Funny thing, looking back I thought the Au$800 in 2010 was a lot of outlay on my part for a brand new one, hand dremelled with fittting instructions and any hardware etc, including a milled ID plate with serial number I'll have to see what number mine was !
I think he made about 20 for sale all up and had multiple prototypes sandcasted and quite a few casting failures on the complex casting even with final production runs. He spent hours dremelling out the TBs too for about $110 exchange too and finally his wife said he had to give it all away and focus on his real job and family, stop the Magna thing and sell it all. Sad but true reflection of life's values etc.
I drooled over his ALMOST complete re-painted, highly modded scroll supercharged, water injected and intercooled 2003 Magna AWD (Mitsubishi Diamante in the USA) and I saw later he sold it for about $10,000 after struggling to find a buyer. I still regret it all for him and no place for a 4th car of mine at home or cash at the time. He was and no doubt still is...a top bloke!