Kirkham from the movie Ironman

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It sold for $22,000. It initially sold for $18,000 at Mecum in 2010. I bought the uncrushed movie car at that auction for $35,000 plus commission. Whoever bought it in 2010 just paid a hefty storage fee for 4.5 years. $3,640 in auction fees plus transportation x2 equals around $6,000-$7,000. So they lost around $2,000-$3,000 on the car.

NO WAY they can rebuild that car without a complete new body. All parts on the car are pretty much junk. They claim the drivetrain was taken out for the show, but that car never had a drivetrain, nor did mine. The suspension is all made from defective reject parts, there are rods in place of the coil-over shocks, the side pipes are fake, there is no differential or brakes, all electronics are fake, etc. The suspension, brakes, and rear end are going to cost around $25,000 alone, not to mention a new body $35,000???, and I have to wonder if the frame is damaged?
I ended up with close to $100,000 in the uncrushed Ironman Kirkham. I walked away with 119,000 in my pocket when i sold it at Mecum in 2012, which means i made about $23.00 per hour for the time i spent building it into a functional street car.