Needle in the hay stack!

[map351]

Looks like he found it! :thmbsup:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110306170567&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001

[One Sweet Day]

I KNOW LITTLE ABOUT THIS VEHICLE FOR THE OWNER PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.




THE OWNER AND I WENT THROUGH IT TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE SELLING AND I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN ALL I CAN

apparently he did a seance to get this information....:rolleyes:

[coralcoupe1993]

Lord.... I am in the middle of a bidding war with this car. :slaphappy: lol

[INSANELY CRAZY]

damn... he said jay leno is high bidder now and has 0 feedback, but he has a high feedback in life.lol

[sweeney1030]

p.o.s for 70,000 ? wtf are they thinking they were junk when they were new and from the looks that one did'nt age well.

[coralcoupe1993]

heres a better one!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___2005-FORD-GT-AUTOGRAPHED-COLLECTORS-CAR_W0QQitemZ370109458728QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20Trucks QQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=i tem370109458728&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[lib88stang]

Tell us a little on the history of this Mike.

[Martin0660]

Shaun, from the eBay page..............

So if Pontiac built six Super Duty Tempest station wagons and six Super Duty Le Mans coupes, then what happened to the rest? Short answer, according to Pete McCarthy's Pontiac Musclecar Performance Manual: Nobody seems to know.

Super Duty Tempest station wagons

· Shipped to Royal Pontiac, Royal Oak, Michigan. Whereabouts unknown.

· Shipped to Anderson Pontiac, Akron, Ohio. Tuned and driven by Arlen Vanke and campaigned as the Papoose One. Whereabouts unknown.

· Shipped to Al Hodges Pontiac, Cocoa, Florida. Driven by John Tempest. Whereabouts unknown, possibly destroyed.

· Shipped to Van Winkle Pontiac, Dallas, Texas. Driven by J.L. Meador, later owned and raced by Don Gay. Whereabouts unknown.

· Shipped to Union Park Pontiac, Wilmington, Delaware. Restored.

· Shipped to Arnie Beswick, Morrison, Illinois. Campaigned as Mrs. B's Grocery Getter. Stripped and dismantled, but later cloned by Wally Abela.

Super Duty Le Mans coupes

· Shipped to Ray Nichels Engineering, Merrillville, Illinois. Driven by Paul Goldsmith to a win in the 1963 Daytona 250-mile Challenge Cup. Documented as destroyed.

· Shipped to Stan Long Pontiac, Detroit, Michigan. Driven by Stan Antlocer. Whereabouts unknown, though front clip has been recovered. · Shipped to Superior Pontiac, San Antonio, Texas. Whereabouts unknown.

· Shipped to Mickey Thompson. Campaigned as the No. 749 A/FX car and driven by Bill Shrewsberry and Bob Spar. Fate unknown.

· Shipped to Mickey Thompson. Campaigned as the No. 756 A/FX car and driven by Jess Tyree; later sold to Arnie Beswick and campaigned as the Little B's Runabout before Beswick converted it into the Tameless Tiger Funny Car. Destroyed in a racing accident, but later restored.

· Shipped to George DeLorean and Roger Schmidt. Restored.

It would seem that this is the second of the super duty LeMans Coupes (or at least it's being bid on with that specualtion) Driven by Stan Antlocer.

The funny thing if you followed this, it was put up on eBay as an old drag car found in a shed. All this came to light over the course of the auction.

Bob Myers

[Martin0660]

By the way, I am at least partially sure Mike and I saw this car (but could be wrong)...............

Shipped to Mickey Thompson. Campaigned as the No. 756 A/FX car and driven by Jess Tyree; later sold to Arnie Beswick and campaigned as the Little B's Runabout before Beswick converted it into the Tameless Tiger Funny Car. Destroyed in a racing accident, but later restored.

It is restored as Tameless Tiger funny car.

http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/35845/2124693200066453426S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2124693200066453426JTtwQp)

The silver car behind it is also a later pontiac factory race car (64, 65?????). The frame is swiss cheesed, aluminum front end, and yes, those are aluminum cast exhaust manifolds..............

http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/44440/2473324700066453426S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2473324700066453426RhGrhf)

Bob Myers

[lib88stang]

seems hard to belive someone didn't know what they had.

[Killercanary]

$90,000 for that!?!?!? Damn, the economy must be better off than I thought. You'd have to pay me to haul it away to the dump let alone bid on it.

[Martin0660]

You'd have to pay me to haul it away to the dump let alone bid on it.

I sure as heck aint buying either, but in theory (yet to be proven / documented), but it's ONE of SIX cars built. Of the Six, one is documented to be destroyed (although watch for the VIN to magically re-appear after this), One is documented to have been converted to a funny car, and one is already restored. That leaves three t obe discovered, and this very well might be one of them. If you where into Pontiac race history, it's possibly once in a lifetime for something like this to show up in public, and mostly by accident. Like I said, not my cup o tea either, but if you where into Pontiacs........

Bob Myers

[map351]

SOLD! $226,521.63
After Leno restores it 900K.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CH1007-53783

[blizzard]

Leno ain't restorin' shit... he's gonna pay the other $673.5k to have it done. ridiculous.

hey Leno! can i borrow a couple hundred grand ??

[map351]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/10/ebay-find-of-the-day-1963-lemans-tempest-sells-for-226-521/

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/

4.5 Mil Daytona > http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=519722

[INSANELY CRAZY]

same seller is selling worthless pix now... LOL,LOL,LOL...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p284.m183&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DUCI%2 52BSI%26otn%3D2&item=110306497395&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&itemcount=2&sspagename=MERC_VIC_RCRX_Pr2_PcY_BID_IT&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refitem=110306170567&usedrule1=CrossSell_LogicX&viewitem=

[map351]

Here it is...
Look here > http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CH1007-53783

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/366693-sd-1.jpg

[somethingclever]

Wow...it's incredible that the seller didn't know what it was and then (john madden voice on)...BOOOM!

It sells for close to 1/4 million.

That's crazy.