Someone paid $95,500 for just a chassis and no body, but it was a bit of a bargain

Someone paid $95,500 for just a chassis that had no body included with it, but it came at a bargain price.

However, the chassis was only fit for a specific model and car type, and was pretty niche.

Included in the price was a supercharged engine.

But what else was thrown in, too?

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Car parts can carry a hefty cost when attempting a rebuild.

Let’s face it – being a gearhead is an expensive hobby. Rebuilding cars means that people often opt for cheaper alternatives or second hand items.

For example, one man built an engine completely out of parts from Temu and even got it to run.

Chevy engineers even got in on the discounted action, too, by spending $25K on a Ferrari 458 engine from eBay to help build the Corvette Z06.

This chassis was listed at a huge sum of $95,500 even though it had no body. But it wasn’t just any chassis.

It was a custom roadster shop 1967–1972 GM Pickup 4×4 chassis, so unless a short-bed pickup truck was on your driveway, you were out of luck.

However, it was snapped up by one keen buyer, clearly with a passion for GM vehicles.

“The steel chassis has been powder-coated in black and is outfitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V8 crate engine.

“[It comes with] an eight-speed 8L90 automatic transmission, a dual-range transfer case, and a limited-slip rear differential,” stated the listing.

The chassis was constructed by Roadster Shop in Mundelein, Illinois, ‘using 2×6 rectangular frame rails’. It was also ‘outfitted’ with plumbing, a fuel tank, a catalytic converter, and even body mounting points.

Although $95,000 is a lot of cash to drop on a single car part, it actually comes at a bit of a bargain.

“A build sheet from Roadster Shop is also included and shows a total price of $106,653,” according to the listing, so some money has actually been knocked off.

The Chevrolet was certainly someone’s cup of tea, as a keen buyer snapped it up.

Take a look at the listing here.

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