Wrecks to Riches | S1E6 | Pony Race

This was actually a

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track from 1913 to 1916. Barry White has a plan. It's one of those once-in-a-lifetime things: meeting a legendary racing driver. Ask a racing legend. You'll probably try to sell it to me later if the store can. rebuild one of his

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cars hey, I'm really excited about that, it involves the family, we can get in there and do it just like the guys and watch it fall apart. I what to do, he will show you what to do. Don't start with me, will this stock car be a success? Turn it into a nightmare. I don't need a nightmare or a lost. 8600 how to make money the white way just get it out of there, find a mess, what are we going to do?

I'm looking for you sleeping under, get the right people, Jen, do something, what do you want me to do, work on the right parts, easy, easy, easy, easy, and get to work, bring it in and hope it's flawless. Someone wants to buy it. Happy, let your money bring. your happiness, this is how you go from

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at Prestige car shows. All over America Barry White has a reputation for building award-winning hot rods. His speed shop in Corona California is always on Top Gear and Barry runs a tight ship, but be nice, no, it's all the fun in the games until someone loses an eye it is, but right now it's been loaded with even more work, as well as with his normal clients, has committed to converting 10 old RSs into auction cards in as many months 19 19 the bottom line is that we don't have much time, so we'll go with all the available people we can gather to help us 21,000 21,000 21,000 I have 20 bids for his next date at the McCormic car auction in Palm Springs, he's only 3 weeks old, yeah, I have no idea what the FR friend is bringing in with a week less than the normal four.

Barry needs to find some shortcuts we talked about, a Marauder 60s Marauder. He has found what appears to be a clean '64 Mercury Marauder, ideal for Barry's Secret Plan is not a very common sight. I don't think many people have them for long, so it's pretty much a search for his teeth. Ford Mercurys became popular in the early '60s. The 1964 models were marketed as £4,000 of pure American decadence, the two-piece Marauder fastback sports car came with a choice of six engines, the largest a 427 V8. Hi, I'm Chris, this is Tony, his designer Chris Brown and paint and body guru Tony Carrera, to see the rare Marauder, there we are.

I haven't been running for a while, so how is it going to boot? Well, what we have here. I think it's something we may not have to remove from the bare metal like we've had to do in the past. It has to be in good condition. because they can't afford the expensive time to remove the rust. How does it look? Yeah, it doesn't look bad. Tony found a small spot on the bottom of the rocker arm on the passenger side that needs a little work but looks pretty solid. What does Tony think of this? The only thing I see wrong with the car is the rocker panel, if it can be saved, let's do it right, well, bye, it seems that we are proud to receive the honors of a new Marauder.

Chris and Tony have no idea. What Barry is planning. I'm glad I found one that was nice and solid. You know it's a good car to start with. Okay, let's pay the man. Let's get out of here. Thank you. Trevor, get busy. It looks well made and first hit. in spending $3,000 thanks to Tony rust-free block paints a fun moment for Barry to reveal his secret plan takes Tony racing down a nearby street has an interesting stock car story remembers racing at his hometown track called Corona Circle This was actually a racing circuit from 1913 to 1960 and apparently they stopped racing the cars around the circle in 1916 because apparently they had had a big race and there were three deaths in the race.

Barry wants to build a racing car, who is his favorite racing driver, well to me, Barnelli is a modern hero. A Cornelli Jones, yes, he is incredible, that guy has achieved so many things in his life, it is surprising that he wants to build a stock car to emulate the Marauder that the legendary Parnelli Jones raced. carnelli did so many different things, i mean he didn't just drive standalone cars or he didn't just drive an off road car. I mean, this guy did everything except boats to build a street-legal version of Parnelli's Marauder. Barry wants permission from the man himself, so are you okay if we replicate the car and do the paint scheme and the number and all that kind of stuff?

Yes, I'm very excited about that, it would be an honor for you to let us do it. Don't wait to see it Barry wants to build his famous 15th Marauder. I have some pictures of the car and maybe you can see it, okay yeah you know some of them have an idea. Yes, in this image it looks like the board was there. and then the roll cage, we took an old beat up car and after redoing the whole car, we checked the suspension and updated everything to current standards, but after seeing your collection and meeting you and everything, I don't know.

