He’s better than me. I LOWBALL when buying cars!

@@slickpanther06 I think his passion for the vehicle is expressed in his willingness to pay the fare price

@@GlazzedDonut It's a fair deal and not as if he's losing any money, the car will be worth at least what he is paying for it, and after a lot of work, rather more. In the long term the car may well appreciate in value. But at least the car will be restored, loved, shown and driven - not rusting away in a barn or sitting restored in a plastic bag in a huge darkened and air conditioned underground garage as part of an investment portfolio.

To be fair, most people selling barn finds think they're worth a hell of a lot more. Pretty rare to come across a barn find that's cheap, most people know the value and often want top dollar for what are often wrecks requiring 1000s spent on them

I agree, doing a widow wrong can lead to lingering bad luck.

My exact thoughts

Was going to say the same thing. 100% the husband

@@pauliepatches yes the cat was cool

I thought the same thing. Anyone notice the color of Shelby's eyes? They are almost a perfect match to the cars paint.

I can confirm this is true.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

You forgot he walked with a limp based on the increased bolt tightening on the left of the light

He had blue underpants on and he bit his fingernails.

And had a dollar and .27 cents in his left pocket

And he was drinking coffee, theres a stain on the 3 hump pipe. 😂😂

Lol good point!!🤣🤣🤣

That's why it was sad to see it go that was his snack attraction

you could tell just by the size of the cat haha

Mouse damage is better than toxoplasmosis dust (cats)

@@guysumpthin2974 the chances of getting toxoplasmosis vs. Damage from mice infestation? Ill go with barn cats keeping rodents in check. As every barn on the planet has been doing.

That's a really good point. I have no idea why they would have swapped the block, but with values being what they are today it might really make sense to repair the it (the oem).

The video actually shows why you're likely right about that, did you see what was blocking the barn doors? Parts are in that barn for sure.

David Epperson must have blew the motor racing or maybe they even took the motor out as to not abuse the original seeing how he modified the oil pan on the block that was in there. I’d go in that barn and sort thru all that clutter and sell him the original block If it were in there

Good call

I was thinking the EXACT same thing, pretty obvious owner was a hoarder, I'm certain items are in there somewhere!

The 40 year old rat eating cat

John Valentine That cat moisturizes thats why it looks so young

It's also probably the previous owner.

A rat rod

My parents car is a 68 Shelby GT 500. All original factory paint and all. 23,000 miles on it and Rawlings would probably still say 8-10,000. What a winner he is. This guy is at least honest.

good guys to learn from!

I was thinking the same thing. I would go as far as to say he probably knows more than the guys back then building these cars. An amazing find.

nowadays they're called "incels"

11:51 power wash simulator be like

I worked on Dodge/Chrysler cars for many years and could tell you almost everything that a early 80’s to mid 90’s stock Dodge truck/car has, everything from the original bolts, nuts and screws but I can’t do that to a Chevy or Ford. The more you take apart and put back together and the more you put your eyes on these cars, it’s amazing how much you know. This guy has been working with these cars for decades obviously.

yes, if there were more of them in the world than they would pay

Did they give a really good price justin? I don't know anything about American muscle cars but they look beautiful.

You mis interpreted that, or the entire video. He stated multiple times that he wanted to know the value of the car BEFORE he shelled out the $75,000 asking price that the woman's son based off of about 100 internet searches. I was interested in buying this car too, but I didnt have $75k. Then months later I see this video of the same car posted. And he published this video making it impossible for her to get the $75,000. Weird that the appraiser he hired came up with $60-$70k or the $65,000 or shortcutting the dead man's family $10k. Especially since the guy admitted he already was going to offer the lady $65k based on her For Sale Ad asking price.

I think 65k was fair

On

Thank you!😁

Hero

Thank you that's all I wanted to know !! Not to watch a 20 minute video

Thank you...👍👍

They should’ve gave her 70K And a 5K donation to the ASPCA for the cat protecting the interior.

21:28 when he said vrOOO000oooom bert bump brooooom I felt thT

Yep!

@travis, I love my cats, but they sure make a mess of my shop.

You got my thoughts on that!!I felt the pain of that cat when i looked at the footage!!

U are smart

Thank you, Jesus for this honest caring man!❤️

A stand up guy for sure🙏🏾

You mis interpreted that, or the entire video. He stated multiple times that he wanted to know the value of the car BEFORE he shelled out the $75,000 asking price that the woman's son based off of about 100 internet searches. I was interested in buying this car too, but I didnt have $75k. Then months later I see this video of the same car posted. And he published this video making it impossible for her to get the $75,000. Weird that the appraiser he hired came up with $60-$70k or the $65,000 or shortcutting the dead man's family $10k. Especially since the guy admitted he already was going to offer the lady $65k based on her For Sale Ad asking price.

