For Sale Again - Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark Nazi Staff Car

Back in June of this year we reported that the Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark Nazi Staff Car was for sale on eBay Motors. We thought it news worthy due to various discrepancies in the advertisement, like the listing started with a "Buy it Now" price of $2.5 million, and was supposed to run until June 6th but it was relisted on June 3rd starting at $1.00 with a reserve price.

In addition, our blog pointed out:

“The car is being advertised as “original”. An original what…an original replica of a Mercedes? Also, the seller states in his description of the car, “This car can handle and stop on a dime due to the mark 9 chassis and over sized disc brakes jaguar uses. The car can go 0-60 in 6.8 sec, that’s flying for this car. The car is impeccable condition, it runs and sounds Good , but if you would like to put it on the street again, the brakes need to be bleed, and the gas tank will need to be drained, from sitting.” Could a proper test drive of the car been done for the seller to make such claims?

This car was sold to the present owner with 600 miles on the odometer and 2 inches of dust covering it from being stashed away for 27 years, but it’s being advertised as being in impeccable condition. “It’s still like the day it was built, this car can be serviced buy any jaguar mechanic. All the dents on the passenger side are still from were the truck hit the car in the movie.”

We are big fans of all the Indian Jones movies and hope that this car ends up in a museum for all to admire.”

Well guess what, it is in a museum! Indy’s Nazi Staff Car is on display at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, and it will be going up for auction on December 11th as a collection of Hollywood Memorabilia 33 by Profiles in History, which claims to be the nation's leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts.

For those of you interested in obtaining the Lost Ark auto, place your bid online at eBay Live Auctions on December 11, 2008, 11:00 PST. You might find the Profiles in History listing for this car more straight forward than the one in our prior report, and all the fluids in the car have been changed and the brakes have been bled. This fine piece of movie memorabilia from the Raiders of the Lost Ark is also being offered at a realistic price - the starting bid is $60,000.

Profiles in History will have about 500 very cool items in their Hollywood Memorabilia 33 auction, but we'll be keeping an eye on what Lot 366 sells for and maybe this time, the Indiana Jones Nazi Staff Car will find a permanent home in a museum or personal collection.

Photo courtesy of Profiles in History