Restorer opens up his shipping container after years to show ‘million-dollar find’ iconic car rotting inside
- This man had a ‘million-dollar’ muscle car stored away
- It was rotting in a shipping container for years
- He’s now planning to do justice to it
Published on Nov 21, 2024 at 1:19 PM (UTC+4)
by Siddharth Dudeja
Last updated on Nov 21, 2024 at 1:45 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This restorer showed a ‘million-dollar find’ on his YouTube channel, and it turned out to be his own classic muscle car – an AC Cobra kit car – that had been sat rotting for years.
He had parked it in a shipping container for storage because he didn’t drive it as much as he wanted to.
Despite that, he also never sold it because of the emotional attachment he had to it.
However, he finally made up his mind and went to ‘collect’ the Cobra so he could put up a listing.
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Man revisits his ‘million-dollar-find’ AC Cobra
This restorer from DD Speed Shop — which is a workshop in Canada — posted a video on his YouTube channel.
He was there with his partner to collect the car so he could put it up for sale.
The video showed him talking about his love-hate relationship with the AC Cobra.
The AC Cobra was — and still is — an iconic muscle car.
However, it isn’t exactly fit for being a daily driver, especially when compared to something like Mark Zuckerberg’s Cadillac.
Although this example was an all-custom kit car with a 302 big block engine, it didn’t necessarily check all the ‘convenience’ criteria boxes.
An iconic muscle car
It was slightly underpowered, unlike newer Cobra models that can destroy modern Mustang GT and Dodge Viper cars in drag races.
That doesn’t mean it isn’t capable — the host mentioned that it sends out ‘somewhere above 400 horsepower.’
After all, the AC Cobra — or the Shelby Cobra, which is what it’s called in the US — was dubbed the ‘scariest’ muscle car ever.
Regardless, he tried to sell it once a year for the last few years but always ended up changing his mind on the drive back home.
He finally got around to washing it, taking a test drive, and putting it up for sale.
The sole reason behind his decision was that he wasn’t doing justice to this ‘million-dollar-find.’
Now, at least the muscle car has a chance to shine brightly again.
Well, if he doesn’t have another change of heart, that is.
