Ok, so that's where this so-called $325K comes from. Thank you for clarifying that!

So the cars sold on E-Bay for $30K, then the next owner sold them on camera for $70K, now the "Fast n Loud" guys are restoring them for an upfront price of $325K, then will get another $325K if they meet the deadline. The cars are still only worth what they say they're worth. The guy that owns the museum is doing this for the publicity, hence the outrageous prices for both the resto and the final price.

Can't understand these resto costs, but I guess that's how shops stay in business, and owners of those shops continue to buy classic cars with their profits. I spoke to a resto shop owner out here a couple years ago, and he basically said the only reason resto prices are 10 times higher now than they were 20 years ago is because the prices of cars are 10 times higher. They use the same paint, same techniques, and the same equipment they used in the late 1990's as they do today. I guess that's the reason he now owns 15 classic cars, ranging from Shelbys to GTO's, and he drives a new Z06 Corvette. Keep lining their pockets I guess.

True story : A guy here bought a 64 GTO and wanted it fully restored by a well-known shop. They did the resto, but then the owner decided AFTER it was done that he had the "custom" bug, so he told the shop to do a pearl paint job, lower the car, 20" wheels, etc. The shop isn't complaining, they get to charge him for all this resto work all over again. The car owner said he wanted it done for the Detroit custom auto show, which was only 3 months away. The shop owner said that's impossible, he only has 4 employees, and they are working on two other GTO's at the moment. The car owner said money was no object, what would it take to get his 64 GTO done in 3 months. The shop owner said he'd have to literally close his shop down, and just work on his 64 GTO. The car owner said, "Then do it, I'll pay all costs."

So they did. They closed literally their shop and worked 12 hours a day on the 64 GTO. That meant the GTO owner not only paid for the re-re restoration of his car, but also paid for the shop owner to close his shop to all business for 3 months. When it was all said and done, the car cost over $500K to this GTO owner. But money was no object, he got what he wanted.