Channel 7 ran a news story on Aussie Invader III being up for sale for around $350,000 and it comes with accessories, including a display trailer, but the headline act is the 36,000 horsepower/18,000 pounds thrust from the jet engine from a Mirage fighter-bomber military aircraft.
Current Australian land speed record holder Rosco McGlashan is looking for a buyer with a sense of history, patriotism and charity.
“We’re trying to sell number 3, this car set the Australian land speed record, what we’re hoping to do is sell it to a company or an individual, put their name on it and then onto a museum as part of the Cultural Gift Scheme to get the tax write-off.
McGlashan says at 60 he is running out of time to get his next project, Aussie Invader 5R, up and running, hence the sale. ”I’ve got to get a wriggle on as I’m getting a bit long in the tooth, I’m 60 now, we need the funds to get further down the road with a new one,” he says.
If you are interested and have a spare $300,000, please contact rosco@aussieinvader.com. Serious enquires only please.
