How many '63 roadsters & split window coupes left ?
03-28-2011, 02:49 PM
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'63 swc
#105352 is in my shop, excuse me, all over my shop.
Silver/Red, 300 HP. Now in final stages of disassembly. Normal C2 rust issues, but not as bad as I expected. Great part time job.
Silver/Red, 300 HP. Now in final stages of disassembly. Normal C2 rust issues, but not as bad as I expected. Great part time job.
03-28-2011, 06:41 PM
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Hi Dave,
I have no idea how many remain or are registered but I have kinda kept track for over 15 yrs.
Including some 63's that were recorded prior to me and some cars recorded by others, and also including some that were wrecked or stolen etc. over the yrs, I've listed over 3,100 cars in my '63 file.
Of the approximate 3,100 '63 total, 1770 are split windows.
I'd guess that a good number survive, at the very least double that figure and most probably quite a bit higher.
I would love to hear from '63 owners who would contribute to this file.
Syd
I have no idea how many remain or are registered but I have kinda kept track for over 15 yrs.
Including some 63's that were recorded prior to me and some cars recorded by others, and also including some that were wrecked or stolen etc. over the yrs, I've listed over 3,100 cars in my '63 file.
Of the approximate 3,100 '63 total, 1770 are split windows.
I'd guess that a good number survive, at the very least double that figure and most probably quite a bit higher.
I would love to hear from '63 owners who would contribute to this file.
Syd
Of 199 63 Z-06 Corvettes, the Registry currently shows 97 (or about half)...41 small tank and 56 big tank cars.
Therefore I sould assume that regular cars would have about the same numbers (about 50% of 20 odd thousand) would be 10,000...or so.
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03-28-2011, 09:31 PM
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03-28-2011, 09:35 PM
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03-28-2011, 09:39 PM
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03-28-2011, 10:08 PM
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Looks beautiful and I mean it.
Don't know if you care but I originally recorded this car as being a Black/Red wreck car with the tags (not in person).
I later on made a second listing for it when it reappeared as shown.
There are quite a number of cars with multiple entries.
If you check the body number (#2,680) as shown on the trim tag, this would indicate a '63 Coupe built around serial #5,075 or so.
This might be a real a/c car but it's trim tag is way out of sequence.
Syd
03-29-2011, 10:18 AM
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I'll assume that you have mine. I understand that "of all Corvettes built between 1963 and 1967, half have been stolen, and of those stolen, half have never been recovered"
Of 199 63 Z-06 Corvettes, the Registry currently shows 97 (or about half)...41 small tank and 56 big tank cars.
Therefore I sould assume that regular cars would have about the same numbers (about 50% of 20 odd thousand) would be 10,000...or so.
Of 199 63 Z-06 Corvettes, the Registry currently shows 97 (or about half)...41 small tank and 56 big tank cars.
Therefore I sould assume that regular cars would have about the same numbers (about 50% of 20 odd thousand) would be 10,000...or so.
PS- two in my garage/shop #2986 Red/blk FI and 20396- orig. Blk/Blk 340 HP- now Daytona Blue/blk -both coupes
03-29-2011, 12:36 PM
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out of all the corvettes produced i feel the 63 split window would have been perceived as a classic and collector car quicker than any other corvette (exceptions are pace cars). out of 10,594 coupes i would have to believe well over half to exist. unless a 63 was used as a donor car or totalled in a accident i cannot imagine a 63 coupe not being saved.
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03-29-2011, 02:18 PM
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03-29-2011, 02:29 PM
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I had NO info on your Silver swc #3,503.
Would you mind telling me more so that I can include it, like interior color, engine hp and trans type and any options like pw etc.?
I think it's always pretty much the coolest to find an original owner who ordered and bought his '63 new!
Thank you Abe.
Syd
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03-29-2011, 02:34 PM
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Now included.
Thanks!
Boy, there are a lot of nice sounding split windows here on the Forum!!
Syd
03-29-2011, 02:39 PM
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