Pristine Ford GT scooped up in amazing barn find sold for $ 265K
Lawayne Musselwhite is a very happy guy. The last car from the purchase of 40 current and future collectible cars stored in a Lethbridge, Alta., barn was hammered down at the Barrett- Jackson auction block in Las Vegas last weekend for a whopping $ 265,000 plus buyer commission. The 2006 Ford GT had only travelled 55 miles ( 88 kilometres).
There were three Ford GTs in the collection stored in a Quonset hut at the dairy farm ( chronicled in Sun Driving this past summer). Also in the collection were four Plymouth Prowlers, six Corvettes and halfadozen Ford Harley- Davidson special- edition pickup trucks. Most of the vehicles were new with plastic still on the seats. The dairy farmer had gone to his local Ford dealer with a million dollars with instructions to buy future collectibles. He then stored them on dirt in the Quonset before he got sick and was forced to sell off most of his collection.
Lawayne Musselwhite and fellow car enthusiast Darren Boychuk, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., bought all 40 vehicles for $ 1.1 million.
They subsequently sold the rare orange- and- blue 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition, one of only 400 built, for a sum Musselwhite does not want to disclose. The car had travelled just 18 km ( 11.2 miles). The highly- collectible Ford GT was bought by a Texas dealer who is now offering it for resale at $ 650,000.
All six Corvettes sold, including a matching pair of silver 2007 convertibles for $ 45,000 each. Three of the Plymouth Prowlers sold for $ 40,000 to $ 45,000 each. They were in new condition with only delivery miles.
Boychuk kept the silver- andblack “Black Tie” special- edition Prowler. Lawayne is keeping the last Ford GT — a blue model with only delivery mileage. He is also set to keep the new 2007 Shelby GT 500.
Two virtually- new 2008 Ford F- 150 Harley- Davidson specialedition pickup trucks sold for $ 45,000 each. A Harley- Davidson one- ton pickup truck went to a new buyer for $ 44,000. Lawayne kept a slightly- used Ford for a work truck.
“They are all gone,” Lawayne said when reached in Las Vegas. “It turned out good.”