I truely have not seen a Barrett-Jackson car on the page. From 50yrs advice in cars, if you are looking for an investment, you can not drive it. If it is an investment there are a handful of people in the world know about it and track it, you still can not drive it. The real bottom line is this, if you pay retail or more for it how are you going to realize a return on the investment? If you like the car for what it is and you can improve upon it and enjoy it, can you be wrong? I have built as an example several v8 powered Jaguar long wheelbase cars and drove them until rust finally ate them from under me. By reckoning I had more in the cars than they could be sold for at a profit, but then the roadability of the cars was nice. What was that worth??? Priceless!!
If you want the car, check it out and be satisified with what it is before you offer anything, if the price is firm and it is not the Hope Diamond then look again harder if you are still satisified consider offering aprox
the following: base price of car and donor, paint and upholstery but only $50-60 dollars an hour for labor after all, you are not paying retail to build the car and the individual selling is looking to make profit. Profit is good and necessary but, when you are buying modesty is the key, when you are selling then by all means attempt to rip off a head.