Why isn't there a thread on the Magnus car?
 

There is now. :D
I know some of you are just as intrigued as I am about a YouTube celebrity adding crazy value to a car.
I am so happy it's a no reserve auction.
So what's your guess on final sale price?


https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/magnus-walker-str002/

It's going to surprise people, but this will still hit $300k IMO. Seller might even make money.

So very urbany. So extremely outlawy.

Auction result at Pebble in 2013
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1972-porsche-911-str-ii/

Also was for sale at this Aston dealer for awhile. Think they were asking $375k
https://www.astonmartin-lotus.com/porsche/1972/1972-porsche-911-str-002-by-magnus-walker

I think it's a mid $200k car max but it will probably sell closer to $300k since a bunch of people eat up the whole urban outlaw / rocker brand Magnus created...

https://youtu.be/uqHyfu8Rf-c?t=383

P-car market seems shady as hell so I’m going to say it’s bid up over $300k thanks to some shill bidding.

He said, so very Mockingly. :D

I don't think the market for this car is as strong as it once was. I'm putting it down around $250k.

I'm sorry, but I don't see $300,000 worth of special in this car. Nothing superior to many of the builds here, performance--wise. Aesthetically, it's a hodgepodge and not especially attractive. Mocker's right, '"So very urbany. So extremely outlawy." -- I'd add so very Disney!

The comments are interesting. If anyone wants to part with or build a 3.2 liter motor for this guy, he'll give you $100,000 just for the engine:

"For me, the 3.2SS MFI powerplant is the centerpiece of the car and is droolworthy all on it's own....... and probably a six figure endeavor unto itself."

Robert

That is laughable.

$100k for that motor? ROFL

Is it me or are ridiculous questions being fed to this guy and then answered equally as ridiculously?

"I guess a few things should be mentioned. This car part: This is a real longhood and not backdate. It’s not singer or Gunther like detaileded (at $700k - $2Million) but this car is very nicely built and to many an even more desirable take on the Outlaw. Magnus seems to be at the the beginning of his rise to fame and is very well respected and liked by an even larger crowd than the Porsche community. He has already achieving mainstream celebrity. He has Match Box cars, Movies, documentaries and seems to be building international momentum.
Yes, the car can easily be put away and shown to some big collectors friends or Porsche Museum. What a shame that would be. What would a car like this sell for without everything attached to it?
I was at rennsport 6 and saw many and spoke to a few hotrod outlaws owners and builders. $300k seem to be the middle ground for decently built cars. Some over $300k and a lot higher. I met a few owners of gbody backdated cars with a standard 3.2L (well built) that had big money into them. This car is worth what someone is willing to pay. Who’s buying? A driver, and art collector, a Porsche Collector, investor. This is a living cultural icons car. To some it’s a car to others it’s much more, not unlike many special collectible things of all kinds. . So, If I had to guess a number, I would say....sorry gotta get ready for work. Good Luck to all and Congrats to whoever wins this beauty."


How many hot rod builds have you seen sell for over $300 grand? No "art collector" is buying this car and its not as significant as the Janice Joplin 356. Give me a break. Beginning of his rise to fame? I would argue that he's already past his peak. $300k is middle ground? Where on Mars?

I know that not everyone who owns these cars has technical knowledge or skills, but it's still amusing to me to read the posts about, "consulted my mechanic about JB Weld used on the engine case".

Saying he is "beginning his rise" and "gaining momentum" is hilarious. Well past peak fame, but I think bidders will have extreme confidence in the build quality of this car due to his name and its history/documentation. Confidence spurs bids and $$$, which is why I think its going to go for all the money plus some.

You sell the sizzle and not the steak, as Kramer would say. Magnus has sizzle, big time. And I bet this car is a lot of fun to drive.

Look at the G body ST's being built out here and selling for $200K. Magnus has nothing to do with them, and while well done, they're not special, per se.

There are plenty of guys with plenty of money who want a car to brag about, that's built up already and that draws a crowd at Sunday C&C's. This one fits that bill.

$300K? Maybe, but not from me. I could get it done much cheaper, but my name isn't Magnus.

The matchbox thing had me until I saw the rock chip so I'm out.

Edit: I changed my mind, I'm in again and my plan is to forward date it into a boxster. Take that, living cultural icon.

like the day he drove his car into the back of a car carrier at one of his horse and pony for pay shows? for me that's always been a high water moment...


I would not want to drive another guys car as my own because he/it was famous, unless it was jon Voight's la baron. seems to me a lot like showing up to a party with a brand new second hand girl...

flojo or magnus?:D

Ha ha - nice!

And with a press member on board, almost taking out a Mercedes. I have always found his cars interesting and don't get a lot of the hate. But he drives like an a$$ on public roads.

