A MAN has shown off his incredible movie car collection which is worth up to £400k.
Some of Peter Dale’s motors have featured in iconic films like Ghostbusters, Starsky and Hutch and Knight Rider.
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The 42-year-old movie fanatic from Manchester also owns one of the yellow three-wheeled vans from Only Fools and Horses.
He estimates his collection at around £400,000.
He said: “I have a 1962 pink cadillac like the one from Grease, a Chevrolet Nova from the movie Deathproof and a Ford Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch.
“I buy the cars for a fraction of what they are worth as they often need building and restoring.
“I went on a night course to learn how to weld so now I can do all of the work myself.
“I may buy a car for £10,000 but then the value increases to £50,000 after working on it.
“It is hard to know the exact value as I don’t value my own time.
“But I have seen an Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters sell for £200,000.”
The Only Fools and Horses super fan was inspired by the sitcom’s comical entrepreneur Del Boy.
He adds: “I have always loved the programme and it is the reason I went self employed.
“A reliant regal was the first car I purchased in 2016 for £6,000 on eBay.
“The collection just grew from there.
“Initially, I didn’t want to rent the cars out but Channel 4 got in touch for David Jason’s Great British Inventions.
“It was amazing to meet him – he was very pleasant.”
Peter has gained attention in his local area by alternating between the iconic vehicles to complete his food shopping.
He said: “I can’t just leave the cars locked up in the warehouse all of the time so I do drive them around.
“People are often shocked and take photos.
“The Ghostbuster car in particular gets the most attention.
“I definitely have to keep my wits about me as people film [me] while driving so I need to make sure we don’t crash!”
He is currently working on Back to the Future’s Delorean, the A-team van and the Batmobile to name a few.
Peter adds: “I believe there are only two Pontiac national ambulance’s left in the world and I am restoring on one of them.
“I am also building a rare convertible three wheeled reliant regal and a Smokey and the Bandit firebird car.”
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