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Rare Pontiac Tempest on eBay sells for 225k
Apparently this guy had no idea his Tempest was anything special until someone watching the auction clued him in. It turns out he had a very rare and famous drag car from the 60's that has been lost all these years. His reserve price was $500!
http://bringatrailer.com/2008/11/07/long-lost-racer-1963-pontiac-lemans-super-duty/  
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11-10-2008, 11:14 AM
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Sounds like Jay Leno bought it...
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11-10-2008, 12:01 PM
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would have gotten more if they would have gotten Ellie to pose with the car for the ebaypics
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Wow, pretty amazing.
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Incredible...... Can you imagine that guy's attitude as the info started rolling in and his old Tempest became a 6-figure sale?
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11-10-2008, 12:15 PM
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usually the winner is identified by their ebay handle, not so in this auction.
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11-10-2008, 01:48 PM
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I can see a GTO curled up in the fetal position inside that Tempest...
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So the guys wife wanted him to scrap it? I can just imagine the words out of my mouth, "Honey, I did what you told me to do, I scraped the car, they only gave me $200, here is the money my dear"........
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Makes idenfifying shill bidders very difficult.
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11-11-2008, 04:29 AM
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The Pontiac version of a 911 R prototype..
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No motor, no trans, no thanks.
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i know that is the case for the underbidders, but i thought the winners had been identified , at least i seem to recall seeing winning bidders names up 'til a day or so ago. |
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11-11-2008, 08:43 AM
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BimForce the Third, Esquire
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