@@f.joebidencommunistpartyof4156 impressive catch. I somehow missed all that.

super

Exactly. The cat knew what a treasure this ve-hicle was.

Do you really think that cat was there for 40 years?

=)

Oldest living cat I've ever seen

The cat saved it. Probably had a few other cats in 40 yrs.Mice would have been really destructive. There isn't a place that they don't phauck up..Amazing car

Well where he video taped the whole event and posted it on UKposts I guess he left himself a bit exposed and forced to do the right thing.

Yup. Otherwise these guys would have ripped her right off. Im not wrong. It's ok, its the times.....right.?? Pft

@@gbond1010 Agreed we are living in the shadow of big brother more than ever. Free Ron Jeremy!

You don’t last long in those sort of circles ripping people off. Also if you don’t know these cars inside out your bound to get stung buying something that isn’t quite what it seems. Imagine getting it on a ramp and it’s 90% fibreglass underneath. On something like this it’s about what it’s gonna cost to make it original.

Yeah,being poor,and learning what its like to build a real car,with no money,help.and BS.

she has numerous appraisers ,, which he failed to mention,, she knew what it was worth,, this isnt the pre internet days lol

Keeps this fine old find (w/ original seats) from being fouled by mouse poop anyway! ;')

Think the cat shelby for keeping the mouse poop away.

@@MajorCaliber , the pee actually, and did you know overtime it will eat right through metal? Plus the smell is very hard to get out. A friend does restores on old vehicles on the east coast, and their mouse problem is epidemic..and this cat did help keep that away from those cars.

Tried to do the right thing🤘

Still good people in this world. God is good.

@@NinjaSushi2 God has nothing to do with it.

@@jasonswift7098 God financed the whole show.

Because he isn't a disgusting liberal.

I just bought a 86 se 225 slant 6 727 transmission in it the truck is In great shape 👌 the owners father had passed away in it 500 bucks it what he wanted for it the engine is a new short block with all the other parts on it I've has it running already less than 100 miles on the engine ,is sentimental value is priceless and I'm starting over in life after losing every thing the man who sold this to me told all other buyers it's sold before I even got there with the cash I'm far from rich or even able to make dew hardly but I've got a start again this man picked me to bless with this Ole truck and I want to get the truck up and going once again it's got a Lil rust but it's a classic truck beauty rings and moon hubcaps I'm proud of it I wish I could of given him more for the truck as this man did his health is not good I thank this man for this blessing of old truck cause I love it and his father that passed in the truck would be proud to know I'll take care of it and preserve it just like he did his father did ,it will be as cool later as it was when his father owned it God bless good people your right we need good people in this world their are some who are still I always help people it's just how I was raised my self it makes this world better

@Mark Gibson fool

I've only seen something like this on forza

spot on................................i found a real 1970 hemi cuda. just dont know how to handle the sale.

csxcobra csxcobra wow! Where at?

Thanks

Maybe the original owner reincarnated ?

@Elisha sorry but what does any of that have to do with a rescued shelby 500GT being saved from the scrap yard ???

@@6petrolhead6 How does a reincarnated cat have anything to do with a rescued gt500? Bible says you get one life then you die to be judged by God. Maybe that was his point.

One Life as a human as I recall it never said anything about an animal

Mr driveryte exactly what I thought. Great to see an HONEST KIND AND MORAL buyer. I said I hope he finds many more 👍.

OMG is that a FAIR PRICE??!?!?! UHHHH!!! the guy who buy is alos the guy who also appraise.. LESSON learnt THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL!!!

😂

@@candicemccklouskey81 the guy who bought it brought in a the guy who restores them to appraise its value, the buyer simply had his own idea about the price and it matched the appraisal, the professional restorers role in the appraisal is mentioned at the very beginning of the video.

candice mccklouskey yes FAIR. That car needed a lot of work!

I think that as well

Thought the same thing i swear after my grandfather died a red lab about blind deaf and can brearly walk showed up on the farm brown hair bleached red from sun everyone call my grandfather red and he couldn't see for shit or hear and walked funny too i know it sounds crazy

I don't believe that kinda shit. But eh, I got to be honest I thought the same thing.

Seems like the cat is so territorial, he won't let it go. It feels that this is my treasure, surprised he didn't throw a fit at some point. Cute and kind cat!

I said the same thing

If I believed in reincarnation I'd think that cat was the original owner.

They should take the Cat to.

Probably kept the mice away from the car and helped preserve it even more.

CATS NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE!!

ur not getting shit

Michael Mazor agreed me too. Is there a follow up out yet?

I agree

His name is Shelby. 😂😂😂😂😂🐈

77PM 8 uiù

@Hello Bob how are you doing?

right

“And you guys won’t believe what we found next....” -twenty minutes of commercials- *shows the friendly cat*

Moonshiners and gold rush feels

Coming up next. The team make a discovery that could change everything. Then a commercial break. Then a recap of everything your have already watched

Yep they would of dragged it out with endless Next On flashbacks 😂

I was really impressed by what he did. Enormous respect for him.

