1963 coupe worth

[Robert M.]

What is or where can I find a general guide to buying a 1963 coupe. I'm just looking for a general range.

[Jerry S.]

Re: 1963 coupe fuelie

A good car that is complete and needs nothing $60,000.00. Buy a car from a Corvette dealer claiming to have the best car he has ever seen $40,000.00 This is of course my estimation for a fuelie, but why buy anything else?

[Jack H.]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

Several sources for on-line price calculators were posted in a prior thread a few months ago. Here's one I remember seeing, you can find others by searching the archieves....

www.corvettemagazine.com/CGI-BIN/CALCULATOR.ASP

Remember, real economics lies in what a given buyer/seller agree to on a specific car at a fixed point in time. So, these 'calculator' facilities can be VERY deceiving. I'd say the accuracy is plus or minus an order of magnitude!

[Terry D.]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

Kieth
May issue of Vette magazine has good article on pricing, including a price guide.
terry

[Paul Crosby]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

Keith,

I feel a very good one is www.nadaguide.com and click on classic cars and go from there!

Paul

[Mike Cobine]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

Right, this is the good one. You can select your '63 coupe with the engine options of:
327
4 cyl
409 - 2x4 engine
409 - 4 bbl
6 cyl

and you can get it with the Corvair Turbocharger.

Don't forget to add both factory air conditioning and Corvette air conditioning. That adds two amounts on a car than can have neither.

I just did a '63 coupe with both the 327 AND the 409 with 2x4 AND had Corvette Fuel Injection. Both Air conditioning options so it is really cool.

$49,250 to $115,045.

A plain '63 327 fuel injected with 4 speed runs $34,325 to $78,125.

[Mike M.]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

So what was the deduct for any 409 powered version? Never saw a C2 with a 409 but did see a couple of C1's in the early to mid 60's. Never fails to amaze me how much people would pay to screw up a nice car. The weirdest one was a C1 with a MoPar B block that had been modified with a roller bearing crankshaft. Lots of $ invested; never saw it make a complete pass down the quarter mile.

Mike

[Paul Crosby]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

I totally agree thats pretty silly. List your options accurately and I think it gives a close price to what the cars are actually going for today versus what they may actually be worth. The Corvette Mag site lists a Top Flight 69 Conv. with a SB, 4spd at 25,500. On the Nada it's 37,500. If anyone wants to sell their Top Flight 69 for 25,500, email me, I'd love to buy it for that.

[Jack U.]

Re: 1963 coupe worth

I received my latest Pro-Team propaganda this week. I think they are always high on their prices. The tops on a fuelie seems to be around $60K the last couple of times I've received their publication. The low I've seen on a good driver (not a fuelie) is around $40k.

I figure by the time I have my restoration completed in a couple of years on my fuelie it will be close to the $60K mark.