April 16, 2019
By: Jonathan
Even days after the final hammer smacked down in Palm Beach, FL this past weekend we’re still finding gold in them hills that was Barrett-Jackson. The latest treasure is this 1998 Dodge Ram, sold as re-creation of the one Bill Paxton drove in the movie Twister, though perhaps re-imagining would be a better term since his was a 1996 Ram 2500 in the film.
Two things are really of interest here. The first being that Twister was a kickass movie so being able to have your own storm chasing truck with a Dorothy movie prop in back is solid. The other main point of interest is, why? Aside from the obvious awesomeness of Twister and Paxton, the truck in the film was a basically stock Ram. Paxton was out of the game, he didn’t need a truck with frills, but something basic… and this is basic. So the idea that someone would set out to re-create it seems a little silly as any red ’98 Ram would essentially be a recreation and if you add a Dorothy even better.
Though it would appear that the truck’s creator was actually onto something. As noted, that truck minus Dorothy is just an everyday ’98 Ram that has a value of $4,500 when priced at 100,000 miles and excellent condition. This truck sold for $11,000 at auction. Meaning that by placing a Dorothy in the bed and calling it a replica, $6,000 was added in value to the truck. Not a bad days work.
Now excuse me while I watch movie after movie trying to determine which replicas of my own I could create.
[Photography courtesy of Barrett-Jackson.]