[750hp]

Ahhh - good to see the old girl again. It is my old car - the one that Frank Ashman built. It cost somewhere around the $90 to $100K mark to build. That was back in 1991. Frank used the best parts - the engine was about $25k from memory, stainless socket-head cap screws exclusively, most expensive leather available used in interior, the wheels cost about $1000 each back then, fully polished Jag rear, etc, etc.

I rebodied the car after a bit of a moment with a telegraph pole and a barbed wire fence. The rebody / refurb cost nearly $30K. Troy bought the car after that. About 12 months later, a roller lifter expired, dropping the roller onto the camshaft then wedging itself in the lifter bore. Massive carnage resulted, destroying the block, heads, crank, rods, pistons, camshaft, etc, etc.

The engine that I heard was being built for the car was actually a Yates alloy head 408 cube motor with big (Avgas level) compression and a monster solid roller camshaft. Steel crank and rods. I think it was good for a little over 600 horsepower. Very good motor apparently. Does it make the car worth 75 gorillas? I don't think so...

I gave the plates away in the sale price of the car. If only I knew they were worth so much !!!! For $500, I do reckon they're good value. I spent ages cutting down the plates and the Carroll Shelby surround so you couldn't see the "QLD" embossing on the plate. So many people asked if they were real plates. Frank Moore wanted to buy them for his genuine 1967 427 Cobra. Maybe he could afford the $50k !