@@solasauto I do. I personally know Bob, and he is just as you see him here.

The problem is that we never got to see Bob offer the widow $65k for it. The way that garage was, she clearly doesn't know the true value of the car, she only knows its worth something. He could have offered her 10k for it and she would have taken them.

@@adanochoa9926 He gave her the money. I have faith in mankind and most people actually do the right thing.

70Grand and Road Runner, beep beep🤑

How do you figure that??

@@jrw8080 Don't know about that guy, buy I always ask cat for its ID.

21:28 I felt that

@@jrw8080 Reincarnation

@@bigspermy6282 ?

Thanks, glad to hear the human side is coming through - and the cat.

Mark Pierce the way he filmed the cat was priceless!!😻

Yeah 100%.

Yea he coulda easily cheated her out of a fair deal good on him

Yeah that shit was crazy. Just from walking around it for a couple hours he saw all of that. Imagine when he actually takes his time and works on it for days. He will know every single bolt, able to tell if it's original or not

@@_-Anthony-_ FACTS!

*breadth* of knowledge.....

that's what I'm saying

I read this as *'show us this cat again when he is driving it...'*

@@j_freed lmao

@@bneitsch 1967 Shelby GT500 is my favorite car from the movie gone in 60 seconds.

Justin Merrill You took the words out of my mouth

And for some reason feels that a rusted piece of broken down metal is worth $70k 😂

SmoothTheKid maybe not to you, but to a lot of people who know these cars, there’s definitely a market. The $70 k was retail, I’m sure someone with the cash can do better.

SmoothTheKid you have no idea

Probably at least another 100k to restore.

Ron Steurer Steve McQueen’s Bullit car is going up for auction, price tag is up well over 2 million, money is no object to some collectors! The guy that owns it got it from his dad, that found it back in the early 70’s, paid $3,500 for it. It comes with all the pedigree needed , including a letter from Steve asking to buy it, it sat in a barn for 35 yrs after his mom drove it to her school teaching job when the clutch went out and it was parked! It still has the camera mounts and cutouts for the movie equipment! I’m sure with a little search you can find the story, I saw it on a network news show this morning!

And the real star, the cat

Now I want to see it finished and what all was done to it!

Seriously! Very soothing to watch

Brought back from the dead, arise Lazarus.

Good story. Bet that money came in handy too.

I thought so too.

Exactly

@@trickester5336 💯

Yup!

The eyes matching the paint work tho

Haaaa!👏🏻

🤦‍♂️ "keep walking and don't look back" 😂

You made your punn and you stuck with it bro! I get hate comments all the time for nothing for no reason so don't worry we're all going to get hey, those people are haters out there on UKposts everybody has opinions and most of them are bad

Wayne Campbell Some of us ain’t bad!

Almost as good as Purrari

It’s such a blessing to know that the buyer will be blessed for doing the right thing on the fair purchase price. Now I fully understand how the game works. I would imagine that being blessed is a far better thing than being condemned to HELL for trying to swindle a grief stricken widow woman out of a fair price ☮️

Similar story a mother kept her sons car who went to war in the 70's he died. She kept it but over the years the car was buried under hay.... how it survived I will never know. But the guys found it cleaned it up offered her 4k as to them it was a fair price.

Nice to know there are still honest, decent people out there.

Exactly.

@RipCity prince of this world but the king is coming

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hnWHipx-rJp_x6s.html

But what if it was worth even more

Well no doubt he could have said this thing is rusty and worked on like crazy, I'll give you 20 grand and she would have been happy. Bu he gave 65 grand true market value.

@@jbcfamily4802 it was worth 70

@@locobusters Retail 70, Wholesale 60, Fair Market Value 65 21:00

Baby Benjamin did we see him give her the money? He could have given her $300 for all we know.

Your welcome!

Appreciate it! We tried to be as straight up as possible

U got that Rite sir

Yes sir

For sure

For real man someone else would have ripped her off

Yeah, that's really good to see.

PFFT. I said it out loud !

yes great car

So beautiful

the back seat lol

Nope, he was there to make sure the cars went to good homes! Notice they didn't find any mouse nests in the engine compartment, trunk, or interior -- he did a good job protecting it.

Amen to thatRattlerjake1 !!

@@Rattlerjake1 Yeah, when they first showed the interior, i saw on the drivers floor pan it had the green square mouse poison blocks everywhere. They work lol

@@AnthraxBird never do that in a car you drive! the mice die lost up in the dash and it will smell for months while it decays unable to be removed

@@lal5555f and one of the worst smells, nothing can be done to remove the oily scent of the rot which settles on everything including the lining of your nostrils.

