Now I have visions of Marisa Tomei in my head.

© and that's not a bad thing

I don't get it. The car had no motor and no tranny. Except for its history, how valuable can it be?

cryinoutloud: I don't get it. The car had no motor and no tranny. Except for its history, how valuable can it be?


Fully restored? Twice that or more. Though, given current conditions, probably $3.50.

Mona Lisa Vito: The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!
Vinny Gambini: And why not? What is positraction?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.
[the jury members nod, with murmurs of "yes," "that's right," etc]
Vinny Gambini: Is that it?
Mona Lisa Vito: No, there's more! You see? When the left tire mark goes up on the curb and the right tire mark stays flat and even? Well, the '64 Skylark had a solid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, the right tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn't happen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had an independent rear suspension. Now, in the '60's, there were only two other cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks. One was the Corvette, which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had the same body length, height, width, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest.
Vinny Gambini: And because both cars were made by GM, were both cars available in metallic mint green paint?
Mona Lisa Vito: They were!
Vinny Gambini: Thank you, Ms. Vito. No more questions. Thank you very, very much.
[kissing her hands]
Vinny Gambini: You've been a lovely, lovely witness.

bulldg4life: a lovely, lovely witness

thank you, I love that movie

Now I have visions of Marisa Tomei in my head.

Now I have sounds of "Riding With Private Malone" in my head. I heard it on the radio last week.

Wanna trade my sound for your vision?

cryinoutloud: I don't get it. The car had no motor and no tranny. Except for its history, how valuable can it be?

It's one of only six ever produced. It was the fastest drag car in its era. It's a piece of motorsports history. Here's a list of the other five:

Shipped to Ray Nichels Engineering, Merrillville, Illinois. Driven by Paul Goldsmith to a win in the 1963 Daytona 250-mile Challenge Cup. Documented as destroyed.

Shipped to Superior Pontiac, San Antonio, Texas. Whereabouts unknown.
Shipped to Mickey Thompson. Campaigned as the No. 749 A/FX car and driven by Bill Shrewsberry and Bob Spar. Fate unknown.

Shipped to Mickey Thompson. Campaigned as the No. 756 A/FX car and driven by Jess Tyree; later sold to Arnie Beswick and campaigned as the Little B's Runabout before Beswick converted it into the Tameless Tiger Funny Car. Destroyed in a racing accident, but later restored.

Shipped to George DeLorean and Roger Schmidt. Restored

Of the other five coupes, only one has been restored, one restored after a crash and three remain unknown. The Tempest coupe was actually the prototype for the other ones made, so this is likely 1 of 1 ever produced.

It's the automotive equivalent of locating The Hope Diamond in a box of cereal.

That is the car that became the GTO.

ZAZ: Now I have visions of Marisa Tomei in my head.

Now I have sounds of "Riding With Private Malone" in my head. I heard it on the radio last week.

Wanna trade my sound for your vision?

© If you listen to your song while looking at photos of Marisa Tomei, you'll have a tear in your eye...albeit a different sort of tear, you know, tears of joy. Keeping your hands on the keyboard is helpful in such situations.

So this is the redneck version of finding a Picasso in your basement?

R.A.Danny: That is the car that became the GTO.

I was thinking it looked a lot like a GTO.

BadGurl404: It's the automotive equivalent of locating The Hope Diamond in a box of cereal.

Bravo... I don't have a golfclap .gif worthy of this statement.


I wish i was that lucky :(

Here's the story. (new window)

/obligatory

Alacritous: So this is the redneck version of finding a Picasso in your basement?

Seems that way.

Rat: Now I have visions of Marisa Tomei in my head.

© and that's not a bad thing

/What's that old expression? This thread is useless without pics?
//Let's get some Tomei on here!

What's wrong with all you slackers?? No Marisa Tomei pics posted yet?

The seller:

Excuse me, what is a "yout?"

Also, the owl scene. (NSFW language)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egzw2w25khU&feature=related (new window)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110306170567

Someone told me the auction started with a low Buy It Now. Somebody that knew what it was notified the seller and then the price started going up up UP.

