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2000 Plymouth Prowler with $55,000 Paint Job Is Up for Grabs Again

Money-making machine. This is how one could describe the 2000 Plymouth Prowler Wild Thing we have here, after the car popped on an auction house’s list one more time.
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Photo: Barrett-Jackson
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Painstakingly created about a decade ago, the car is one of only twelve in the world to have been included in the 2010 House of Kolor calendar. And that’s a worthy recognition, considering how much money went into the paint job alone.

The complete process to make the car what it is cost the builders around $400,000, of which an astounding amount of $55,000 went into mixing black and orange in a design never-before used. Some of that money was spent on drawing, in airbrush, a panther on the rear deck.

The black and orange mix of colors is used at the interior as well: accessible by means of Lambo-style doors, the interior is an explosion of colors that wraps around the custom dashboard, seats and steering wheel.

Under the body of the car lies a supercharged V6 engine mated to an automatic transmission that develops 472 hp, sent to the rear wheels of the 2,875 pounds machine (1,304 kg). The engine has been run for under 500 miles.

The car is now part of the Sam Pack Collection and will go under the hammer this coming weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the hands of auction house Barrett-Jackson. Back in 2016, it was on the list of cars to be sold by Mecum, but that didn’t happen and the car remained unsold.

That will hopefully change this weekend in Arizona. The car is listed as for sale with no reserve, meaning it will go to the highest bidder regardless of price.

Chances are no one will pay the full $400,000 build price, and the sale will be concluded at a much more accessible price.  If anybody finds it to be a car worth driving just as much as it is worth looking at, that is.

Update: sold for $38,500.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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