Thanks 👍 I like Mopars and Mopar people. They are a special breed for sure. I have known many of them and photographed hundreds of their cars for features in magazine, even wrote an article called The Mopar Mystique for Mopar Action. Please check out my Mopar videos on my channel and let me know what you think.

The follow up is on my channel now

@@thewriter2549 h

Haha! God, you are right!

Haaaaaaaa true

Hahahaha

That is outstanding. Rick is a tool along w/everyone on that shit show

@bill hill You are just upset because your Yugo won't start and you can't get to the dollar store.

But they are paying for it, so how are they thieves?

Sure. The cat's the star, not the car. _Mowww, I never did think much o' that thar car - way too cold to sleep on_ . . .

@@idontcare7961 How did the cat know they were going to pay for it? ;). But seriously Marko, If you read what Chris typed, he hasn’t actually said that the guys in the video were thieves, I’m pretty sure he’s just commenting on the cats behaviour in general i.e. that it has a protective disposition. BTW Chris I got that vibe too from watching the video… the cat seemed eerily attached to it (the car)

I agree, the cat could be a spiritual representation of the owner, watching and re living the joy of the Shelbys new buyer seeing it for the first time.

@@djm-check8852 😉

@Imix Muan congratulations on your success as a vet! Obviously I didnt mean to mislead anyone into thinking that the cat had arrived when the barn was built and had been dutifully exterminating varmits for the last 50 odd years. Sometimes my humor can be a tad dry, thank you for pionting out that what i had written was completely illogical and thus allowing me to follow up with this clarification. Best wishes and thanks again!

@Imix Muan hi friend its me again! So it dawned on me that despite the age and disposition of the cats reproductive system it is well within reason that during his relatively short tenure as barn mouser he has protected the vehicles contained within from damage. So although you are correct that something else protected the cars before the arrival of the current cat its unreasonable to think that he didnt also dutifully kill rodents that would have otherwise chewed and pooped on valuable cars stored in the barn. Since the abscence of rodents does not prove that there were no rodents to begin with I guess we just have to settle with accepting my original statement was in fact accurate. Take care, talk again soon!

He was part of a dynasty. A long succession of feline guards, passing over responsibility to the next generation. Protectorate of the Cobra.

@Imix Muan My young neutered cat was an awesome mouser. He would also hunt any fly or insect in the house. Once he leaped up about five feet and grabbed a fly out of the air. You may be a vet but you don't know shit about cats.

I nuetered my calico/tabby mix when he was a yr old and his mousing instinct and ability is top-notch....he MORE than pays for his food/litter with his skills plus he's gentle with all people, loves to petted, and doesn't shed fur...best cat I've ever owned!!!

thanks

@@thewriter2549 thanks???? u knew she was going to find a 2nd appraiser,, u had to play it like that,, one lowball offer and u werent getting it.. u guys are like any others out to profit

@@italianwaterice9594 damn bro why you so turnt

@@nehow2419 its the truth,, these guys job is to make as big a profit as possible,, not to give money to "uninformed widows" she knew what she had

@@italianwaterice9594 in the end. Its a job. You dont go to work or do your job just to be nice to the company. Here to make a paycheck. As long as its not done in a scummy greedy lying way.... What is wrong with knowing how to make money with what you got?

Whoa

What else do you know

Came to say this. Lol

DHS jug djded

I was thinking the same thing. His eyes said it all while he was sitting in the trunk.

More than Carroll Shelby ?? ;p

He is president of the Ford car club. Midwest car club not really an appraisal guy.

Jeff is top notch best in restoration!

If he had only found the original maxipad kit that came with the car then it would truly be a site to see. Just amazing the smug energy for this barn find. 🤮

I hope he got to meet Carroll

jealous

Because the cat has been there since 1980?

@@250ICON Whenever the cat got there (say last 5 to 10 years), the mice moved on elsewhere.

@@ReturnOfTheJ.D. Mostly to friggin mouse "heaven."

@@250ICON the cat eats superfoods like gochibeans....she is 89 jears old.....

@@250ICON Shelby McCloud ---- from the Clan of McCloud .... lol.

wow, great story, you deserve a medal or something

What, do you want a cookie or something? Integrity is what you do when no one is watching. You did the proper thing. No kudos needed.

Lol I havent ever once bragged about that story I just wanted to tell the story so other people do a good dead

@@thewriter2549 and this video made me sub an i watched a ton of your videos awesome work man

Rare to find honest people like u, 99.99 wuld buy n take the silver over greed and profits

I noticed the same a long ago with a black car that the body man was pointing out imperfections in the metal. I missed them totally.

ik

I was hoping I wasn't the only person that saw that

@@tivie9261 ‼️‼️‼️

I noticed that as well!

@@daveh2612 haha....nice