AMERICAN Pickers star Mike Wolfe's recent find has fans scratching their heads after guests turned down a whopping $75,000 offer. Clips from the episode were shared on the American Pickers ' Facebook page, showing Mike , 60, and his costar, Jon "Jersey Jon" Szalay , 60, negotiating a deal for a rare Mustang. In one, the duo are pumped as they head to an Alabama barn where the owner of a 1967 Shelby Mustang stored the vehicle.
Their excitement only increased when they arrived to see the vintage car, which Mike gushed was nearly "impossible to find," given only 2,000 of them had been made. The guests revealed they paid $3,700 for the car in 1983, though they hoped to sell it for a much higher price. After further inspecting the vehicle and consulting with a vintage car expert, Mike and Jon discovered that restoring it would cost more than $100,000, which lessened the car's value.
Read More on American Pickers However, the owners were determined to make a hefty profit and revealed they rejected two previous offers of $75,000 - the same number that Mike was prepared to offer. WORTH THE COST? Ultimately, the owners refused to give up the car for that price, and the group went their separate ways. Viewers were stunned by the exchange as they felt a $75,000 price tag for the car was more than reasonable.
"They better jump on the $75,000," one fan suggested in the comments. Most read in Reality "Definitely worth saving but no way I'd pay 75k," another remarked. "Worth way more than 1.