I had a funny conversation with a guy last year. He was telling me he had a "Magnus car," and sent me a pic. I sent him back a pic of the car before I sold it to Magnus, whose contribution was to lower it and put different wheels on it. He got very quiet.

This car would never see 300k plus of my money, regardless of who built it. I suspect the seller won’t ever see break even on this purchase.

Magnus build
 

I am shocked that this would bring any thing near $300K.The members on this forum have built way more quality builds than this.Dave K has two that have sold over $200K.Right now SEAFYE has an impeccable 70E in Orange that is cheap at his ask.I made a comment last year about a steering wheel with his name.The comments back were not nice.Jim Tweet has made some very nice ones as well.Magnus is a hodge podge with a ponytail and a clothing line.He has done well and more power to him.He has definitely brought more attention to our world and he has my thanks.VALUE ? ciao fred

Pretty funny...

Magnus PI jumped the shark in like 2015 when he crashed his car into a parked truck.

He did make this recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqAzugyCQEo

The nicest cars in Magnus’ collection aren’t the ones he’s personalized

Yep, most of his cars are low mile survivors with interesting options/colors/interiors etc.

Will that forward date include both hairdresser and aerobics instructor costumes, or at least a sweater to drape over one's shoulders?!?!

$237.5k - 4 days left.

https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/magnus-walker-str002/

With the two Flyn Hawn cars selling for around $230k and nothing but a PCA award for provenance.
I now see this car, with the Magnus build title, hot wheel and Lenno appearance, bringing $300k or more.

The markets a little softer these days

True. Maybe a little less.


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Maybe those stickers under the mirrors add 20k a place. LoL

I gave it a second look, trying to be charitable, but I just don't find this car attractive -- at all. If someone else finds it attractive, fine. But, to me, this is like the emperor's new clothes.

I'm not an artist, but I spent 30 year in the graphic arts industry and this car has no design coherence whatsoever. If incoherence was the goal, then, 'Okay man, it's cool, I got it." But to my taste, gold striped 'Porsche' on the sides matching the gold wheels, but then, red bumpers, and blue stripes on the hood, roof, and deck-lid? The car looks like it was constructed with hand-me-down parts. I'm sorry, but the aesthetics are simply a befuddled hodge-podge of design elements. .Like many other modern product designs -- this falls into the the category of the 'Disney-fi-cation' of design. For a Hot-Wheels toy, it's a great design. For adults? Don't make me laugh!.

If you like this car, great. But $300mm? The emperor is shopping at Walmart -- and it shows. Frankly, it scares me that some media bamboozled individual would pay anything close to that for this car. Not that I have a strong opinion or anything.

Robert

Interested to know-- what's an example of a hot rod build that your think is really well done?

Speaking of cool Hot Rods...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFgu6tBLiN/

Flatfan

https://i.postimg.cc/zGXBw0DD/Screen...8-46-10-PM.png

Piscator I agree and I’m not saying the car is worth $300k. I too find the multi-color Porsche fad ugly. It’s right there with black wheels.
I’m trying to put myself in the mindset of someone that pays $230k for a backdated RSR build.
That guy has money to burn, has no vision or talent and wants to be hip, but he really just wants you to know he has money to burn.
What better way than to drive into C&C with a Magnus built Porsche.
That guy is out there.


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If I had an extra $250-$300K to spend on a car (speaking of which, Deez and pNutz, get back on the corner, NOW!!!), it would have to have a well hung engine like that in it!

Does anyone actually know the seller of the ex Magnus Walker car ?

I'm betting the 'sale' is actually a case of advertising it on 'P Car market' in order to generate publicity and they are paying the owner. Otherwise why list in such a comparatively new sites when there are far better places for the exposure of a celebrity car.

Black, the term "hot-rod" is pretty broad, but the 'Beach Boys,' 'Hot-rod Lincoln,' stereotype,is a car that's been 'hopped up' by a young male, on a slender budget, using disparate parts, cleverly (but maybe not completely) assembled, to achieve some exciting level of performance. On that basis, the Magnus car is is brilliant (except for the slender budget part). Aesthetically, it looks like the Camaros my buddies and I adapted, with whatever parts we could find -- to look 'cool.'

But it ain't art! And it ain't worth $300m, except, maybe, to some guy who hasn't quite grown up.

The Ferrari 400 I posted is, to me, art. It's esthetically cohesive. It's gorgeous. So is the E-type Jaguar. The Porsche 911 in its classic iterations. These exquisite automobile designs suggest an esthetic unity or completeness. They don't need to be made into masterpieces, because they already are. Modify them if you want, but visually, you won't be improving them.

Robert

it sure as hell ain't worth $300m.

but it might get close to $300K...