The show was a laffer for anyone who was familiar with the replica world. but it was good theater.
Why that show works is baffling to me.
Looked like a "product-placement" marketing deal for the builder. The charade of "discovering" the CSX stamp was a groaner.
With all the prior talk on the show about not buying stolen goods, shouldn't the builder simply have checked with SA down the block to see if this roller "walked" out the back door of Shelby's place?
Probably a reject KMP or one of the evals that SA bought from other suppliers in their search for alternate alloy car sources.
30k for body, frame, uprights and control arms is a price that is just about bust-out retail list price. No bargain there.
The builder's estimate of $159k on the finished car is optimistic at best, unless they filmed this two years ago.
...then there's the pesky little problem of an MSO. If it went out the front door of SA, then it's not an issue....but then there would be no drama.
Agree that the "1965" appellation was annoying and deceptive...but hey...it's reality TV.
The crew at Pawn makes the Teutels look like Rhodes scholars.