In America, a wrecked car placed on Ebay for a starting bid of just $500 eventually sold last week for $226,521.63.
In the original item description, the seller admitted knowing little about the car and sounded almost apologetic about its condition. A string of emails and forum postings followed, and thankfully the seller soon realised what he was sitting on!
It turned out that the car, a 1963 Pontiac Tempest Super Duty Le Mans Coupe, was one of just 6 made by Pontiac as drag racing specials. This particular car was raced by Stan Antlocer from Detriot, Michigan.
Only 2 of the original 6 cars were thought to have been still around before this. Now, 71 bids and nearly a quarter-of-a-millon dollars later, this wreck of car (without even a gearbox or engine) has ensured its seller is going to be laughing all the way to the bank.
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