously.”
6.) 2024 FORD MUSTANG DARK HORSE, VIN 001 – LOT #3004
In politics, a dark horse candidate is a person with whom most voters aren’t familiar that rises to prominence. The Mustang Dark Horse never had a problem being recognized. People knew it was a Mustang with a 500-horsepower V8 under the hood, Brembo brakes, and unique chassis tuning. And now you know that the Dark Horse with VIN 001 will be going to the highest bidder on Saturday, April 26. How much will it sell for? That remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt that all of it will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which helps “America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.”
Register to bid at the Barrett-Jackson 2025 Palm Beach Auction by checking out these various options. Make sure to follow along with the Journal as we provide updates on the auction.
