This very clean, very unoriginal example sold for $31,880 on April 30th, 2020. It proves that a well executed tribute car and a purposeful driver can still fetch enough money to make building such a car worthwhile. While it's unlikely the owner recouped his entire investment in the build, if he enjoyed the car, and the build process, then I would say he broke even and then some. The listing details an impressive investment in period go-fast parts, including an aggressive diff. and rare dogleg transmission, that rightly pushed the sale price up.

Sold at: https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1973-bmw-2002-ti-alpina-tribute