We entirely dream of one day walking into a long-abandoned barn in the middle of nowhere and finding a classic muscle or race car, needing little more than some freshening to be restored to its previous glory. But that never happens, right?

Wrong. As evidenced by the 1965 Shelby GT350 that is being auctioned at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson auction. As the story goes, this car was still in the possession of its original owner (purchased on September 29, 1965) until 2009, and had only accumulated 44,000 miles. Since then, it’s seen only basic concern and maintenance to make it suitable for the road, but the entire body, paint and interior are entirely original and untouched. We hope it forever stays this way… a car is only original once, and it can never be unrestored.

We figured there might be a lot of interest in the car, but even we underestimated just how much. The final bid for the car was an astounding $ 350,000 with the final price set at $ 385,000 after auction fees.

Check out a video of the car hitting the auction block and read more around its story after the break, and check out our high-res images live from Scottsdale above.