eBay Find of the Day: 1963 LeMans Tempest sells for $226,521

AutoBlog ^ | November 10, 2008 | Chris Tutor

[Daffynition]

More photos at the source.

[Tax-chick]

Car.

[valkyry1]

Fools

[Kirkwood]

My Cousin Vinnie (1992)

Mona Lisa Vito: No, there's more! You see? When the left tire mark goes up on the curb and the right tire mark stays flat and even? Well, the '64 Skylark had a solid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, the right tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn't happen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had an independent rear suspension. Now, in the '60's, there were only two other cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks. One was the Corvette, which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had the same body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest.

[Issaquahking]

Man, it is far worse than realized! No wonder the big three want money, their selling the cars for dirt cheap! Couple of Million for a 63? Maybe this will help explain it

[dalereed]

“Fools”

Not at all, he can turn around and get half a million plus for at a Barrett Jackson auction.

[Issaquahking]

Sorry only $200G...chump change.

[TV Dinners]

exactly... it’s a viable investment.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

What a horrible decision-quagmire for the hybrid-vehicle tax-and-spend crowd:

Outlaw eeeevil gas-guzzler race cars, or harvest enormous capital gains taxes on such as this?

Decisions, decisions...

[dalereed]

Restored, a couple of million!

[ETL]

I saw a '69 Camaro go for just over $300,000 yesterday on Mecum. Mecum is a muscle car and classics auto auction which apparently only appears on Discovery HD Theater.

Here is the DHDT website. I don't know what time zones are used in their schedule. You might have to check your own satellite or cable program guide for the schedule.
http://dhd.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=66.15689.124793.35802.x

[JoeProBono]

It just needs a little ivory

[Daffynition]

The actress’ delivery was superb. I love that movie!

[Oops ... am I supposed to call her an actor?]

[Daffynition]

I don’t own a TV .... so I’ll have to catch it some other way. But thanks. I love vintage cars.

[Daffynition]

[Son House]

22 photos here;

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1963-pontiac-lemans-tempest-on-ebay-motors/1149500/

the ebay auction here;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-Le-Mans-TEMPEST-63-PONTIAC-LeMANS-TEMPEST-1-4-MILE-CAR-W-O-MOTOR-TRANS_W0QQitemZ110306170567QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item110306170567&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A727%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

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now if only my lottery ticket would pay off, I’d be driving hundreds of early ‘60’s cars, my favorite years because of being just after the rounded fenders fade

[JoeProBono]

Ha! Once had a '57 Chevy. Wish I had kept it up.

[smokingfrog]

the swiss cheese car goes varoooom!

[potlatch]

Lol devolve, I found a thread you’ll like.

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA. Funny, I had a '57 Chevy too. One of two cars over the years I wish I had kept.