I have to wonder if all the cars supposidly selling for the high numbers actually are. Stories like yours seem to be common.
But then you see junk that'll take $25 grand to restore sell for $3000 and end up where you are. I can't figure it out.
Just like the 68 I tried to buy here, the buyer from Michigan drove thousands of miles just to pick it up. He pretty much now has over $3000 in a car with no running gear, no interior, no title and needs everything. It makes no sense, even for a keeper car.
But yes, you might do better at an on site auction. Like a goodguys show or musclecar auction house or maybe Norwalk has one at the Nationals? Listed it in Hemmings?