Originally Posted by
MrChocky
What a lot of people seem to have missed about this is that not only was this an engineering tour de force, it was also a marketing one.
The car got a ton a press during the build, and then later during various events. And then during the auction, plenty of people who
had seen the car in person popped up to say how great the car/builders were, etc. I'm not saying this was staged or anything, and
I don't doubt the sincerity of anyone who commented, but the marketing was a huge factor here in the final price. Stories sell cars.
Would similar swap go for a similar price? Who knows, but probably not.
Anyone looking to make $$$$ on a DeLorean build would probably be better off with a Time Machine. That's a well understood
and repeatable build, and there's decades of marketing already done for you. One will be on BaT next month, so that'll be interesting.