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AN iconic car from a cult-classic movie has gone on sale for a whopping £35,000.
The stylish 1976 Cadillac Eldorado car is up for grabs after sitting in a Warner Brothers warehouse in the US for 20 years.
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A film fanatic from Britain managed to snap it up to bring it over here across the Atlantic.
And now Movie Car Hire business owner James Napier, from Basildon in Essex, is offering someone else the chance to snap it up.
The Cadillac's previous "owner" was Canadian actor Mike Myers' "groovy, baby"-catchphrase comedy character Austin Powers.
This motor was made for the third blockbuster film in the series, "Austin Powers in Goldmember".
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Myers starred in that 2002 movie alongside pop star Beyonce, after his character's sidekick and love interest was previously British actress Elizabeth Hurley.
This Cadillac served as one of time-travelling spy Austin's so-called "Pimp Mobiles".
He drove it in his efforts to rescue Austin's father Nigel Powers - played by Sir Michael Caine - from the clutches of movie villain Goldmember, also acted by Myers.
James said: "It is one of the ones made by the studio for the film.
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"The Cadillac features House of Colour highly metallic purple paint, an oversized gold grille, a pink fluffy roof adorned with a male symbol on port windows, and a pink fluffy interior with tassels.
"The car spent its entire life at the Warner Bros backlot before I purchased it a couple of years ago."
He told how it took about nine months to bring the car over from the US to the UK.
And he assured buyers it not only looks "cool" but performs well.
James added: "As far as its car attributes go, it runs and drives perfectly smooth as a caddy should be - and is entirely rust-free.
"The paint is glossy, with only very minor chips in some areas, and the fluffy interior is intact.
""It had a few new parts like the dizzy battery fuel tank and alternator, but that's about it."
But he also cautioned: "The only real issue is that the pink dye has faded over time and needs dyeing again."
Cars from movies including Back To The Future, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Italian Job and director Tim Burton's 1989 Batman featured in a poll last year about the best motors to star on the silver screen.
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James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 topped another similar survey.
And earlier this summer film fans were challenged to link a series of classic cars to the right one of various classic films.
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