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 traveled 55 miles (88 kilometres).
There were three Ford GTs in the collection stored in a Quonset hut at the dairy farm. Also in the collection were four Plymouth Prowlers, six Corvettes and half a dozen Ford Harley-Davidson special edition pickup trucks.
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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.
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Lawayne Musselwhite and fellow car enthusiast Darren Boychuk, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., northeast of Edmonton, 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 $468,000 USD. The car had travelled just 18 kilometers (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.
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Boychuk kept the silver and black “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 special edition 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 Harley-Davidson Ford for a work truck.
“They are all gone,” Lawayne said when reached in Las Vegas. “It turned out good.”
Lawayne Musselwhite’s ultimate barn find.
Alyn Edwards, Driving
