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Can you believe the luck of some guys? This fellow posts this rusted old 63 Tempest on Ebay. He can't figure out why there's so many hits. Turns out it's 1 of 6 421 SD cars and was sponsored by Stan Long. Only one other is accounted for..
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saw that too. wow!

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You have to wonder if the seller is playing it up or really didn't know. There has been some great finds on eBay over the years. One man's trash is anothers treasure by the looks of this one.

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Cars history would be nice to know. Who raced it and where?

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eeluddy wrote:

You have to wonder if the seller is playing it up or really didn't know.

The seller is playing this along like a cheap violin, almost better than a Saturday Night Live Sarah Palin skit. rofl.gif



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Quite the nostalgic find, I wonder if it will reach 100 gran ? Some people have all the money in the world. I love the little GTO predecessor, 63 Tempest and Lemans are very unique, too bad the original 421SD is gone. I'd love to find a grocery getter 63 Tempest or Lemans with the 326 and put a 421 in it, not a SD of course, that would be like finding the needle in the hay stack.

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65deluxe wrote:

Cars history would be nice to know. Who raced it and where?


here bro, check this out...

download.php?Number=366693



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In the first paragraph he says the owner passed away, in the second one he says him and the owner went through the car????

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If you look at the period photos and the car on eBay you see that the rear bumper is damaged in exactly the same way. The eBay write up highlights these dents among other hints. I think this guy is a marketing genius because he let the readers prove what he has plus it has created a buzz on every board in North America.

If he had put it up and said what it was every body would have been claiming FAKE and crapping all over his auction like they usually do when something rare crops up. $52,600 and climbing for a storage lien...give me a break...but I hand it to him and oh ya we were going to crush it when scrap was $200 a ton lmao.gif

-- Edited by 73SC at 23:38, 2008-11-05

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I'm with you Ray. I don't think it was news to him the car was valuable.

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Appreciate your vote of confidence Carl, here's a direct quote from the very end of his description:

"I'M SURE I DIDN'T TELL IT ALL, SO I WILL POST AS I FIND OUT OR AS YOU ASK."



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one of these restored sold at auction last year for $US 420,000.

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Although the guy is wise to the car's value and history now, he had a $4000.00 Buy it Now when he first listed it!.

Incredible find and great it's finally surfaced!.

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Ghost Post wrote:

 he had a $4000.00 Buy it Now when he first listed it!.

That is a rumour going around on other boards BUT no proof of it.



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73SC wrote:

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 he had a $4000.00 Buy it Now when he first listed it!.

That is a rumour going around on other boards BUT no proof of it.


Also rumoured is he tried taking it to the metal yard but they refused him without the title!.

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73SC wrote:

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 he had a $4000.00 Buy it Now when he first listed it!.

That is a rumour going around on other boards BUT no proof of it.


I agree, I looked at that auction right after it was listed and I would have remembered a "buy it now" option...



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Looks like a clever marketing ploy to me. The more you read, the more knowledgeable about the car the guy seems to become. Or it could be that he was genuinely uniformed, and in that case, just extremely lucky. I'm thinking the former but who knows. Either way the owner gets to put a big chunk of cash in his pocket for something he probably paid next to nothing for ... and an extremely rare piece of automotive history gets saved.  

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It ends tonight!

up to 86,000

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So what do you think will happen? Will a legitimate buyer take it or will this turn into another eBay circus with fake bidders, hype, and general BS????

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I think as long as the winning buyer has a high amount of feedback they will take it. Otherwise, if people with zero feedback bid, then don't expect anything. I had someone start up an ebay account just to bid on my car, and then the next day cancel their account. I really don't understand those people.

They should have a tool where each time you bid, you have to make a deposit first.

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$90500 65 bids as of 8:37

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s.gif
s.gifHere is the current status.
Current bid:US $90,500.00 
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Place Bid >
(Enter US $90,600.00 or more)
End time:2 hours 14 mins (Nov-09-08 20:55:42 PST)


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I would be betting he had a buyer before the auction ran, thus he is able to run it no reserve knowing his buyer will bid at least what he was asking for it.

My 2 cents...

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There are plenty of legitimate bidders on this, I know a few of the PY forum members are all over this.

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I believe that. I am thinking he had a big serious offer prior to listing it. I don't doubt there are plenty of big players after this car!

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