I'm kinda uh I don't know how you feel, it seems like I'm kind, I need to be a faithful reproduction, I almost want to do it now, like we can't do that to him, you know, because that really means something, it's really cool, you're probably trying to sell it to me afterwards, it was a really cool experience, I mean, it's one of those once in a lifetime things to meet a legendary racing driver, uh, yeah, it was really exciting to meet Parnelli. and what a wealth of knowledge and stories and okay thank you it's been great meeting you with Carelli's blessing the team can get to work.

I don't think the bodywork and painting of the parts could take that long. I think, in general, everything will be like this. Fabrication, you know, we have some fabrication that needs to be done before we go to the body shop, which is fortunate that Barry's regular team is busy with customer cars, so some of the office staff are collaborating, yes, at this moment. I have no choice, well we are all hands on deck on this, we have to do it, we have to post it here and other guys are working on another project right now that they have to finish at the same time, so here.

We have a week to strip it and paint it and then just another two weeks before Parnelli approves it and it heads to auction. It was hard for the man to see that Jack Up's hard work, yes, had the hardest part of it all. like talking on the phone yeah we change positions you have to get something out yeah that was fun of all the auction deadlines Barry White has had to meet this is the hardest he has less than 3 weeks to turn this 64 Mercury Marauder in a street legal vehicle. stock car, but this will not be a common stock car, it will be a modern version of the great Parnelli Jones designer number 15.

Chris Brown only has a few images to work with so he will turn to another race car guru, yes I hope Willie Stro really supports us and helps us with the colors of this car. It looks like it has the paint mix and everything for the original car, which makes our job a lot easier. And it will be great to talk to someone. that he knows many details about cars. I hope he has enough photos that he can help us with. Parnelli drove for Bill stro racing and Bill's son is still in the performance business. There are two different styles, two different styles.

Here, mainly, they are both the same, except in this particular photo we have a little bit of red sticking out of the hood. Mhm, this car was basically a car that Parelli drove at Pikes Peak. We won Pike Speak a couple of times, we won the stock car championship in '64 and uh, it was a great car, carnelli was a very versatile driver, he was good on dirt, good on asphalt, sports cars, sprint cars, midgets, uh , the off-road check flag is out and Parnelli Jones wins the race, he proved to be very adaptable in whatever he drove. and I got in and it's very white, just like the Parnelli stock car.

He has regular paying clients to care for. We have this car to finish and then we tell you that it is a restoration of a car that the guy had since he was 15 years old. We need to finish that too, luckily Barry the Marauder's body is in good condition. The best we can tell is that the trim on the outside of the car was removed or painted. Chris can now faithfully replicate Parnelli's three-tone race car thanks to Willie. To date, the total cost of the accident and body work is $5,000 and 50 hours. Three different colors take three times as long as a normal job.

They will need to make up time. I keep forgetting that it's supposed to be a race car and I think the results will be Well, you know it's going to be a lot better than any race car out there because most race cars don't really have that good of a paint job. The three-tone paint job takes the spender to $10,000 and 80 hours of work, the tricolors. complete in triple time St with cage, enough I guess it's not a fashion show, right? I need to customize with your usual equipment on other cars. Barry's wife, Becky, goes to clean the newly painted body.

You do not need anything. a fashion show, you're steam cleaning, you said you wanted to do it, you can do it, the Michelin Man Out, yeah that was hot, they tried to get me to use it the rest of the time I'm working on the car, but I said no, pretty strenuous yes I just have to dust and grime it like at home when it comes to cleaning no match for Becky she did a good job it looks good she cleaned everything it's a dirty job it's a Bad job, Barry can only spare two of this regular team, Brandon and Adam, the rest is up to Chris and the family, we have to take it all apart, I need to put it back together, I don't know what to do, he's going to show you. what to do do what he does on the other side oh don't start thanks this is a pit crew the great Parnelli Jones would like to work all night to see who can dismantle his part first oh you're not done yet ours has to fall apart and we're almost done, wait, keep going, we're going to win, oh, it was fun, we had a great time.

I enjoy getting in and getting my hands dirty and everything with the car completely disassembled, it's time. to determine what pieces can be kept and what new pieces they will need and it is up to Chris to find them. Hi, Ray and Chris are learning. Marauder parts are hard to find, yeah, can't wait to have one more place to try tomorrow with a tight deadline, need things fast Barry and his family will soon be ready for assembly as far as the undercarriage goes. Barry wants to stick with traditional steel wheels, but these days no one makes them big enough to fit modern disc brakes.

