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96z28ss 09-02-2008 12:40 PM

$1mil won't buy a riddler car.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-...=p4506.c0.m245


Looks like he isn't waiting for Barrett Jackson

WILWAXU 09-02-2008 12:46 PM

It's a very cool, well designed car. Will be interesting to see what it goes for.

BallnRods 09-02-2008 01:25 PM

Wow! Reserve not met @ $1million....
:wow:

Tom.A 09-02-2008 01:56 PM

Way cool car but it is going to take a special buyer for sure. Does anybody know what the build cost was?

ironworks 09-02-2008 02:09 PM

I was told 1.2 million.

buickfunnycar.com 09-02-2008 02:27 PM

outrageous car...:hail:

abadsvt 09-02-2008 02:38 PM

Wasn't it yellow? I remember seeing it at the Goodguys in Pleasanton. Unbelievable piece of work!!!

Josh

clill 09-02-2008 02:45 PM

Ouch that's gonna hurt...

Blown353 09-02-2008 02:59 PM

I'm giggling about the stitched leather covers over the CV boots.


Neat car but it's too "showy" for me, the reason above being one of many!

Van B 09-02-2008 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WILWAXU (Post 164007)
It's a very cool, well designed car. Will be interesting to see what it goes for.

My guess is we won't see what it goes for.

awr68 09-02-2008 05:37 PM

Bob we should go take a look and a test drive!! :unibrow:

96z28ss 09-02-2008 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awr68 (Post 164062)
Bob we should go take a look and a test drive!! :unibrow:

Yeah its local.

we should rent a ferrari or something and go look at it and drive it so it seems like we have money.

awr68 09-02-2008 06:16 PM

Got to look the part!! :lol:

V8TV 09-02-2008 06:47 PM

It's friggin' sick, man. Killer car.

JayR 09-02-2008 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abadsvt (Post 164028)
Wasn't it yellow? I remember seeing it at the Goodguys in Pleasanton. Unbelievable piece of work!!!

Josh

It wasn't at Pleasanton or any other Good Guys show. You're thinking of JF Launier's phantom Chrysler wagon that was in the Great 8 but not the Ridler winner.

And as for the leather CV boots, that's what it takes to win the Ridler these days and while showy, it was built for the biggest indoor award in the Country so that's kind of the point. Wes Rydell's Ridler winning 35 Chevy had the same treatment and still sees plenty of miles.

Tom.A 09-02-2008 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ironworks (Post 164025)
I was told 1.2 million.

Thanks, that is alot of coin but I think there was a past winner that had even a higher build cost. I don't get it but I suspect my tax bracket has something to do with that LOL. Who knows maybe 1.2 mil for the owner is like me having a $100 in my pocket.

96z28ss 09-03-2008 07:27 AM

Well have you ever heard of Warn Winches.
Thats the owner of the car.

10Seconds 09-03-2008 08:55 AM

I am guessing it doesn't sell right now.

Personally, while its an extremely well thought out and put together car, it's not my cup of tea so to speak. For me to shell out that kind of coin I would have to love the over all look of the car, which I don't. I think the group of people that this will appeal to is small and the ones who could pay for it are probably fewer.

While it is unique and different and that's why it wins awards, I think that will also make it harder to sell.

CraigMorrison 09-03-2008 01:21 PM

The same collector who bought "Lowla" the 48 Buick that Tim built was going to buy this as well as a few other of Tim's cars, all top dollar. The Buick was air-freighted over to Dubai to start the collection off. Sadly, he and 6 others were killed in a private helicopter crash on the Arab Peninsula.

kennyd 09-03-2008 01:36 PM

i really dig this car .

rocketman 09-03-2008 01:49 PM

If all that trick stuff was in a different body, that thing is a box...

fleet 09-03-2008 02:07 PM

I don't know if anyone already asked this...but if not, why is the owner is selling so quickly?

Ketzer 09-03-2008 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocketman (Post 164208)
If all that trick stuff was in a different body, that thing is a box...

