Good week for used cars, and more

Good week for: Pontiac LeMans Tempest, Having company, Old jokes; Bad week for: Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sending in the clowns, Huntington, W.Va.

Good week for:

123ecklin, an eBay seller who asked $500 for his dilapidated 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest with no motor or transmission. After auto enthusiasts recognized it as a specially built drag-racing car that won races in 1963, the bidding reached $226,521.

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