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mechanickeith 10-18-2011 02:27 AM

How many people here,,,,
 
are bidding on this????

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-OLD-STOC...sories&vxp=mtr

elefantrider 10-18-2011 02:48 AM

I'm in but not for much higher. I can live with a few character scratches on mine.

mechanickeith 10-18-2011 03:07 AM

Too rich for my blood. last NOS one I saw years ago went for over 600 but it looked pristeen in the pictures.

elefantrider 10-18-2011 03:12 AM

$500 seems to be the going rate, but I'd want some good up close shots for that much.

R 70 Judge 10-18-2011 03:44 AM

Nice piece. Since we are discussing NOS parts I figured I'd mention the parking lamp / reverse lamps I have for sale right now. I haven't seen may of these on EBay over the years.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=180738576810

spartazoo 10-18-2011 07:42 AM

I bought a set of backup lights for my car that were NOS off ebay. I am not sure I would admit how much I paid for them... :eek:

GaryK 10-18-2011 09:56 AM

30 years ago I paid $20 for an NOS grill at Englishtown swapmeet, last year I got a nice one on eBay for $90 delivered. I refuse to pay much more than that. My friend handed me another one a few weeks ago with a couple of dings in it for $25. I have seen these NOS grills go for as high as $700 in Smoke Signals.

As for back up lights, I got a perfect pair in Norwalk last year for $10 from a guy building a race car and didnt want them or any chrome.

tom s 10-18-2011 10:25 AM

I know I would pay stupid money for a NOS 63 leamns fuel door diecast!Tom

R 70 Judge 10-18-2011 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by spartazoo (Post 4443407)
I bought a set of backup lights for my car that were NOS off ebay. I am not sure I would admit how much I paid for them... :eek:

Just curious, more or less than $100? I just guessed at my starting bid of $100 since I haven't seen them for sale like this before. I figured I'd be okay with getting at least that.

I noticed that I posted the "mobile" version of the page since I was on my iPhone. Here is the normal version of the auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-Pontiac...a#ht_500wt_975

62eyadams 10-18-2011 01:30 PM

Too rich for my blood. It's a pity, because my grill isn't anywhere near as nice as that. Anyone have any suggestions on how to paint in the black bits? The previous owner of mine polished them off.

azkeebler 10-18-2011 03:56 PM

Too funny, I was first bidder on the grille and that lasted 20 minutes.I only bid because my wife thought, by miracle, nobody else would see it. Um....duh!!!I can live with a couple "character" scratches on mine as well.I'd hate to see what shipping may do to that grille for the money that covers at least one car payment.

Don't know about back east, but many lenses and odds and ends for Tempests seem to pop up at local swapmeets really cheap. Mostly '61 stuff though.


R70Judge,The norm I've seen for reverse light assemblies individually seem to be about $50 each. However, you even have the short harness needed at the shifter to feed the rear lights!! Very nice. I'd set a price around $125 simply because there are some people that collect NOS in box sets like that or need all NOS for their resto. You should have included '61-'62 in your posting for a broader audience though as they are the same.

GaryK 10-19-2011 10:45 PM

It sold for $920, talk about stupid money.

mechanickeith 10-20-2011 12:09 AM

Ok!!!!! Who got it????? That you Scott???

TempestFugit 10-20-2011 12:26 AM

I don't know, it's a full grill and they are getting kinda scarce and not everybody has access to them the way you do Gary. It's serious money but I wouldn't say it was that stupid.

John in Minnesota 10-20-2011 11:04 AM

62eyadams after I removed the anodizing, I cleaned, grease and wax remover, cleaned again. I then sat down with pinstrip tape and out lined the whole section Then I used progressivly larger tape. Then paper to cover the lage areas. You will need a razor knife to trim. I used eastwood trim paint. It didn't work. Had to clean and retape. Good plastic coat paint black satin. I did one half at a time. Took A long time. When I would get frustrated I set it a side and then went back to it. I only did one side at a time. It has held for two years now. Turned out great. I then polished the grill with Mothers aluim. polish. Then wax. I polish it once a year. Winter project. John

JohnFromVentura 10-20-2011 05:56 PM

Back on the back up light auction: The description might imply that there are also front parking lights included??? The pictures only show rear back up lights, so I guess that is whats included. I almost went for this auction until I really looked it over ... just never heard back up lights referred to as parking lights but I guess that's part of their purpose.
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Originally Posted by R 70 Judge (Post 4443661)
Just curious, more or less than $100? I just guessed at my starting bid of $100 since I haven't seen them for sale like this before. I figured I'd be okay with getting at least that.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-Pontiac...a#ht_500wt_975


triathlonx13 10-20-2011 06:07 PM

Over $900 wow !

azkeebler 10-20-2011 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mechanickeith (Post 4445301)
Ok!!!!! Who got it????? That you Scott???

Whew!! I can assure you that isn't me.

I can get an entire car for that much out here. There are two convertibles and one coupe out here for the same price or a few more dollars , one with a near perfect grille. Besides, Budsurfin, another forum guy here had scored a pretty decent grille for his car, from the southern california yard with the four barrel car mentioned here a few months earlier, for $25. May not be perfect like the ebay one, but they are still out there. More so as original tempest owners are passing and their children are letting their cars go.Very common currently out here as evidence of my $500 convertible and free 4-door parts car .

No doubt that ebay grille was well worth the money to place on a perfect show car, as none of mine are that nice, currently.

Scott

R 70 Judge 10-20-2011 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnFromVentura (Post 4445812)
Back on the back up light auction: The description might imply that there are also front parking lights included??? The pictures only show rear back up lights, so I guess that is whats included. I almost went for this auction until I really looked it over ... just never heard back up lights referred to as parking lights but I guess that's part of their purpose.

I didn't think it was confusing when I listed it, but I guess I can see how it could be. Sorry about that. The auction is for a NOS back up lamp assembly. The pictures don't do them justice. They really are quite nice. I was saving them for my car, but the original set I have is still in pretty nice shape.

Last day. Just under 5 hours left. There are quite a few people watching the auction so we will probably see some last second bidding. Guess we'll see.

R 70 Judge 10-20-2011 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by triathlonx13 (Post 4445824)
Over $900 wow !

Yeah I definitely wasn't expecting that! :eek:


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