We can't get steel wheels that are bigger, like a 19 or 20. Now we have to create a Billet wheel that looks like a steel wheel so we can get the size we want on all of Chris's heats right now. Are we doing with all the stainless steel and chrome? We need to get over the stainless steel and chrome places. Can you do it during the week? We discovered it. Hi Barry, how quickly can we get Victor to do it. Is that all apart? We have to do it. take it apart you have to take it apart before you can take it there find out discover it I guess we'll find out when we take it apart who's taking it apart I'll tear it apart tonight when I'm done doing all the other things Chris is doing I'm not going to get much sleep with less than two weeks to go auction.

Barry White knows that he has to come up with something out of the ordinary to make a lot of money at his next auction. It's 10 days until the Palm Spring car auction and Barry is racing. to recreate a famous Mercury Marauder stock car driven by legendary racer Parnelli Jones. Back then he was pretty tough on the team and really wanted to win. Wasn't he the smartest racing driver in the world by any means? I don't know, just one of the previous U cars that I was lucky enough to drive and when I would like to do a modern interpretation of that car, I would like to keep the numbers, you know, the Mercury sponsor.

On the back is the paint scheme, but I think mechanically I would like to improve it. I want to be true to what it is, but I also want to be true to what we're doing, but there are TR issues in Barry. Speed ​​Shop, oh I bought us some parts, the boss needs to spend time on customer cars, the fuel sender, the trim trim for the dash, there are a lot of things packed in this box and that leaves Chris to ensure critical parts arrive on time. Great, I think we really can. do something today Hey, where is this part?

He's there in the corner, okay, cool, show me Tony's not used to having Chris in charge, everything's fine, what's going on? Tony, in order to put this piece of rubber on, I have to take out this window. This solution to get out is we're just cutting out this rubber on the inside, we're supposed to go in that slot and we'll stick it on CU. On most new cars the rubber is stuck anyway with just over a week left. Barry's daughter is making sure everyone knows the countdown to thisclassic stock car racer excellent, come back to me, the old NASCAR was interesting to me because there were more stock cars than there are today, you know, you have a huge metal Hulk like a Mercury Marauder and you.

I'm trying to take him around the track, you know, it's more what you know from the old school than anything, today is going to be exciting. I hope we are up to the challenge. Let Mr. Jones walk through this door and see his car and hopefully like it. But there won't be much to see if Chris can't get all the right pieces. Nobody will come back. There is a lot of pressure on this car. For some reason, this is the shortest build we've ever done. So far, it's a bit crazy, most of the pieces of the wreck need to be replaced with new ones.

A large empty box. You can see the top there. The tent has turned completely brown and has a windshield wiper mark on the passenger side. But Chris has an idea that he could solve his dilemma by pieces him. I dug up some photos of my dad's Galaxy. I was working on it for a while. I remembered a few things about the car and also knew that they shared some of the same styling. At least from the belt line. up all the glass um and all the window rubber and all that should be the same on both cars the team hopes a Galaxy windshield will work but Becky is finding out No one believes them the windshield I just need to know what this guy is asking Same questions as Did the other girl at the other place do you know if it's a Super Deluxe or there is no such thing.

She asked me what color the car was. I tell you what the difference is. What color is the car? Do you have the windshield or? not just tell him Galaxy 500, I did it, he wants, I'll talk to him, okay, he's gone, he's gone, okay I'll go call him again then there's no such thing as a Galaxy Super Deluxe if you make windshields please Learn this, but some of the original parts can be recovered and refitted as if the steering arms were still in good condition. This car only had I think 40,000 M on it, there's really nothing wrong with any of that, bring it your way a little more, come on, come on and the original diff just needed a facelift, this one is a strong 9 inch, We already cleaned it all, painted it and, you know, put new equipment on it and we'll be ready to go, but when it comes to stopping there's no substitute.

For modern technology, this has four-wheel disc brakes, which are much more efficient, stay cooler and stop better, whereas back then they would have had drum brakes, they probably would have drilled holes in the drums to cool them. Barry's Super Muscle Car philosophy combines the best of old with new. This is a proportional valve. You can actually adjust the brake bias at the rear. You can put more or less brake on the rear of the car. Variable brakes are vital. the race track, the anti-lock brake system with bias adjustment cost $5,000, accelerated the expense to $15,000 and they have worked 120 hours in 5 1/2 days and counting, if we get the engine on Saturday, we will have the car ready to go have. the engine's started and we'll get it running at noon we'll put the exhaust on we should be in pretty good shape they should be if chris had gotten the gearbox where's the transmission?

