The price may be high but add up the money you'd spend to duplicate the car. A solid body, great paintwork, 360, a 4 speed (Have you priced the cost to buy everything to swap to a 4 speed setup???) 8 3/4" axle, a nice interior...
You'd easily be over $10,000 building another like it.
These cars can handle quite well with a 1 1/8" front sway bar, 1" torsion bars, 5 stage leaf springs and a 3/4" rear sway bar and a set of Bilstein shocks. The cars are light and nimble with this combination.