I'm kinda fond of boxes. :( Different is good.

ironworks 09-03-2008 02:16 PM

My guess is Mr warn likes the journey or the build not the actual end product. 10 bucks says he builds another really soon. The guys who go to Divers I'm sure are guys who just love to geek out on the build. They don't really care about much else beyond the problem solving and story of the build.

Just my sluggish economy based 2 cents....

ScotI 09-03-2008 02:25 PM

I always figured they 'stike while the iron is hot'.

rich-allen 09-03-2008 02:46 PM

I think it's looks like an old Volvo.

I agree with most of the posts here... The buyer probably likes the technical side of the build more than the overall looks of the car itself.
I think it's cool and all but if I had a choice I would take a regular Ferrari off the show room floor.

Maybe the only taste I have is in my mouth.

XcYZ 09-03-2008 03:24 PM

Not something that I'd own, but it's fun to look at.

G-Body 09-03-2008 05:02 PM

The execution on this car is remarkable and the subtlness of it just makes the whole look ecs in the interior really simple and well thought out nothing like hauling a big engine behind you better than a gun rack behind you i guess. lol

RECOVERY ROOM 09-03-2008 05:04 PM

My experience with those type of builds have always been about the chase,then the victory.I'm glad there are people that build cars of this caliber,They let the builders express there talent and come up with the ideas that can maybe spread to other people's builds.The Riddler cars are a whole diffrent breed.I looked at the 56 wagon that Neil Lee built that was just a great eight finalist and was blown away with the detail and fit of that car.They are fun to look at.

Fluid Power 09-03-2008 07:02 PM

I saw this car in person and the old cliche that pictures don't do it justice is true. The details are over the top. When the key is turned, the windows around the engine roll down so it can "breath." They used the Ferrari back glass behind the cockpit, the one off luggage, etc. The egg crate grill designed to look like the 50's Ferrari's. The color was so deep it looked like it was red plastic.

I agree with Tracy, I love the fact that there are people out there willing to spend that kind of loot to go against the grain and build these things. There was a lot of talk at the Autorama that is was not 'traditional' enough...

If that was 1.2 to build, wasn't the rumor on B Johnsons 'cuda 1.5? What would you buy if you had to choose between the two?

Darren

Alex396ss 09-03-2008 11:53 PM

I think itīs awesome!

I donīt like Ramblers and I donīt like Ferraris, but itīs a really cool build...

Alex

amaronut 09-13-2008 07:08 AM

Awesome body style, engineering is outstanding for what it is. Not much on the whole rear engine scheme but nice regardless. And what's with the name , Ferrambo? Sounds like a Sly S******e movie.

And it's Ridler, named after Don Ridler.

viper11 09-13-2008 07:26 AM

it has just been relisted for $500,000
jason

CraigMorrison 09-18-2008 09:28 AM

It looks like Ferrambo is going to be the cover car on our 09 catalog with Tim's other two projects in the background.

Jr 09-18-2008 11:59 AM

Craig,
Are you talking about BJ cover car? Remember what happened when Bob J. was on the cover...he got the shaft. I still love that cuda

David

Nvrenuf 09-18-2008 07:08 PM

Some love art. Some love cars. This is car art:yes: And art aint cheap! And since I used the word "ain't", you know Im not bidding for this car:lol:

amaronut 09-22-2008 05:59 PM

heard that the car was sold to an oversea's buyer but they were killed in a helicopter crash somewhere.......

trapin 09-23-2008 07:45 PM

It's a great car, but what's the point in owning it?

It's too nice to drive and too impractical if you did. And with the crappy economy in this country you can pretty much forget about it appreciating in value, so there goes your investement.

Again, a phenomenal build but there are better (and wiser) ways to invest one million dollars.

MarkM66 09-24-2008 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trapin (Post 167483)
It's a great car, but what's the point in owning it?

It's too nice to drive and too impractical if you did. And with the crappy economy in this country you can pretty much forget about it appreciating in value, so there goes your investement.

Again, a phenomenal build but there are better (and wiser) ways to invest one million dollars.


Just to ad to someones collections I would guess. Look at how many "Pro" built cars, you see them one year, or one show, and they're never seen again.


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