I'll call you if we need to get that too where did all the mara par come from? Barry's absence is really testing Chris. Chris's juggling skills are testing Barry. It's not that he's not working hard, he's just not organized or whatever I treat him like, hey Doug, this is Chris, a speech from Barry, I need some. questions answered about some parts now its not a really complicated car we should have been able to have these parts here do you know when it will be back? This shouldn't be that hard, give them a call and then thank you.

Barry is figuring out if they're going to do it. the auction the team needs him back let's make it a nightmare I don't need a nightmare2 granda3 Barry White has earned a great reputation at some of America's top auto auctions. Their formula for making super muscle cars out of '60s muscle cars is by paying solid dividends. It's that car that stays with you forever and that's the car that people seem to come and want to resurrect, so the car, If the auction day goes well, Barry can make 30 big profits. On the surface, they look like the originals, but they are equipped with the latest automotive technology, what we are doing is taking a car that was basically scrapped.

We now have the technology to make this car what they would have made if they could have done what we are doing and built it. As high-end and turn it into a super muscle car, you typically have a month to flip each frame into your latest build. He only has 3 weeks for this disaster, but he hopes it's all he needs to build the kind of stock car that Parnelli Jones and Bill Stro's racing team will. In fact, I love that you drive that particular car because I was able to get it to drive well with my acquaintances along with Bill strops and it seems like we have them covered.

Barry's version will have much more power than a custom one. "If we could build a new engine, but we never tested it, no, they didn't make it work, they didn't, they didn't, they didn't have the opportunity to do it. Chris didn't give them time to do it, if the thing doesn't work, I guess Yeah". I'll take it that it's a 60 that Brock runs and takes and all that, so it'll be pretty tough. I think it will definitely generate great power. Where are the steering wheel bolts? You do not have any. Are you serious? I asked specifically. him five times there, shut up, perfect, not right, Chris is free, he has to grind it, that's not the right bracket, now it's back, ordered, sent, had sent, there's nothing to screw the lower one into the brackets of the engine, it doesn't seem to be right exactly the same wait these are the same Yes, both are the same both are the same Mount mhm let's see if they have anything to do with this there are no directions or instructions or anything this is supposedly for the transc cross members what he said Chris but we're talking about Chris here these engine mounts that Chris got us from somewhere supposedly fit the 460 block to this chassis and they are the wrong parts suppliers they are Clos on the weekend and Barry can't afford to wait until the monday this stock car engine is anything but original if they can get the right mounts it should match the engine Carelli drove to Victory there you go go on go on Barry's builder has saved the day on those engine mounts and let's get it on them on this block, he has customized the mounts so the new engine can fit into the old chassis.

They head the top line, there is no top one. Yo, here the crisis prevented those chains, the John Barett and transmission cost $10,000, bringing the spender to 25 Grand and 150. hours excellent yes, good job, that's great, it will probably be almost as good as they had it in the '60s when they ran it in NASCAR. You're short on when they built the original Parnelli car. Finding parts was easy 40 years later. Chris is finding out it's a nightmare. I have the list here. Do we have all the rubber and moldings for this glass or do I need to purchase them as well?

Windshield seal. Yes, I have the one that came. Yes it sure is marked so we have it good then it's a big rubber thing okay that's all we need of course I can't guarantee the windshield seal will fit but I have it but the Chris's plan to use a Galaxy windshield and rubber has paid off. i have to get in it will be a miracle if it fits i can't believe it something came out right okay i'm trying to figure out which one is going speed shop wants to recapture parnelli's success with a perfect replica of the paint job since there really are no sources for it that was in the car, since that was all done by hand in those days, I came up with a couple of different solutions for the Mercury and what do you have?

Todd, the graphics guy, has been busy on his computer, yeah, that's a Marauder script, so that's it. The other stuff will have to be drawn by hand. We could probably get away with generic fonts. Why don't you send them to me? I'll take the measurements right now. Back then they made the signs by hand. They are now adhesive decals. No, this car will definitely be different from any of the others. He'll take it from a red, white and blue painted car and put it all together and it will look like an Ashar, but there's one decal that Barry is really counting on.

