1963 Rolling chassis and shell
04-27-2003, 11:18 PM
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1963 Rolling chassis and shell
I'm looking at a rolling chassis and shell. Chassis has been completely restored, convertible. No other parts are included. Questions are what is a good price for this and other question is how hard is it to put a BB in a 63? Has anyone here done it?
04-28-2003, 09:29 AM
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Re: 1963 Rolling chassis and shell (james75)
All you have to do to install a BB is clearance the front crossmember for the harmonic balancer. Everything else fits. Price? A decent frame can be had for $1500ish and a bare shell for a bit more. What happened to the rest of the car? :cheers:
04-29-2003, 11:23 AM
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Re: 1963 Rolling chassis and shell (MasterDave)
I too am looking at a 63 SWC rolling chassis and shell, not in as nice condition as the one your taliking about tho :rolleyes: where can you find decent chassis and bodies for those prices??
04-29-2003, 10:25 PM
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Re: 1963 Rolling chassis and shell (MasterDave)
A frame for $1500? Fully restored? And the shell? Where are you shopping? Does anyone have a realistic price of what this would be worth?
04-30-2003, 08:57 AM
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Re: 1963 Rolling chassis and shell (james75)
James....I don't know what a "realistic" price is, but if I were considering buying this, I'd first determine what a non-numbers matching 63 convertible might sell for in nice running condition. I'd take that number, and start subtracting everything I'd need to buy/do to the shell in question to get that one into saleable condition. After I'd subtracted everything I could think of, I'd subtract another 20% or so for those things I'd miss. The remainder is what I would consider the "shell" to be worth. That is assuming of course that there is a clean title to go with the shell.
Personally, I suspect you'll end up with a negative number..then you have to decide how bad you want "that" car. Also, expect the owner of the current shell to have a much greater perception of value of the shell than you might end up with. If so, keep looking... :yesnod:
Personally, I suspect you'll end up with a negative number..then you have to decide how bad you want "that" car. Also, expect the owner of the current shell to have a much greater perception of value of the shell than you might end up with. If so, keep looking... :yesnod:
05-02-2003, 06:42 AM
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Re: 1963 Rolling chassis and shell (BobG)
Most of the frame prices I've found, from straight but used to fully custom w/C5 suspension are $3000-$6000 as far as body panels......the cheapest front and rear clips(reproduction) are $900 and $700 respectively up to $3000 per clip.........anybody alse have examples :confused: or cheaper prices :confused: :confused: :confused:
