Pontiac Tempest 2-Door Wagon, 1963
Pontiac Tempest I
Pontiac Tempest I•
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Chassis No.: 163P159342
Auction: Kissimmee 2013
Auction date: January 27, 2013
Lot No.: S170
$33,000 | Sold
- Exterior: Burgundy
- Interior: Beige
- Body: 2-Door Wagon
- 434 CI, 785 HP
- Only 2-Door 1963 Tempest Wagon in the world
- $186,000 restoration with receipts
- Pictured: High Performance Pontiac Magazine
- Gold Award of Excellence
- 9.93 second 1/4 mile at 135 MPH
- Automatic transmission
- Restored by Scott Tiemann
There is literally only one 2-door 1963 Pontiac Tempest station wagon in the world, and this is it, the fascinating result of a twenty-year pursuit by the late Randy Williams to build the ultimate “no holds barred” test bed for his Pontiac racing engines. Williams worked with his friend and fellow Pontiac stalwart Scott Tiemann to put together this unique machine employing state-of-the-art techniques and a 434 cubic inch, 785 horsepower engine. Built with fiberglass fenders, hood and front bumper, Lexan windows and sturdy but lightweight chrome moly tubing, the finished car weighs in at just 3,150 pounds and dashes to sub-10 second elapsed times at 135 MPH.
Built at a cost of over $180,000, this is more than “just” a drag racer; it is a unique styling exercise that showcases the vision and talents of its builders and brims with the sort of details that set a car-guy’s heart aflutter. Scott Tiemann describes the car as “absolutely gorgeous. It’s as beautiful on the bottom as it is on top.
When you look at the bottom or inside the fenders- there’s lots of chrome under the car.” And plenty more to admire throughout, from the fabulous Burgundy paintwork, cleanly executed interior and detailed chassis to the dual-quad, tunnel ram “mountain motor” nestled in its smoothed and sanitary engine bay that bears Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick's stamp of approval. Pontiac authorities and enthusiasts alike have heaped acclaim on the car, which was featured in the January-February 2002 issue of Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine and has been awarded the High Performance Pontiac Magazine Gold Award of Excellence.
In Tiemann’s words, this beautiful car was built “for someone who appreciates show car looks with race car performance.”
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