The winner's feedback and other auctions show he's not afraid to pay for Pontiac parts. $16G for a set of heads.

Heard he flew out to look at it, made a BIGGER offer to end the auction, the seller wouldn't end the auction. Guy got it for HALF what he'd offered when he flew out there.

Don't know if that's true or not.

Freakin' Cool!

TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

FTA: After one week, eBay seller 123ecklin will pocket $226,521 before auction fees.

Yeah, that's important. Cause eBay and others are going to rape the guy with fees.

/feebay

In all her Jersey Goodness...

This is why we need to fix GM and get these tpes of cars back oin the road, because old cars are awesome!

Is this guy the winning bidder?



//hotlinked

blah can't spell today

My first car was a 1971 Pontiac Tempest 4 door, metallic green. Bought in 1988, 30k original miles, bought from a farmer for $500.

Wish I still had it.

olddinosaur: TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

$1695.00 ?

FTFA: There's stuff in the trunk, but no key to open it.

How did he know that? Did he pick up the car and shake it?

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: The seller:

Christine?

R.A.Danny: That is the car that became the GTO.

A prototype '64 LeMans coupe was on a lift inside one of the proving grounds garages. Underneath the car, DeLorean and two of his most trusted aides, Bill Collins and Russ Gee, were examining drivetrain components.

Collins coolly tossed out to DeLorean, as they stared up at the 326-cubic-inch engine planned for the car, "You know, John, it would take about 20 minutes to stick a 389 in here." After checking Russ Gee's nod of obvious approval, DeLorean responded, just as easily, "Let's try it."

Good ol John Z. Delorean. No focus groups, no designs by committee. A great engineer, not so great at running his own car company.

Link (new window)

Before the devil knows you're dead, you'll want to see Ms. Tomei topless.

robbiedo: Is this guy the winning bidder?



//hotlinked

Would rather have the GT-R in the pic. It's purrrty!

Moral of the story:

Every crap becomes valuable in 50 years as long as it produced in limited numbers.

SFW just big (new window)
NSFW (new window)

what he doesnt know is there is $500k of uncut colombian cocaine in the trunk

allegedman: This is why we need to fix GM and get these tpes of cars back oin the road, because old cars are awesome!

Awesome in a straight line. Turning and stopping, however, left a lot to be desired.

Even hardcore sports cars of the time fare poorly against newer vehicles.
Porsche 356 vs Jag XKE vs Honda Odyssey in Soccer Moms Revenge (pops and squeals)

/more 'fun' but not necessarily faster

olddinosaur: TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

Lots, lots and lots.

Yoeman: olddinosaur: TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

Lots, lots and lots.

More money than you can shake a stick at, plus the stick.

Fano: Yoeman: olddinosaur: TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

Lots, lots and lots.

More money than you can shake a stick at, plus the stick.

A big block Fairlane, totally restored or a low mileage original, will go for $25,000. That's before the economy dumped. A Talladega with a total production of under 1000 cars (less than 800 I think) would be double that or more.

I LOVE the old muscle cars! I had a blue 1967 Chevy Impala 15 years ago that I started restoring. It already had the original 323 engine and ran great, but tranny, suspension, interior, and exterior were shot to hell.

Cleaned up the engine, fixed the tranny, replaced the suspension, but couldn't afford to do the interior. New upholstery & and carpeting doesn't come cheap. I was heartbroken when I sold it, but I at least know she went to a good home. Some retired mechanic bought her and finished the restoration. I see him at car shows occasionally and he did a great job. His nod to my work on her was keeping her name: Babe (as in the blue ox).

/bought her for $200, sold her for $1500.

Q: Great find !! I hope you have the car under 24 hour guard with dogs and shotguns. This thing is so valuable I'm afraid someone might try to steal it. Good for you for letting the auction run to the end. I expect you'll hit a home run with this one. Congrats, John. Nov-05-08

A: YEP = PITBULL WITH AIDS AND A SAWED OFF 12 GAUGE AUTOMATIC , GOT'ER UNDER CONTROL, THANKS

It's protected by a pitbull... WITH AIDS. The intenet is serious business.

brigid_fitch: I LOVE the old muscle cars! I had a blue 1967 Chevy Impala 15 years ago that I started restoring. It already had the original 323 engine and ran great, but tranny, suspension, interior, and exterior were shot to hell.

Cleaned up the engine, fixed the tranny, replaced the suspension, but couldn't afford to do the interior. New upholstery & and carpeting doesn't come cheap. I was heartbroken when I sold it, but I at least know she went to a good home. Some retired mechanic bought her and finished the restoration. I see him at car shows occasionally and he did a great job. His nod to my work on her was keeping her name: Babe (as in the blue ox).

/bought her for $200, sold her for $1500.

A 327 maybe?

Why do I hear Rorschach's voice in my head as I read the headline?

What a great story.
Back in my yout my buddy's mother had a '65 Ford Falcon that had the most amazing jump from a dead stop I have ever seen. Only had a 289(that's cubic inches for you young Farkers{that's engine size for you hip hop Farkers]); however it would give you whiplash if you romped on it from the start. Sadly my friends mother gave it to him and he totaled it into a concrete abutment. The stuff of dreams.

/wish I had bought gold back then too.

olddinosaur: TRUE STORY:

In 1971 I saw a 1968 Ford Fairlane Talladega on a Key West used car lot, carrying a pricetag of $1695.

It was a pug-ugly car: Small hub caps instead of full wheel covers, rubber floor mats--no radio; looked like something a librarian would drive.

However, lift up the hood and you find a 427 with all the racing goodies, they only made a few of them to qualify as a racing class. It was assumed the buyer would gut the whole car and install all new after-market parts, so they didn't put in any extras.

You could take it up to 60 miles an hour, romp it and hit passing gear and the mothersticker would slide sideways all over the freeway, it was that heavily overpowered for the drivetrain.

Always wondered what that puppy would be worth today, but I am glad I didn't buy it: Top end was 165+, and with a lead foot like mine plus those cheap-ass skinny tires, it would have been a disaster.

Any Farkers out there got any idea how much money I walked away from?

A restored one goes for $80,000 to $100,000 these days.

Oh, the Ford Fairlane Talledega was only made in 1969 - 754 of them were made.

Awww gee... she was sweet once, sure, but look at all this body rust. It's gonna take me weeks to clean this up and it'll never really be the same. I could take it off your hands but it's gonna be $200,000, tops.

Wait, we didn't even go over the tires yet. They're totally bald here. And you say there's no trunk key? These specialty locksmiths are expensive... I might have to end up just breaking the lock and putting in something generic from the parts store. I mean, $180,000 here I can do, but that's pushing it.

What kind of mpg does it get? These guzzlers, they're so expensive to keep these days. I mean, I like the looks, but people don't pay top dollar for cars with the big upkeep.

And you say there's no transmission? Oh I didn't hear that at first. But the engine runs at least, right? Wait, oh we're gonna have to adjust here.

brigid_fitch: I LOVE the old muscle cars! I had a blue 1967 Chevy Impala 15 years ago that I started restoring. It already had the original 323 engine and ran great, but tranny, suspension, interior, and exterior were shot to hell.

Cleaned up the engine, fixed the tranny, replaced the suspension, but couldn't afford to do the interior. New upholstery & and carpeting doesn't come cheap. I was heartbroken when I sold it, but I at least know she went to a good home. Some retired mechanic bought her and finished the restoration. I see him at car shows occasionally and he did a great job. His nod to my work on her was keeping her name: Babe (as in the blue ox).

/bought her for $200, sold her for $1500.

I love you.

Er... I mean, awesome!

nickerj1: Before the devil knows you're dead, you'll want to see Ms. Tomei topless.

Awful movie, but a million yowzas over that body. Unfortunately, you have to endure Phillip Seymour Hoffman's nakedness at the same time. But it's worth it.