# ebay item of some guys life
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907 "2008-11-10T11:37:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@91CRXSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91CRXSI)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/1 "2008-11-10T11:37:31Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-Le-Mans-TEMPEST-63-PONTIAC-LeMANS-TEMPEST-1-4-MILE-CAR-W-O-MOTOR-TRANS\_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ\_trkparmsZ72Q3a543Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ\_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem110306170567QQitemZ110306170567QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-Le-Mans-TEMPEST-63-PONTIAC-LeMANS-TEMPEST-1-4-MILE-CAR-W-O-MOTOR-TRANS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a543Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem110306170567QQitemZ110306170567QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks)
guy was selling a car that he knew nothing about…
set the reserve for $500.
people started talking about it in a ton of forums…
sold for $226K
little info about the car
> **[1961-1963 Pontiac Tempest](https://auto.howstuffworks.com/1961-1963-pontiac-tempest9.htm)**
>
> In 1963, the Pontiac Tempest responded to the super stock drag racing trend by adopting a racing build. Learn about the Pontiac Tempest Super Duties.
and this… [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DrR7icfrds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DrR7icfrds) start at 5 minutes…lol
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### Author:  [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/2 "2008-11-10T11:48:38Z")
thats crazy, If he actually got payed.
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### Author:  [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/3 "2008-11-10T11:49:04Z")
I wonder which one jay leno is
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/4 "2008-11-10T11:50:03Z")
OK is that a joke that is told for that much without a engine or am I missing something significant about this car?
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### Author:  [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/5 "2008-11-10T11:50:57Z")
you are missing something … read
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/6 "2008-11-10T11:51:37Z")
wow, what a find
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/7 "2008-11-10T11:53:42Z")
> [@BDR5oh](#):
>
> you are missing something … read
Is this one of two prototypes?
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/8 "2008-11-10T11:57:21Z")
How about being the dumb shit that broke the news to the forum world, and watched something he could’ve potentially purchased for $500 and sold for $225,000…and instead watched it grow increasingly everyday… slowly out of his price range.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/9 "2008-11-10T11:58:53Z")
yeah, really… must of kicked himself in the ass after the fact
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/10 "2008-11-10T11:59:46Z")
[http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2008/05/01/hmn\_feature9.html](http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2008/05/01/hmn_feature9.html)
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.
---- for those who dont want to read.
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/11 "2008-11-10T11:59:58Z")
Holy poop.
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/12 "2008-11-10T12:02:41Z")
Trade for an F430?
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### Author:  [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/13 "2008-11-10T12:05:16Z")
It’s one of 6 coupes built from what I can tell and a few of them have been totaled. Cool stuff.
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### Author:  [@oneslowdsm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowdsm)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/14 "2008-11-10T12:25:17Z")
wow that is awesome
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/15 "2008-11-10T12:34:39Z")
> [@Beck](#):
>
> How about being the dumb shit that broke the news to the forum world, and watched something he could’ve potentially purchased for $500 and sold for $225,000…and instead watched it grow increasingly everyday… slowly out of his price range.
ehh people woulda found out, but he didnt help himself either
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/16 "2008-11-10T12:59:36Z")
Wow… I love these kind of stories…
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### Author:  [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/17 "2008-11-10T14:02:05Z")
Very rare Pontiac built factory racer.
The winner still has to get the aluminum front end which is in Florida.
The winning bidder is serious. Look at the previous items he bought in his feedback.
It’s the real deal.
BTW, his originaly reserve was at $3000 I believe. Before ebay he was going to bring it to a scrap yard but since he didn’t have the title, they would not take the car from him. Then he decided to sell it on ebay.
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/18 "2008-11-10T14:19:42Z")
Without a doubt, the most unusual and exotic factory race cars to come out the Motor City in the horsepower wars of the 1960s came in very plain white wrappers-the legendary Super Duty LeMans coupes and Tempest station wagons. Only six such vehicles of each body style were ever built before the GM Racing ban and this is
the only known example of the station wagon body style left. The SD LeMans coupes and Tempest wagons were built as a counter not only to the competition but to the tire technology of the time, which wasn’t nearly as sophisticated as it is now. Traction was very much at a premium in those days and anything that could help in that area could pay big dividends. As the production 1963 Tempest boasted a near 50/50 weight distribution with its rear-mounted transaxle, Pontiac engineers set out to capitalize on that feature with a stronger gearbox. The result was the race-only “Powershift” transaxle, a 4-speed semi-automatic unit that was fashioned out of two Tempest automatic transmissions, connected with some specifically-designed castings and operating with a clutch for engaging first gear. Of course, the Super Duty Tempest wagon also received the best and latest equipment Pontiac had at the time, including the dual-quad 421 Super Duty, a complete aluminum front end, factory-mounted slicks and a pair of bucket seats, the only 1963 Tempest wagons to get them. A beautifully restored automobile.
Pretty damn cool transmission
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/19 "2008-11-10T14:57:32Z")
I love reading about these rare barn finds. Such a cool story that for years people have been searching for this car and boom there it is, still alive. On top of that the front clip is in Florida and the motor is rumored to still exist as well.
> Q: Great find !! I hope you have the car under 24 hour guard with dogs and shotguns. This thing is so valuable I’m afraid someone might try to steal it. Good for you for letting the auction run to the end. I expect you’ll hit a home run with this one. Congrats, John. Nov-05-08
> A: YEP = PITBULL WITH AIDS AND A SAWED OFF 12 GAUGE AUTOMATIC , GOT’ER UNDER CONTROL, THANKS
Ah, the mid west.
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### Author:  [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-item-of-some-guys-life/57907/20 "2008-11-10T19:39:34Z")
Was it mickey thompsons old car?
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