History Rare Pontiac race car found

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Looks like the fella did not know what it was at first but, now he does

 

Funny part is you can tell the guy WAS clueless....then someone showed him the light...and it was all she wrote....

Dig it...betcha a few folks were cussin...becha one or two of em knew what it was before he did...

 

That is Sweet!

Don't worry Dad, I won't bid against you!

 

Wow, that's cool. I know where another one is too. But it's fairly well known.

 

Holy shit. That's pretty incredible. I'll have to watch to see what it goes for.

I love the q&a part, someone tells him he should have it under 24 hour guard and he says "YEP = PITBULL WITH AIDS AND A SAWED OFF 12 GAUGE AUTOMATIC" Now how is a pitbull with aids going to fire a shotgun? That'd be tough for even a healthy dog, me thinks.

 

Ha, no wrong flavor for me ..

 

Man sweet car. Some guys have all the luck

 

Cool

 

could you imagine... think if he put it on Craigslist for $500.00. he'd have never known, and how many people even know about these cars? I think the exhaust manifolds would have peaked my interest, but other than that it just looks like an old race car.

 

this car/story is racing around the net today like wildfire. I have seen it on 4 web forums since noon. Its an awesome part of history. Too bad all that will ever happen with it will be a full restoration to be sold for big bucks.

 

I love this story, sorta, well actually, not really. Oh Lord, why not me?

 

Wow, is there enough of that thing left to warrant that price? To each his own.

Cool history though for sure.

 

cool story

 

ratfink, think if the wrong kids got a hold of it and it was layin frame with flame throwers!!! ouch!

Had to edit in a lace roof with bellflowers and supremes!!!

 

Much better than its previous fate evidently.

 

WOW, that is a cool piece!
Had a similar situation here in Rochester a few years back....
Long story short, a friend had an opportunity to pick up a 63 Impala shell for 300 bucks from another local friend....the said impala had an aluminum rear bumper and brackets, and aluminum front bumper brackets on it...the owner did a little research and found it to be a "lost" Z-11 and QUICKLY removed it from it's snow covered resting place outside the shop to a nice warm spot inside.......
Quietly the car was marketed just as it was and sold for just under 30K...
It has since been fully restored now as the ( i believe it was ) Mr.Wilson 63 Z-11....what it was when it raced back then..
White with red gut......
That car would have easily ended up as a parts car, which it was for our friend who was selling it..

I'm glad this Pontiac was wasn't scrapped...what a shame that would have been!!

 

Considering it's one of six factory race cars built? Yeah....

 

theres a convertable 63 tempest on my street that has been sitting for at least 20 years in decent shape... the guy just wont sell it! not as cool as that one though

 

Looks like a decent project to me, I think the bidding has just begun

 

Unbelieveable how this stuff happens..
It was cool reading the whole story about the rest of the cars though, particularly the wagon sent to Dallas, TX. It went to a guy named J.L. Meador, and thats ME. But since I'm 26, and have never heard of these SD Tempests, I'm guessing it was a different one.

 

Saw Arlen Vanke at Fremont and Bakersfield mid 60's.

 

The J L Meador from Dallas would be in his 70s by now....I knew him in his Dragracing days..didnt know that he ever ran a pontiac tho...mostly Fords.
He was a factory rep for Belden Wire.The Pontiac guys in the area were Homer Kellum,Lyman Kidwell and Emmet Latham....back in 50s & 60s

 

Unfuckin believable!

 

So who has pictures of it in its heyday?

 

Yeah, this is the kind of stuff that us younger(40) guys read up on. What we consider to be history, good serious beginings of something great was just getting by on a day to day basis. All of these guys we read about prolly didnt consider themselves much of anything but outcasts, and here we are talking about and looking at auctions like this one. Pure gold, it's a groovy time to be a live....

cheers and beers
Hodge

BTW, Im thinking this one goes for 101K anyone want to wager a beer?

 

+2...

 

HOLY SHIT!!! It even looks like the bumper has the SAME dent!!


Thats some cool shiznit right there, I dont care who you are.

Cheers and beers!
Hodge

 

Yep, and you can see where the champion sticker residue is still on the rear right 1/4 panel.....damn, thats just real cool. All I can say is...cooooool.

Cheers and beers
Hodge