one night last year a friend got a call from someone who said he was the original owner of his smokey and the bandit T/A. This car was very clean and my friend said not for sale, not for ten thousand dollars. before the phone call was over he had sold this car for $15,000.00 to the man who proposed to his wife in that car and was buying it back for an anniversary gift.
moral of the story; money talks.
if you really want the car tell him you'd like to see it. bring cash and a trailer.
good luck !!
chris