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13-11-2008, 10:41 AM
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Hey guys, Im hoping that no one else has posted this, have searched, but nothing.
The story- This guy put this Pontiac up for sale on ebay. He started the bidding at US$500 with a buy it now of US$4000. It has no engine, gearbox and a few other bits and pieces. Little did he know that it was a one in six sedans built like this. Very rare car and someone brought this to the sellers attention , but he said he will just see what it gets on the bidding. The Winning bid was US$226,521 Here is the ebay link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...0567&viewitem= Top stuff, you never know what you have!
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13-11-2008, 10:45 AM
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wow...what a lucky guy.
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13-11-2008, 10:51 AM
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Just another mock-up..
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holy crap... imagine that...
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13-11-2008, 11:07 AM
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13-11-2008, 11:27 AM
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Damn what a lucky bugger
*runs out to recheck tags on XY* No Luck!
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13-11-2008, 11:40 AM
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lucky guy, had a piece of racing history worth a huge sum.. and he didnt even know it! i kinda feel sorry for the bloke who passed away, im sure if he'd know he would have sold it to enjoy a better retirement (well im assuming he was retired)
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13-11-2008, 11:51 AM
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Meh, It only goes up to 120 on the speedo
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13-11-2008, 12:23 PM
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Thats just under 200kms/hr. thats not bad for the 60's
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13-11-2008, 12:28 PM
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120MPH(192km/h) is still pretty fast for a 1963 model car i reckon...
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13-11-2008, 12:41 PM
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How does the 'buy it now' work then. If he had people who new what it was interested, and the amount was near the $4k, why wouldn't they jus do the buy it now option?
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13-11-2008, 12:52 PM
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I take it by the banter iin the Q&A that Jay Leno bought it.
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13-11-2008, 01:15 PM
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Because if the first person who looks at it put down a bid, the Buy it now option dissappears for everyone. But if your the first person, you can buy it now. Im guessing the first person didn't know what it was either.
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13-11-2008, 02:00 PM
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That explains it then. makes sense. Thanks BSSXR8.
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13-11-2008, 02:04 PM
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I know of a story where a guy who stripped his XWGT to restore it and discovered that it was a Phase 3 Body that was rebodied as his XWGT, even had the P3 engine in it...
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13-11-2008, 04:52 PM
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Question 4 is pretty funny the guy says your top bidder has no feedback . His reply jay leno has plenty of feedback.
Also my mate is selling a tempest for around 25K in real good nick too.If anyone is interested send me a pm ill put you on to him. |
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14-11-2008, 07:28 AM
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Didn't know what he had-Pontiac 1 of 6 built
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