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Originally Posted by Dayton

A 300k car that won't start:question:

a battery is a battery......they go dead, probably should have been checked before it went over the block or replaced prior to just make sure.

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Originally Posted by tellyv

when It's all said and done if you want to build a 200k plus car thats great but if you think your going to get your money back thats another thing look at last years bj when the johnsons cuda went for 500k I heard there was over a million in that car and they built it themselves, did you see that silver and green cuda it ran on fri or sat dont remember I seen that car on ebay they were trying to get over 250k it sold for 100k that was a steal and they lost there ass, what I guess Im trying to say is if your a builder and somebody wants a big dollar car you build it but if your a builder and are going to try to sell it I would think you keep them under 100K unless you have very good luck or if your having one built dont take it to a no reserve auction when you decide to sell it.

bob johnson paid to have the cuda built there is no relation between bob and allan johnson more then 1/2 the mil was labor

If he had that much in it why not a reserve on it.

Barrett-Jackson is all no reserve so he would have had to take it to a different auction. Maybe the dead battery was due to one of those nagging problems that hadn't been sorted out yet. I think the body style and paint scheme are what hurt it the most. Remember the Stroppe Duster ? Killer car that I watched Reggie buy at Barrett-Jackson for about the same price. I love these different body styles but I would never build one and expect to get my money back.

The switch for the ignition was left on while the car was in the parking lot and staging lanes for the week of the show. Thus killing the battery. It would have sold for more if the people could have heard the car.

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Originally Posted by tellyv

As for the silver and green Cuda, that thing was on ebay about 10 times, and at a few other auctions. What they want and what they're going to get are two totally different things. I want 10 million for my next car, but it's irrelavent.

what I was saying is that cuda looked killer and had some serious parts on it the car was worth over 150 maybe even more it was part of my point its hard to sell a car for that much when you build it to your own personal way, you dont know what the one person might like, maybe somebody doesnt like green or maybe they dont like the wheels it only takes one thing to make a deal go bad. So bring your car to a reserved auction so when I watch bj next year I wont want to throw up when these nice ass cars sell for dirt, I am trying to build some cool cars and it sickens me when all the hard work and money that goes into these cars doesnt pay off.

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Originally Posted by MarkM66