One rare find in the automobile world has a new home after a record breaking sale a few weeks ago.

You may have heard of the Delorean from the Back To The Future franchise in the 80s, but there was a Canadian equivalent of the car in almost the exact same design and purpose... to be a "safe" sports car.

The Bricklin SV-1 made in New Brunswick had a short life of production, much like the Delorean but is still a rare find to add to anyone's car collection.

Recently one was sold at over $30,000.00 at the 41st Okotoks Collector Car Auction, a new Okotoks record. It belonged to Davis Edels before the big bid.

He says he'll miss the car, but still has a couple of toys he can still drive and have a little bit better of a warranty on them then the Bricklin.

"I have a Mercedes Gull Wing," he says. "A newer one that is a lot of fun to run around and it does have a warranty, I'm in a hold pattern, I don't need anything right now if anything, keep disposing of cars."

Edels says he's had a couple of fun adventures but also compared the difference between the Bricklin and the Delorean (which he also used to own and sold recently).

"A big old American muscle car," he says. "The delorean, was size wise was all that much smaller but it was lighter, it was a much smaller engine, it drove like a European car."

Before the auction even began, Edels had potential buyers for the Bricklin and wanted him to sell it privately to them. But he raised the bar buy simply saying if you want a deal, you better ready to pay for it like anyone else at an auction.

"I started to get a little tired of answering that question, so then I said well I'd like to get for it world record price, never ever dreaming that would happen."

But it did.