That's insane. I didn't think it was gonna go up that high. On a side note I was lookin at the feedback of the guy that ended up winning the auction. Just the other day he paid $16,000 for a set of original Pontiac "ram air" heads. I think it's safe to say he must be loaded.
What a story. Geeeeez.
A friend of mine knows the guy who bought it, he's a serious Pontiac collector (as you can imagine.) He's having a correct engine built as we speak, and will be bringing the car to Scott Tieman at Supercar Specialities for restoration so it will be done first class.
I like the seller's other auctions. His "worthless pictures" is bid up to 2.25... he just has the touch
Only rust he can find is on the front quarter he says...I guess he never looked under the car.
I really can't understand the value of this car to anyone but a history buff or collector. Even when it's restored it'll just be a relatively dull-looking muscle car with plenty of power.
Geez. As long as we're in fantasyland, I think I would have spent my quarter-million on a couple of Mig-21s if I were looking for a rusty fixer-upper.
Two words: Historical Significance
Old race cars (and especially uber-rare factory ones) that have real race pedigree always bring the bank. This car is like the Cobra Daytona Coupe of drag cars except it's impossible to clone or recreate.
P71 wrote: Two words: Historical Significance Old race cars (and especially uber-rare factory ones) that have real race pedigree always bring the bank. This car is like the Cobra Daytona Coupe of drag cars except it's impossible to clone or recreate.
That is what makes this car so valuable
I would rather have it then a Miata
Abso-freaking-lutely amazing
I knew old muscle cars were making silly money, but this is the silliest I've ever seen.
On another note, even quarter-million-dollar item auctions aren't immune from the FULL CAPS TREATMENT.
Varkwso wrote: I would rather have it then a Miata
Do you have any idea what sort of Miata I could build for $226k?
Keith wrote:Varkwso wrote: I would rather have it then a MiataDo you have any idea what sort of Miata I could build for $226k?
And it would still be worth $10K
....at most...
this is the best line from the ad:
On Nov-05-08 at 16:40:24 PST, seller added the following information: AS YOU ALL KNOW BY NOW , THIS IS THE SD THAT WAS DRIVEN BY STAN ANTLOCER. I,M NOT SURE ABOUT RETREIVING THE FRONT CLIP FROM FLORIDA,THAT WILL BE THE WINNERS QUEST. HOWEVER HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM. THE PAYMENT METHOD WAS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES OR PAYPAL AND I CAN,T SEE TRYING TO PULL THIS MUCH MULA OUTTA PAYPAL. SO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER A DUFFLE BAG FULL OF THE GREEN STUFF. THANKS,DALE
Wow.
On rarity: there's a guy in Chicago who is a serious collector of '70's vintage factory MX bikes. Joel Robert used to race for Suzuki back when they were first going after the dirt bike market in a big way and won a couple of championships. The bike he won his last championship on disappeared and was later found in a shed in England in really rough shape. This guy spent $16,000.00 US for the bike and then had it restored for another $20K. http://www.mxworksbike.com/RH72_History.htm What makes it really rare: Suzuki destroyed all the other works bikes. This one and Roger DeCoster's 370 from that year are the only two that survive.
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