Have him sign the car somewhere or something that would be cool if that's okay with you, we'll see, we'll find out when it's there. The decals cost 2000, accelerating the expense to 27 grand and 180. Hours of work with less than a week until the auction. They have more problems with parts. This engine was never designed for this car. Nobody manufactures anything. Nothing fits. No one wants to commit to whether it will work or not. They need a manifold to connect the new one. engine to the new exhaust and are turning to an old truck engine part. I can't tell if the front is on or not, like the truck manifolds or something.

They're not horrible, they won't kill the power too much, um. they'll actually be a little bit more reliable are Castilla, so they'll be good, I mean it's still good, we can do the exhaust and finish the thing, that's the key, the manifolds will connect at a full level. -Race proven exhaust system, well we almost don't have the parts to make the pipe match the exhaust manifolds, so now we grab our pipe bender, our bender and expander, and we're out here trying to make a piece flared to match the exhaust manifold, who's the man now, huh? It's me, problem solved and the old collectors are sandblasted to go back to the new mot, back it up very soon the Mercury Marauder will be ready to run to where Chris is leaving now.

It's no coincidence that I'm checking the size of the custom wheels before painting 19 on the front spacer and yes we'll be fine with those spacers that fit like a glove and 20 on the rear, what's the rear spacing on those? Chris says 5 and A2, what? 'They make them and what and too big, weren't we? No, there's not enough free space apparently they didn't write it down, yeah, so now I have to take them. Disassemble the tires and take them back to the Wheel Company to have the centers cut. Now just hit me to re-solder them with another pair of hoops.

Take it back over the tire guy, but I guess that's quite a bit of power for the Cor in this car. It's 4 days until the Palm Springs auction and Barry is racing to finish a street legal stock car and before it goes under the hammer Barry wants approval from his inspiration Parnelli Jones you'll probably try to sell it to me later, okay I have wheels, Let's see if they fit, but before the legendary racer pays a visit, I think there's still some work to do, I've got a little bit of free space, I've got a little bit of free space back here, okay, that'll do.

It took two tries, but the wheels are ready to be spray painted to look like the original Steel Stock Car wheels in total. cost $6,000, pushing the spender to 33 Grand and 220 hours of work, you brought the B done, yeah, T minus 3 days and the team is on the last St, gotta get new boots, oh stop, something's wrong, Is the battery hooked on the correct side? In the rush, this engine was not being tested prior to delivery. The battery is supposed to be hooked to this side on the boot side, so let's turn it off and swap them and see that it's a simple thing.

Now we don't have anything, that big cable you need. to be on the battery side, the big red one, yeah hopefully that's what the battery is, we had to cross the wires at the solenoid, but hopefully now just the battery is working, but not for long. I did not do anything. Where is the leak? in oh F, you want to lift it Brandon, a loose fuel line connector is the culprit, wait second, hey Chris, I thought you went all over the car last night, tighten it up, I guess I missed one, you think so, by about five laps, no more leaks.

I don't see any, it's making all the right sounds, but the 460 is just not happy idling, finally purring like a big cat and ready to pounce for a total of $344,000 and 280 hours. It's pretty amazing what you can do to something in two weeks. and it went well, it's great, yes, it looks like we have about 10 hours until Parell arrives, we have the car running. I can't wait to see what Parell has to say about it. We're looking forward to your visit tomorrow, um and uh, just look at how it compares to the last one, who you would have thought would make it and in just 3 weeks it was their biggest challenge, but building this street legal stock car from an old and tired Marauder was built again in record time. a replica of a super muscular race car and uh it's a little loud it's like a race car inside it has a lot of horsepower and it's going to be a lot of fun to drive and what plays best first, right where Barry I came up with the idea of ​​the stock car, theold Corona Circle race track, this doesn't get any better than this, it's everything, everything is great, everything is working well, you know, I had a hard time with parts getting all that stuff, but we got through it all and we have a complete car now This came out you know the way I drew it uh we actually ended up with a little bit bigger wheel and I think the car is better tomorrow the inspiration for this car will be here at speed buy to see instead of the auction.

Parnelli's evaluation will be the most important test. This is definitely a first for Speed ​​Shop. Well, I thought I'd show you what we started with on this uh Marauder. It was our Compton special. Lots of horsepower, you think that engine was made back then. I estimate it was probably around 500. Both Carelli and Willie Stro have no idea what to expect. Barry has no idea what they will do with his job. Please note that this is our interpretation. we changed the wheels we changed some things a little we made this car in 2 weeks and A2 really yes pretty impressive for two and a half weeks thank you the problem with a Marauder is that you can't buy parts yes no you can't I tell you it's quite a modernization awesome of our original car, I mean, it's nice, thank you, do you want to start, start this, yeah, yeah, here it looks like the speed shop has done well, all it needs is the finishing touch.

Do you mind if? We put your name on the car, no, it's okay, I wanted you to look at it before you give us the go-ahead, you better make sure it's good now, it's already hot for Barry and his team, where you want it, Chris, this is the definitive seal. of approval, yes, right there at the doors it's enough to erase all the angst and anguish that came from making the deadline great, that's amazing, the first test is over soon they'll find out who's willing to pay it $9,000 it's the day D in Palm Springs and Barry is here with his stock car racer the McCormack car auction draws crowds from all over McCormack puts on an amazing auction it's just great it's a big tent and there are lots of places to sit and bid and we have some cars really nice ones here, the quality of the cars here is comparable.

Anything is a hit or miss for those who put their machines under the hammer and there are plenty of impressive and well-protected tons of power. How much butt did he kick? I think that's how many Vipers there are. It looks like a small image of VI, but there is nothing. It's as unique here just the quality of the workmanship, how all the colors came together, the attention to detail on the engine, it's a Mercury, you know, and they're rare, very rare, you see a lot of Chevys and accessories, but you very. You rarely see a Mercury race car like that.

Parelli Jones' name is on the side. He is living proof that these cars should not have been trashed and treated like they were all those years ago. You know, in terms of engineering, cosmetically, it's just incredible. The car is really spectacular, yes, yes I'm going to bid on it, see what happens, well we know there's money out there because the GT sold for 170 something like that, I think there's some money out there, it's kind of exciting . Look how many people are very interested in the car. I have a very good feeling. Less than a month ago, this Parnelli Jones stock car was just an idea.

Who is your favorite racing driver? Well, to me, Arelli is a modern hero, but Barry. He wanted the legend's blessing to reproduce the car and do the paint scheme and the number and all that kind of stuff. Yes, I'm very excited about that. Barry gathered all the help he could get. I don't know what to do. He'll show you what to do with just 3, the deadline was a touch and go, like you make a big mess and the Mercury Marauder parts turn out to be possible to find. I have one more place to try tomorrow. Hey, where is this part?

It's over. there in the corner it's okay, great, are you serious? I specifically asked him five times that there is no such thing as a Super Deluxe Galaxy, but at Hour 11 he joined in and got the ultimate seal of approval, here we go, 4000 we go. I have it 27 this restored Mustang should reveal if there is money here today down 30,000 you want it down I have it now 30 30 down 30 I have it there is no1 I have1 we sell the car worth 325 33,000 335 now 34,000 34,500 regular $34,000 the Mustang reaches 34 thousand dollars now remember that we said they were going to appear on television, the reason is for a car, Barry needs at least that to cover expenses, ladies and gentlemen, please note that most of the cars I have been using are not in stock.

It's been nice, you know the normal cars, you know the nice cars, but just the average car in the 20-something grand range, so it's hard to tell, I don't know, that's the beauty of it, you never know until you're there. over there. The Marauder starts with a bid of $25,000 2,000,000 immediately three bidders are competing for this piece of history, I got it no one here is backing down yet news7 38,39 39 40,000 41 41 berries in the money is up to 43 better than Barry expected in less than three minutes That has to be Barry's fastest auction but the way the whole car looks very attractive, it looks nice, well presented, excellent, it's on fire, we never set it on fire, what is that so?

It's amazing, the workmanship of the car and the quality of the car and the way it was presented made it a very good purchase. I was expecting 30+ and we got to 40+, so that's even better for this guy. The Marauder was too good to pass up. I think it was a fair price, neither too high nor too low. It only takes two BS and there are two there so you have to get rid of it and ban it or get out. He shelled out 43,000 for a street-legal stock car and a modern take on a piece of history.

They came up with this car and I remember when Parell drove this type of car back then and everyone has the same respect and knows the Parnelli story so I guess I'm not the only Parelli fan that's out there and sees it and Willie and It just doesn't get any better than that, I'm just glad to be a part of this once in a lifetime kind of thing and you get to meet a legendary racing driver.