mdubtex

Hey everyone. First time poster and long time reader. I purchased and received delivery of this "barn find" today. After doing my light research of this 1-owner car, it appears the current big block is not original to the car, the car had some fiberglass damage that was repaired in the front, and the car is not an original red car. The car had been parked in 1980 and moved recently to another storage lot. There is no hood as it was stolen and the transmission is gone. Still too good of a find to pass up so I pulled the trigger. Other than the items mentioned, it appears to be really complete and the frame looks great.

I am still debating on whether restoring this, selling it or trading for something I can enjoy now. I am going to include the trim tag, VIN, and some other pics of the coupe and all the parts we pulled out. I have plenty of additional photos of the car in storage, on the way home, and after I cleaned the car out. I would appreciate any help on seeing how rare the car is and what the value is as it sits. If you have been looking for a 1967 coupe to restore, let me know what you think it is worth to you!

Dub

Nowhere Man

Nice looking find. That's a silver on black car with factory AC. Nice find

CaveCreekChump

It is worth somewhere between $2500 and $3500, and I can help you get rid of it before sinking your life savings into it.

In fact, I can be there tomorrow with cash money.

mdubtex

Thanks! Any idea how I can determine the current engine that is in the car? Here are shots of the numbers on the front and back of the block. Is there any way to determine what the original engine was? Also, here are some of the parts we pulled out of the car today.

Jeff Garner

Nice find, but a whole lot of time, energy, and money to get this car back in a roadworthy, presentable condition. Depends on if you're looking a project and have the time and resources to see it through.

Hitch

Looks like it sat under water with all that surface rust... I would check the birdcage very carefully before spending any additional money...

David

Mr D.

67 BB coupe, if it was me I would put it back on the road and enjoy it. But I like burning my money and all the pain involved in that. :-)

Joking aside, I have restored worst and enjoyed all that was involved in the process. I wouls not worry about numbers and use what you have and have fun.

Kerrmudgeon

I think it depends on how much you have in it now, as to whether it's a feasible as a project or not. You may want to flip it, there's always a guy with deep pockets and a dream around.

Mark_Milner

That CE is a warranty block, so odds are good it is an original big block car. Otherwise, it wouldn't have had a warranty big block put back in.

Parked in '80, and not restored or fixed up, leans toward being just a driver. And a driver was more likely to lose its big block than gain one in the late '70s due to the outrageous 50 to 75 cents a gallon on gas.

I bet if you check closely, all the date codes on all engine parts but the block match closely to the date of the car, as the warranty was probably a short block and all the pieces taken off the original and put on it to make it run. A hot rodder dropping a big block in wouldn't have used that cast iron intake.

Odds are the car is originally a 390 hp air coupe. Neat combination with the silver and black, but you are looking at a lot of expensive to bring back.



No, that is typical of sitting on a dirt or rock floor building. Ugly as can be butnot structural at all, unless it sat that way for 50 years.

Kerrmudgeon

Original Black big block coupe with air, and the original motor!? That's a pretty desirable combination for a potential restorer.

ditchdigger650

Was'nt the last stingray similiar to this car, silver black, 427- 390 horse air car with side pipes.

Nowhere Man

Yep. But this car is not even close to the last one

robert miller

Very nice fine here for sure but also a ton of work and money. By the way it looks I say 50,k plus to put it back to a very nice driver. With you doing a ton of the work on her... Robert

mdubtex

Thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate it. Honestly, I am leaning toward selling it and will probably list it in the next few days. I know it needs total restoration and hopefully there is somebody out there that has been looking for a silver/black, A/C, big block car.

1snake

A NOM, undocumented BB car in perfect condition is worth maybe $50K. If you can do all the work yourself including body and paint, it will take probably $30K+ in materials to get close to that point. If you paid more than $20K, you're already under water. If you have to pay anyone to do anything to the car that you can't do yourself, like body, paint, engine, tranny or rear end work, you'll sink even farther.
If I was offered that same car, I wouldn't pay more than $15K and that would be a stretch, assuming the frame and birdcage weren't rusted like what the pictures show the rest of the car to be.
Good luck with your decision.

Jim

Revfan

Wow.... interesting find.

Sadly, it would take waay more money, and waaaaaay more time than I would ever have to commit to such a project.

If it were mine, I would be looking to trade or trade plus cash for a drive-able car. I am sure that there is someone who is just finishing or has finished a project and can't sit still until they can start another project that would be interested in a trade.

Regardless, best of luck!

dahogan

Try OldCorvetter, he is looking for a '67 BB silver/black coupe with A/C from one of the five dry states like TX for under 50K
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If you cant do the work yourself you are financially better off selling it. Good luck.

ifitgoesfast

Every Saturday morning, I wake up hoping I find a barn find. Put the coffee on, bagel and cream cheese, put on some weekend music, grab my tools, walk out to the garage and there it is.

Tigershark3

AZDoug

I have done two projects similar to that, about 30 years apart, because that is how long it took me to gather up the courage (and passion, you have to have passion, otherwise you can end up with a mediocre car) to start the second one.

If you can do a lot of the work yourself, it is an educational and interesting and rewarding journey. IF you got it for the right price. For me, the right price would be somewhere south of $10K, because I would not want to be underwater when it is all completed.

Doug