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I was not as skeptical at first but the old saying of "if it seems too good to be true, it likely is", comes to mind. The brothers were a shady bunch. Why wouldn't the vehicle collection follow suit?
its sad when companies put money-grubbing know nothings in charge. They always commoditize the product and make great products average or sub par products. There are not many, if any, "American Built" vehicles that are being produced today that i would pay sticker for. What makes it worse is that those prices are completely out of hand too. $100k for a pickup truck? seems crazy to me.
It is crazy, too crazy. What drives those prices up is that some idiots will pay the $ for them. For that kind of money, actually way less, I can buy what I want and then go thru it from front to back and make it a solid performer.
The Wilhelm Brothers collection was a super legit collection. The 100k (suspicious in itself... exactly 100k?) was part of their shady operations. They upped the mileage for insurance and tax purposes and was part of their fraud charges. The 321 miles were/are accurate.
I have seen hundreds of GMT 400's come though the dealerships over the years. Those plastic tags are pristine when they show up fresh off the delivery transport. The runs on the frame are normal. There is no way that that truck was "blown apart" and put back together.
I've tried to respond with the most logical evidence possible. As I said, I was familiar with the Wilhelm brothers auction when they initially sold the first time by Hoffman Auctions in Ohio. Here's a youtube link that explains and shows what they had and the actual auction of the truck in question. If you still believe this vehicle or possibly ALL the other low mileage vehicles were "blown apart", I won't argue with you. However, a lot of people through multiple auction houses probably weren't duped. For example, I doubt the '89 K5 Blazer with less than 30 miles would ever have crossed the Barrett-Jackson block without a completely thorough inspection and verification by their experts. BJ wouldn't have risked their reputation if there was any question of its authenticity as presented. This one vehicle may have slipped through with all the other vehicles having been restored, but I don't think so. THese guys may have been shady, but they invested their shady money in top notch '80s-'90s era vehicles.
I think most have realized this, the owner has posted in this thread.
