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.. CLICK HERE
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.
Cars history would be nice to know. Who raced it and where?
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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.
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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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
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
-- Edited by 73SC at 23:38, 2008-11-05
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1993 Corvette Convertible LT 1
Polo green metallic & tan - Bowling Green Kentucky
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.
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????
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.
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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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
