WOW! The Find of a Lifetime! 1963 SD 421 Tempest!

[Jeff H]

This should be a really cool project to see restored. But I keep thinking that it doesn't look that much like a factory built race car. Is there really that much of the original car missing? Was there a roll bar in the car back in the racing days? Obviously the VIN will prove what car it is, but is looks like a very basic car the way it sits now. Did somebody swap a ton of parts over to the body and repaint it back in the day? Can't wait to watch this one. Great find!

[PhilS]

It's interesting to watch the ebb and flow of the hobby. Just a few years ago these factory race car got very little love. I almost had to beg someone to buy my fully restored Z-11. At that time you could sell a high end musclecar with a couple of phone calls. When I bought the car the owner also had one of these Tempests. It took him a long time to move that car. Out of his 40 or so cars it and the Z-11 would now be the first to sell but then they were near the last. I think that was about 7 years ago.