Richard Petty hopes to top $535,000 mark with new Mustang up for auction

Richard Petty doesn’t fool around when it comes to putting one of his customized Ford Mustangs up for auction.

The last time he did it, a customized Mustang built by his company, Petty’s Garage, brought in more than half a million dollars that was donated to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The exact total of that winning bid at auction was, in fact, a cool $535,000. That was when Petty’s Garage auctioned off a customized 2015 Mustang a couple years back.

Now Petty is doing it again, offering up a 2017 customized Mustang with the proceeds again going to the PVA.

Petty, the seven-time NASCAR Premier Series champion, will be at Mecum’s Auto Auction in Kissimmee, Fla., on Jan. 14 to ensure bidders of the 2017 Mustang’s uniqueness and to see what the latest prize from his Petty’s Garage collection brings in for his favorite charity.

You want some details? Here they are, as the vehicle is described on the Mecum.com auction website:

Petty's Garage was founded by Petty and specializes in the building and restoring of muscle cars and vintage cars. Petty also remains a co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, which fields the No. 43 Ford for driver Aric Almirola in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series.

Will Cheek, Petty's Garage aftermarket and restoration sales manager, said “The King” himself was “extremely involved” in this latest project “and that’s something unique.”

Soon we’ll see if that and the fact that Petty will be on-site in person drives the price of the customized Mustang up even higher at auction.