Un-Split Your 63 Split Window Coupe

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Dec 14, 2019 | 07:05 AM

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RatDog

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Nah Steve, we're all good, hope I didn't offend … the opportunity to take the "p.i.s.s." was just too good to pass up, Ratdog looks pretty cool …

Nope, no offense. Hilarious exchange.

Oops, gotta go. My dog just hit the “play” button on that damn YMCA song again <LOL>.

Take care,
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Dec 14, 2019 | 07:28 AM

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Frankie the Fink

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Army

The whole "split removal" is shrouded in myth; surely a few were done, one person claimed he'd done dozens (I'm skeptical) and that's just one person. The answer is somewhere in between I'm sure... That same magazine describes how to "mud in" the 63 hood depressions which is equally egregious. Once those puppies are smoothed over its near impossible to dig the crap out and recreate the "double edge" of the 63 depressions necessary to hold the cookie sheets...

I was offered one of those modified hoods for my 63 for cheap and I passed...

Dec 14, 2019 | 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Critter1

In the mid/late 70's, Richard Buxbaum of Classic Motors of Hinsdale bought a lot of cars from a guy in California, George Darrow. One 63 that George sent was a black (repainted horrible blue) 63 coupe that had the split removed. It also had a 4-71 blower sticking through the hood. I still have the VIN somewhere around here.
The car sold to a guy in Detroit who was going to reinstall the split section. I don't know how it turned out.

I remember the ads in the LA Times back then saying something like, "We'll be in Los Angeles next week and buying 50 1963-1967 Corvettes." This went on for years from dealers in the Midwest and East, looking for the usual rust-free CA Vettes.

Dec 14, 2019 | 06:58 PM

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Frankie the Fink

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You don't need a 4 seater if you have one of these:

Dec 14, 2019 | 07:00 PM

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According to my math 1% of 10,594 would be 105 cars +/- not 1500.

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Dec 14, 2019 | 07:43 PM

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MOXIE62

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I don't see how it was cheaper removing the split then just trading in a 63 for a 64 and paying the difference.

Dec 14, 2019 | 09:28 PM

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Brian VH McHale

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How many of these removed split's have turned up in the last 20 years? I've never seen one.

Dec 15, 2019 | 05:06 PM

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Dec 15, 2019 | 05:21 PM

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I don't see how it was cheaper removing the split then just trading in a 63 for a 64 and paying the difference.

Good point, it probably wasn't and when the 65's came out it was game over.

Dec 15, 2019 | 05:57 PM

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Brian VH McHale

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You live on a very small sliver of real estate of the US. Get out, ride around. See the USA in your Chevrolet!

Jul 23, 2025 | 11:35 AM

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grayson55

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Originally Posted by Critter1

If you've ever wanted to remove that unsightly bar between the rear windows of your 63 split window coupe, here's a step by step on how to do it.

First one I ever saw! Thank you!

Jul 23, 2025 | 12:23 PM

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First one I ever saw! Thank you!

you are responding to a post from 8 years ago, and a member who has not logged onto the site since 2022.

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