[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by Rachelsdad

I beg to differ.

If you look at all of the photos in the listing, there is a lot wrong with this car. The overspray is disturbing. The lack of attention to metalwork at the bottoms of the panels is likewise concerning. The interior is dreadful (wrong/mismatched door and quarter panels, seats not quite as original, and what's that thing under the dash? a manual choke?). Non-working wipers? Seriously? Radiator is not right.

Oh, and that is *not* Grenadier red. Nope.

Yeah, this is perhaps a $12K car in my book; no more.

OT: What's with these dealerships and the multiple weird/useless angle/cropped shots? Seriously, how many pictures of the taillights do we need, and how many of the headlamps? I swear, sometimes I think these guys are trying to do magazine spreads for CarCraft or some such... LOL

That interior is pretty bad.

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by Shiny

Burgundy convertible is quite the looker. The listing says " with over $100,000 reportedly spent on upgrades and restoration." Ouch is a word. The car has obviously had a lot invested but how is that even possible?

Someone had a lot of covid money to burn.

[Rachelsdad]

Originally Posted by 71GP76TA

Someone had a lot of covid money to burn.

ROFL!

[johnta1]

Looks like a 6 something - but not 6X

Looked like it is 6S, if is a 400 it would be -9
For AIR (CA) emissions.

[thews]

62 Pontiac Tempest in CA at $11K BIN. I think those 1/2 V8 engines are cool.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22703397385...Bk9SR_ji68TAZg

[Cammer-6]

wrong fenders

Originally Posted by thews

71 Firebird Formula with 36K miles in NY at $33K.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28687766857...Bk9SR7yq86a_Zg

[Cammer-6]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

That 63 Cat Vert is a stunning quality car.
Deal of the Day

I thought so too then started looking at trim,which has blisters.
Still a nice driver tho.

[Rachelsdad]

That '62 Tempest is a little doll, but the description is somewhat contradictory: "running and driving"..."will require more work to make roadworthy." "Starts and runs" and "driving" are two different things in my book, while "driving" and "roadworthy" are nearly synonymous. So, I wonder what's not roadworthy? Suspension? Exhaust? Frame?

So the price may or may not be quite right (my knee jerk reaction was that it was priced really well (which then surprised me when I saw the seller, as I know BHCC tends to overvalue their offerings).

Sweet little car, though. More info needed. While Tempests of this era are not usually my thing (where does one get a correct replacement rope for the driveshaft these days, anyway?), this one sort of intrigues me, and I may just ask for more info (unless I missed answers in my brief visit to eBay).

[thews]

56 Pontiac Star Chief convertible in Florida at $100K BIN. What a cream puff and I dig the colors.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26744412353...Bk9SR_qS-JDBZg

[thews]

67326 4-speed Firebird convertible in CA at $30K BIN.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22703702845...Bk9SR96ehrrBZg

[thews]

68 Firebird in NY at $75K BIN.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28689235961...Bk9SR4KKz-fBZg

[thews]

69 GTO convertible in AZ with a reserve. 87K miles and a front power bench seat, which is uber rare. The seller kinda gets through the ad, but the one takeaway is the burgundy is not the original color. Lots of work done. It would look best in yellow IMO.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/33624876615...Bk9SR_rnj7bCZg

[north]

Super dry looking goat. Some extra info would go a long way, PHS, VIN, engine codes etc. interesting that the dashpad is some kind of homemade wrapped in vinyl setup. Rest of interior is all repro stuff but seems well installed. Little things like the antenna installed wrong and lack of good quality pics will hold it back.

Color looks more like Matador now. He infers a color change, wonder what it originally was? Pretty thorough job of hiding the original color.

[Cammer-6]

That top and steering wheel knock the price in half if you ask me

Originally Posted by thews

56 Pontiac Star Chief convertible in Florida at $100K BIN. What a cream puff and I dig the colors.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26744412353...Bk9SR_qS-JDBZg

[thews]

Originally Posted by Cammer-6

That top and steering wheel knock the price in half if you ask me

Damn! I thought I was hard on these cars. Those old convertibles were pricey back in the day, so I would assume rare. They aren't my jam, but I'd love to drive this car. The ones who know all the knitty gritty details of what isn't stock (us) is missing the point IMO, if that's all you see. This is an old car and, if you drove it around town, people would take pictures of you driving it... I promise. The top needs to be replaced for sure. Very cool.

[thews]

I think we've seen it before, but so much going on with this one. 73 Trans AM in Texas at $169K.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/25717225302...Bk9SR67g4YfDZg

[thews]

67 GTO project in Florida at $15K NR. Paint looks good to me. It's not too far gone to be taken back to stock.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26744491799...Bk9SR_jAm4nDZg

[thews]

Such a pretty car to look at. 71 455HO with 61K miles in Lucy blue, 4 speed in Nebraska with a reserve. While it may not be original, it has the stupid rare rear console. In all my years combing junkyards in the 80's, I never came across one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32682359409...Bk9SR_iZ7cfDZg

[johnta1]

It was built in the Van Nuys Plant and Sold New at Vincel Pontiac in St. Louis, MO.

VIN - N103161 ????


Sometimes I wonder.

[Cammer-6]

Originally Posted by thews

Damn! I thought I was hard on these cars. Those old convertibles were pricey back in the day, so I would assume rare. They aren't my jam, but I'd love to drive this car. The ones who know all the knitty gritty details of what isn't stock (us) is missing the point IMO, if that's all you see. This is an old car and, if you drove it around town, people would take pictures of you driving it... I promise. The top needs to be replaced for sure. Very cool.

Lets just say that rare or not thats not a 100K car,maybe a stretch at half that.
Look at that last pic of the door open,with overspray all over, even screws that hold dome light switch in are one painted,one plain.Attention to detail is a key ingredient to the making of a 100K auto.