zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Buying
/
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $226,521.63 For A Basket-Case 1963 Pontiac Tempest?
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $226,521.63 For A Basket-Case 1963 Pontiac Tempest?-April 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:20

By now, almost all of you have heard about the Barn Find Of The Year, the '63 Pontiac Tempest that turned out to be the long-lost Stan Antlocer Factory Experimental drag racer, one of six lightweight '63 coupes stuffed full of 421 goodness by Pontiac back in the day (you can read more about these machines at ). The seller apparently had no idea what he had until crazy offers to end the auction early started pouring in, thus assuring those with hoarding disorders that you should always save everything… forever! Anyway, heartwarming story, piece of drag racing history, et freakin' cetera, but what we want to know is: how about that price? Did the bidders get carried away in a frenzy of one-upmanship, or is this completely trashed ex-race-car- which we freely admit registers an off-the-scale reading on the Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter™- really worth that much?

, and thanks to many, many of you for the tips on this one.

( )

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Buying
For $3,700, is this Peugeot a sweet 16?
For $3,700, is this Peugeot a sweet 16?
Due to attrition, French cars in the U.S. are becoming as rare as poule dents, Today's Peugeot 405 Mi16 could make sightings in someone's neighborhood a lot more common, but only if its price proves uncommonly good. Something else that's rare is a day when one of our candidates claims...
Apr 20, 2025
For $29,888, drop an f-bomb
For $29,888, drop an f-bomb
Buying one of the F-Bomb Camaros certified to have appeared in The Fast & Furious 4 might be da-bomb. But when you find out today's car is not the 1,500-hp twin turbo version, you might just drop an f-bomb of your own. Wesley Morris, film critic for the Boston Globe,...
Apr 20, 2025
For $7,000, is this a killer B?
For $7,000, is this a killer B?
The U.S. has seen a number of British invasions, the best one being the MG-led post-WWII invasion by English sports cars. Today's MGB-GT is ready to invade your driveway, but will its price call off the attack? Ebola, Gonorrhea, Donald Trump's attention - according to you there are apparently worse...
Apr 20, 2025
For $55,000, this may be the oldest Type II ambulance . . . in the world
For $55,000, this may be the oldest Type II ambulance . . . in the world
Barn door, rat rod, VW, type II, kombi, ambulance. Today's Volkswagen Bus may be a lot of things, and it's up to you to decide if deal is one of them. A lot of you were French Pressed to scrape together much love for yesterday's , a fact borne out...
Apr 20, 2025
2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe: First Drive
2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe: First Drive
BMW 1 Series M Coupe I told myself I would hate the because no parts bin-built Bimmer could ever be worthy of the M-Sport badge. Right? Of course. I knew I would hate the "." I had to. But did I? Disclaimer: BMW wanted us to drive the 1 Series...
Apr 20, 2025
For $11,995, go topless on the Riviera
For $11,995, go topless on the Riviera
The sixth generation of Buick's Riviera, represented several firsts for GM's personal coupe - first front wheel drive platform, first Indy pace car, and first convertible. Today's Riviera is one of those drop tops, but does its price need to drop as well? Of course being both fast and furious...
Apr 20, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved